Jay Brannan

Jay Brannan is an American singer-songwriter and actor who was born in Texas in 1982, studied for a semester in Ohio, and moved to California hoping to act. He was cast in Shortbus (2006), wrote the song Soda Shop for its soundtrack, and played the best friend of the lead character in Holding Trevor (2007). Shortbus also brought him a Gotham Awards nomination for Best Ensemble Cast in 2006. Performing his own guitar-backed videos on YouTube, MySpace and Blogspot won him an international following without corporate backing, and he released the album Goddamned in 2008 on his own label, Great Depression Records. His second album, In Living Cover (2009), made the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart at number ten, and Always, Then, & Now followed in 2014. He was nominated for a Genie Award for My Love, My Love from Cloudburst (2011).