Brian began doing stand up comedy in 1992, winning the title of Buffalo’s Funniest New Comedian. Since then he’s performed at HBO’s US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, appeared on NBC’s Late Friday, TBS’s Very Funny at the Laugh Factory, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and had his own stand up comedy special air on SHOWTIME. He's also made several guest starring appearances on popular TV shows such as Friends, That 70s Show, NYPD Blue, Ghost Whisperer, Las Vegas, and My Name Is Earl, and is probably best known for hosting the first season of American Idol.