Brian Drolet

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Brian Drolet originally grew up and was raised his whole life in Queens,

NY, and started his collegiate career in Garden City, Long Island on an

art scholarship at Adelphi University majoring in Graphic Design and

playing for Adelphi's number one ranked Basketball team. After his

sophomore year, with a hurt knee, he transferred to the University of

Florida to pursue a degree in Electronic Intermedia, also with a

scholarship for art. After graduating he moved back to NY to attend

acting schools in Manhattan and to focus solely on acting. Not knowing

how to get started, Brian recorded himself doing a bunch of different

silly characters and impersonations and edited together using the

pause/record button on a camcorder and a VCR. The tape was completely

amateurish but he just started knocking on doors and doing blind

submissions, determined to find people to help him achieve his dreams.

His mother suffered from the disease Scleroderma for most of his life.

Seeing her struggle for her health from a young age sculpted Brian's

mentality toward life. He realized it was short and precious, and he

decided from a young age he would live it to the fullest and go after

all his big dreams no matter how impossible they may seem. So pushing

past all the "no's" and rejections he just kept plugging along and

eventually someone saw potential and sent his tape to someone at MTV.

MTV called him in and gave him 15 minutes on camera to improv. Brian

told them he had "multiple personality disorder" and it may disrupt his

audition. After 15 minutes of slipping in and out of different

characters MTV asked him back the next day. He auditioned and booked his

first ever television gig on the MTV show "Damage Control." He filmed 5

episodes straight and realized he may be on to something. Next he

landed the lead in the off Broadway

play, The Ecstasy In The Light. But after one year in New York, he

headed to California seeking more opportunity and he got it, booking his

first LA job on the Oxygen Network show, Campus Ladies with Jonah Hill,

just weeks into town. But not being satisfied with small parts here and

there he wanted to do more. Brian started doing stand up comedy around

town, immersed himself in as many acting classes, improv classes,

writing classes etc. And then decided he would start honing his energy

on his dream, making his own movies. And in under 4 years he produced a

low budget indie he wrote and is already currently in development on his

next film(2011). Brian believes in working hard, always learning, and

challenging himself to continue to manifest his creative visions.

has been an art major his whole life, his parents enrolled him in

various advanced art programs throughout his childhood encouraging his

creative drive, including animation camp, college level painting

courses, as well as being involved in programs that taught sculpture and

various other mediums. But having had a fascination with acting from

early on, he took to writing and producing naturally seeing the whole

movie-making process as one big art project that was the perfect medium

to express himself. He is eager to continue to educate himself in every

detail of movie making, including and especially directing.

has also appeared in ads and commercials for companies such as Bud

Light, Sunkist Soda, Miller Lite, White Castle, Nike, NCAA, Perry Ellis

and many more.

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