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'', Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti on the

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series ''

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'', and Alan Zweibel in the film '' Saturday Night''. In animation, he provides the voices of Mark Beaks in the 2017 reboot of ''

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on ''

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'', Neeku Vozo on ''

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'', Dylan Dalmatian on ''

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'', Twig on "The Mighty Ones", and Intelligence Pete on "Sniper Grit".

Early life

Brener was born on October 1, 1984, in

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and was raised in a Jewish household. He attended Bellaire High School. Brener graduated from

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in 2007. He was the president of the

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, a student theatrical society at Harvard.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

References

External links

* Living people 1984 births 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Hasty Pudding alumni Jewish American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1980s-stub Male actors from Houston