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Brandon T. Snider (born February 28) is a New York City based writer and actor who has written for and appeared on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer. He’s also been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chappelle Show. Snider has written a number of books about comic book characters, pop culture icons and television shows. He wrote the award winning Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave. He is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America East.
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Early life
Snider was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre from Coastal Carolina University.
Acting
Brandon appeared in two sketches on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He acted in an episode of Law & Order: SVU as well as an episode of Comedy Central’s Chappelle. In 2013, Snider played “The Producer” in the episode “A Porn Star is Born” from Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer.
He also appeared in commercials for Time Warner Cable, Heineken, DirecTV, AFLAC and New York Lottery.
Writing
In New York City, Snider studied improvisation with Second City and performed sketch comedy as part of the group Rash Behaviour in addition to writing humor for the news site, Huffington Post. He also wrote the Legion of Doom Stage Show in 2007 for the Six Flags amusement park.
Snider authored a variety of books featuring fictional television and comic book characters, including Frogs Are Funny!: The Most Sensational, Inspirational, Celebrational, Muppetational Muppets Joke Book EVER! His hardcover DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide was released in 2011, and reached #4 on Bookscan’s list of Best Selling Graphic Novels in May 2012.
In 2012 Snider wrote the best-selling Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave, Published by Insight Editions, the book is a detailed and personal account of Bruce Wayne’s evolution as Batman over the course of his career. The book features sketches, notes, and other top-secret case files in addition to about two dozen removable documents, including the design and capabilities of the Batsuit, blueprints revealing the inner workings of the Batcave, and the specifications for Batman’s arsenal of weapons and gadgets. The Dark Knight Manual won the 2013 IPPY Award for Pop Culture/Leisure . It was also featured in Time magazine, Forbes, Wired, i09. While promoting the book, Snider appeared on the syndicated television show The List as well as local Cincinnati, Ohio FOX affiliate Channel 19 .
The Dark Knight Manual received positive reviews from Superhero Hype, Stuff We Like, Gotham News and Forever Geek.
Snider worked with NY-based theatre company The Collective, where he met comedian Amy Schumer. In 2013, Schumer hired Snider to write for the first season of her Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer , which earned high ratings in 2013.
Snider has also written two stories which were included in the comic book Regular Show published by BOOM! Studios and based on the Cartoon Network program.