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American writer and producer

Neil Garguilo
BornNeil William Garguilo
(1982-04-14) April 14, 1982 (age 42)
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Alma materPace University
Occupations
  • Writer
  • producer
  • director
  • actor
  • comedian
PartnerKristin Sanchez

Neil William Garguilo (born April 14, 1982) is an American writer, producer, director, actor and improv comedian. Garguilo is co-creator, showrunner and star of the Syfy original animated series Hell Den which is amongst the first series to appear on Syfy's TZGZ late-night block. He also appeared on all five seasons of the MTV hit comedy series Awkward, and regularly works with Funny or Die and members of the comedy group Broken Lizard.

He is the founding member of the celebrated improv comedy group Dr. God, the group responsible for the 2015 horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards.

In 2020, Garguilo won a Daytime Emmy Award for his Funny or Die series Brainwashed By Toons. He was nominated twice for the series and shares an Emmy Award with Seinfeld star Jason Alexander.

Early life

Garguilo was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He attended Spotswood High School and is a graduate of Pace University. While in college, he also attended the New York Film Academy and performed stand-up comedy regularly at the New York Comedy Club.

Career

After college, Garguilo attended the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and studied improv comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade (New York and Los Angeles), iO West, Second City Hollywood and the Pack Theater.

His television career started at TV Guide Network as an assistant on the John Henson television series Watch This. From there, Garguilo would work on and off camera for years before landing the role of Principal Cox on the hit MTV series Awkward.

In 2014, he created his first television series MOCKpocalpyse which aired for three seasons on the Mark Cuban-owned cable network AXS TV. This talking-head comedy series featured comics such as Steve Agee, Nate Bargatze, Mary Birdsong, Frangela, Kevin Heffernan, Dave Holmes, Jamie Kaler, Michael Kosta, Steve Lemme, Jimmy Pardo, Emo Philips, Catherine Reitman, Sam Richardson, Brody Stevens, Ryan Stout and more.

In 2019, Garguilo launched his production company Rafael Raffaele Entertainment. Through his company, Garguilo created his first animated television series Hell Den alongside the members of his comedy group Dr. God. He serves as showrunner, director and stars as Andrew in addition to playing dozens of sketch characters.

Also, through his company, Garguilo created, directed, wrote and produced his 2019 Funny or Die digital series Brainwashed by Toons, featuring songs with Jason Alexander, Wayne Brady and Lea Thompson. He made the series with longtime collaborators Dwayne Colbert and Gregory James Jenkins. For his work, he won Outstanding Original Song and was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series at the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Personal life

Garguilo is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

In 2019, he was engaged to voice actress and producer Kristin Sanchez.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Credits Notes
2010 The Bold and the Beautiful Beat Cop 1 episode
2011 Attack of the Show Johnny Planking Champion 1 episode
2011–2015 Awkward Principal Cox 9 episodes
2012 Stevie TV Police Officer #1 1 episode
2013–2014 Foursome: Walk of Shame Self 13 episodes
2014 AXS TV's Super Party Super Special Self
Executive Producer 		1 episode
2014–2015 MOCKpocalpyse Self
Co-Creator
Executive Producer
Director 		25 episodes
2016 Almost Genius Director 22 episodes
2017 Casandra French's Finishing School Tor Helberg 1 episode
2016–2017 Greatest Ever Producer 21 episodes
2017 Clickbait Consulting Producer 20 episodes
2019 Tacoma FD Dispatcher Ken 1 episode
2019–present Hell Den Andrew
Co-Creator
Executive Producer
Writer
Director 		12 episodes

Film

Year Title Credits
2009 Dead Air Colleague #2
2015 Bloodsucking Bastards Mike
Co-Writer (as Dr. God)
2017 From Jennifer Gavin Trask
2018 Super Troopers 2 Grocery Driver

Digital

Year Title Series Credits Notes
2008 Sketch Toons Strike TV Various Voices 1 episode
2010 Electric Spoofaloo Take 180 The Situation 1 episode
2014 Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords Adult Swim Announcer 1 episode
2015–2017 Throwback Clevver Executive Producer
Director 		62 episodes
2019 Take It Outside Funny or Die Director
Writer 		8 episodes
2019 Brainwashed By Toons Funny or Die Creator
Writer
Director
Executive Producer 		3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated Work Result
2020 The Webby Awards Online Film & Video: Weird Hell Den Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series Brainwashed By Toons Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Original Song Brainwashed By Toons Won

References

  1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 23, 2020). "Syfy's TZGZ Late-Night Animation Block Picks Up 3 New Series, Orders 2 Pilots". Deadline. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Bullard, Benjamin (July 24, 2020). "TZGZ animates the Con: Cast & creators tease Devil May Care, MGFS, Wild Life, & Hell Den". Syfy. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. Neil Garguilo at IMDb
  4. "Neil Garguilo". Funny Or Die. October 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. Levine, Kate (February 25, 2015). "Chewin' It #98: Neil Garguilo & Dave Park 2". Nerdist. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. "Neil Garguilo". Dr. God Comedy. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  7. "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces the winners of the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). The Emmys. June 26, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  8. "BMI Congratulates its 2020 Daytime Emmy Winners". BMI. July 27, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  9. "Bring NYC to ME: The Media Series". Pace University. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  10. Sneider, Jeff (December 18, 2014). "Dr. God's 'MOCKPocalypse' Returning for Second Season on AXS TV (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  11. "MOCKpocalypse". IMDb. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  12. Sneider, Jeff (September 5, 2019). "Writer Neil Garguilo Launches Production Company, Pens Script for 'Get Out' Producer". Collider. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  13. Herzog, Kenny (August 10, 2020). "Emmy-Winning Producer and Comedian Neil Garguilo Launches Exclusive Entrepreneur Video Series on the Ups and Downs of Running a Company From Home". Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  14. "Nominees announced for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). The Emmys. May 21, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.

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