---
name: "Brendan Hunt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brendan-hunt"
fi1m_id: "brendan-hunt"
imdb_id: "nm0402360"
tmdb_id: 1113365
wikidata_id: "Q25936118"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 June 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T20:47:13.472226+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brendan Hunt

## Identity

Brendan Hunt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brendan-hunt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brendan-hunt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0402360
- **TMDB ID:** 1113365
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25936118
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Hunt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25936118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1113365

Producer. Born 28 June 1972 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 June 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Hunt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25936118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1113365

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ted Lasso*](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brendan Hunt is an American actor and writer. He was born on 28 June 1972 in Chicago, Illinois.

Hunt graduated from the theatre programme at Illinois State University in 1996. He trained with The Second City in Chicago and performed with the Boom Chicago comedy troupe in Amsterdam from 1999 to 2005.

He is best known as co-creator, writer, producer and cast member playing Coach Beard in the Apple TV+ series *Ted Lasso* (2020–present). Earlier credits include roles in *We're the Millers* (2013), *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), *Community* (2009) and *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), as well as voice work in *Fallout 4* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wglt.org, nytimes.com, looper.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Gunther Melmac (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, as Coach Beard — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Terrestrial* (2025), Actor
- *Elio* (2025), as Gunther Melmac (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Animaniacs* (2020), series, as Seth Meyers (voice)
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, Coach Beard, Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *Curious George: Royal Monkey* (2019), as Guard #1 / News Anchor / Head Servant (voice)
- *Bless This Mess* (2019), series, as Frank
- *A Happening of Monumental Proportions* (2017), as Kyle
- *Girlboss* (2017), series, as Frederick
- *Thank You and Sorry* (2015), series, Writer
- *Key and Peele: Super Bowl Special* (2015), Writer
- *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), as Sex Addiction Group Member
- *ETXR* (2014), as Tweaker
- *We're the Millers* (2013), as Sketchy Dude
- *Snail* (2013), as Issac
- *Key & Peele* (2012), series, as Whittling Pirate, Suspect, The Clown, Soccer Announcer (voice), Creepy Van Guy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/key-and-peele.md)
- *Austin & Ally* (2011), series, as Spike Stevens
- *Community* (2009), series, as Hitchhiker — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), series, as Man — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)
- *Day Is Done* (2006), as Thin Thug
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Hot Dog Guy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Reno 911!* (2003), series, as Soccer Hooligan
- *Mullitt* (2000), as Comic Store Skeezyx
- *An Amsterdam Tale* (1999), as Busker

## Gallery

- ![Brendan Hunt](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-b1e019af1b1f.jpg) Brendan Hunt — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Brendan_Hunt_on_March_20%2C_2023_in_the_Oval_Office_of_the_White_House_-_P20230320AS-2310_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Brendan Hunt at the Soho Playhouse in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-48a07fb02b4b.jpg) Brendan Hunt at the Soho Playhouse in 2023 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/BrendanHunt-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-BrendanHunt-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is joined by the cast of “Ted Lasso” for a press briefing, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room ](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-8e907aecf908.jpg) Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is joined by the cast of “Ted Lasso” for a press briefing, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Brendan_Hunt_on_March_20%2C_2023_in_the_James_S._Brady_Press_Briefing_Room_of_the_White_House_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![President Joe Biden, holding an AFC Richmond jersey, and First Lady Jill Biden greet the cast of “Ted Lasso” on Monday, March 20, 2023, in the Oval Office of th](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-774995ee7a82.jpg) President Joe Biden, holding an AFC Richmond jersey, and First Lady Jill Biden greet the cast of “Ted Lasso” on Monday, March 20, 2023, in the Oval Office of th — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Cast_of_Ted_Lasso_with_Jill_and_Joe_Biden_%282023%29.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Ted_Lasso_with_Jill_and_Joe_Biden_%282023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brendan Hunt](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-44c332452232.jpg) Brendan Hunt — Image via TMDB
- ![Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is joined by the cast of “Ted Lasso” for a press briefing, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room ](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-e6028b4cbf1a.jpg) Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is joined by the cast of “Ted Lasso” for a press briefing, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Karine_Jean-Pierre_is_joined_by_the_cast_of_Ted_Lasso_for_a_press_briefing_%2852834074267%29.jpg/1280px-Karine_Jean-Pierre_is_joined_by_the_cast_of_Ted_Lasso_for_a_press_briefing_%2852834074267%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![President Joe Biden greets the cast of “Ted Lasso”, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. The cast visited the White House to discuss t](https://film.one/media/person/22252/gallery-f5622238946d.jpg) President Joe Biden greets the cast of “Ted Lasso”, Monday, March 20, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. The cast visited the White House to discuss t — The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/P20230320AS-2424_%2852835094638%29.jpg/1280px-P20230320AS-2424_%2852835094638%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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