Jon Gabrus (born January 31, 1982) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his work on '' Guy Code'', the podcast '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'', and TVLand's '' Younger''. He was a performer at the

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Amy Poehler, Matthew Walsh, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Ad ...

and hosted the ''High and Mighty'' podcast, as well as co-hosting the ''Raised By TV'' and ''Action Boyz'' podcasts.

Early life and education

Jonathan Gabrus was born and raised in

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

in the town of Bellmore. He attended Wellington C. Mepham High School where he was a part of the football and swim teams. Gabrus was a lifeguard in the summers during school at Field 6, Jones Beach State Park. After graduation Gabrus attended

Marist College Marist University is a private university in Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Marist was founded by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic Church, Catholic religious institute, in 1905 to prepare brothers for their ...

where he played club rugby. Gabrus’ admission essay was about Popeye.

Career

Jon Gabrus began performing at the

in New York in 2005 and currently performs at the theater in Los Angeles. At UCB, he has been a member of the teams Mailer Daemon, fwand, The Law Firm, and Your F'd Up Family. His one-person show "Blackout Drunk" also played at the theater. He has been a regular panelist for MTV2's ''Guy Code'' for five seasons and has played recurring roles on TV shows like '' Younger'', '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'', and '' The Hotwives of Las Vegas''. In 2015, Gabrus was a contestant on the short internet game show from CollegeHumor “Um, Actually”. He also began hosting the podcast ''High and Mighty'' on Amir Blumenfeld and Jake Hurwitz's HeadGum network. He appears frequently on the podcasts ''improv4humans'' and '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'' On the latter, he plays the character of Gino Lombardo, host Scott Aukerman's very thin intern. On September 25, 2015, it was reported that Gabrus would co-write a half-hour spy comedy for Fox with

Paul Lieberstein Paul Bevan Lieberstein (born February 22, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television director and television producer. A Primetime Emmy Award winner, he is best known as a writer, executive producer, and supporting cast member on the ...

and potentially star in the project.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* *Gabrus's podcas
''High and Mighty''
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