Brian Murphy

Brian Kevin Patrick Murphy is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is a former cast member at CollegeHumor.

Early life
Murph grew up in New Jersey. He attended Rowan University, where he dual majored in Film and Journalism.

Prior to his career as an actor and comedian, he was frontman to the band Barracuda Emergency, a pop punk band from Stonetown, New Jersey. He played guitar and sang. Barracuda Emergency was together from 2001-2002.

2008–2017: CollegeHumor
Murph originally started out as an intern at CollegeHumor, having had a connection through Kevin Corrigan, whom he was friends and co-workers with at Rowan University's Venue Magazine. He worked as a receptionist.

In early 2010, he and Owen Parsons launched Dorkly. He eventually went on to join the cast of CollegeHumor afterward. In 2015, he was the host of Middle of the Night Show, a late-night television series that aired on MTV for nine episodes.

After making the move to Los Angeles with the company, Murph starred in truTV's Adam Ruins Everything as himself. He was also one of the hosts of "8-Bit Book Club", a podcast where they read books about video games.

In 2017, Murph left CollegeHumor alongside his wife Emily Axford to work on Pop TV original series Hot Date, a show based on the CollegeHumor web series of the same name.

2018–present: NADDPOD and Dimension 20
On February 2, 2018, "Not Another D&D Podcast", a Dungeons & Dragons play podcast commonly abbreviated as NADDPOD, began, with Murph as the Dungeon Master and Emily, Jake Hurwitz, and Caldwell Tanner as players. Their first main campaign ended on May 9, 2020. In their monthly campaign run by Caldwell, he plays Jens Lyndelle, a High Elf bard.

In the same month, he and Emily published ''Hey, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact'', a satirical relationship advice book.

In the fall of 2018, Murph became a player on Dimension 20, Dropout's Dungeons & Dragons actual play show. Since then, he has played multiple characters, including Riz Gukgak from Fantasy High and Dimension 20 Live, Kugrash from The Unsleeping City, and Sir Theobald Gumbar from A Crown of Candy.

Personal life
Murph is married to Emily Axford. They own many cats, including an official core four that consists of Bruce, Bowie, Stevie, and Cece (short for Cirilla Celeste James) and a formerly feral backyard cat colony they unofficially claim that consists of Reboot, Smoky, Goose, Gigi, and Misty Step (Mysterious Grey Cat).