Neil Garguilo

Neil William Garguilo (born April 14, 1982) is an American writer, producer, director, actor and improv comedian. Garguilo is co-creator, showrunner and star of the Syfy original animated series Hell Den[1][2] which is amongst the first series to appear on Syfy's TZGZ late-night block.[1] He also appeared on all five seasons of the MTV hit comedy series Awkward,[3] and regularly works with Funny or Die[4] and members of the comedy group Broken Lizard.[5]

Neil Garguilo
Born	Neil William Garguilo April 14, 1982 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Alma mater	Pace University
Occupation	Writer producer director actor comedian
Partner(s)	Kristin Sanchez

He is the founding member of the celebrated improv comedy group Dr. God,[6] the group responsible for the 2015 horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards.

In 2020, Garguilo won a Daytime Emmy Award for his Funny or Die series Brainwashed By Toons. He was nominated twice for the series and shares an Emmy Award with Seinfeld star Jason Alexander.[7][8]

Early life

Garguilo was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He attended Spotswood High School and is a graduate of Pace University.[9] While in college, he also attended the New York Film Academy and performed stand-up comedy regularly at the New York Comedy Club.

Career

After college, Garguilo attended the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and studied improv comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade (New York and Los Angeles), iO West, Second City Hollywood and the Pack Theater.

His television career started at TV Guide Network as an assistant on the John Henson television series Watch This. From there, Garguilo would work on and off camera for years before landing the role of Principal Cox on the hit MTV series Awkward.

In 2014, he created his first television series MOCKpocalpyse which aired for three seasons on the Mark Cuban-owned cable network AXS TV.[10] This talking-head comedy series featured comics such as Steve Agee, Nate Bargatze, Mary Birdsong, Frangela, Kevin Heffernan, Dave Holmes, Jamie Kaler, Michael Kosta, Steve Lemme, Jimmy Pardo, Emo Philips, Catherine Reitman, Sam Richardson, Brody Stevens, Ryan Stout and more.[11]

In 2019, Garguilo launched his production company Rafael Raffaele Entertainment. Through his company, Garguilo created his first animated television series Hell Den alongside the members of his comedy group Dr. God. He serves as showrunner,[2] director and stars as Andrew in addition to playing dozens of sketch characters.[12]

Also, through his company, Garguilo created, directed, wrote and produced his 2019 Funny or Die digital series Brainwashed by Toons, featuring songs with Jason Alexander, Wayne Brady and Lea Thompson.[13] He made the series with longtime collaborators Dwayne Colbert and Gregory James Jenkins. For his work, he won Outstanding Original Song and was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series at the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.[14]

Personal life

Garguilo is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

In 2019, he was engaged to voice actress and producer Kristin Sanchez.

The Walking Dead character Neil Gargulio was named after Garguilo by Scott Gimple.[15]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Credits	Notes
2010	The Bold and the Beautiful	Beat Cop	1 episode
2011	Attack of the Show	Johnny Planking Champion	1 episode
2011–2015	Awkward	Principal Cox	9 episodes
2012	Stevie TV	Police Officer #1	1 episode
2013–2014	Foursome: Walk of Shame	Self	13 episodes
2014	AXS TV's Super Party Super Special	Self Executive Producer	1 episode
2014–2015	MOCKpocalpyse	Self Co-Creator Executive Producer Director	25 episodes
2016	Almost Genius	Director	22 episodes
2017	Casandra French's Finishing School	Tor Helberg	1 episode
2016–2017	Greatest Ever	Producer	21 episodes
2017	Clickbait	Consulting Producer	20 episodes
2019	Tacoma FD	Dispatcher Ken	1 episode
2019–present	Hell Den	Andrew Co-Creator Executive Producer Writer Director	12 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Credits
2009	Dead Air	Colleague #2
2015	Bloodsucking Bastards	Mike Co-Writer (as Dr. God)
2017	From Jennifer	Gavin Trask
2018	Super Troopers 2	Grocery Driver

Digital

Year	Title	Series	Credits	Notes
2008	Sketch Toons	Strike TV	Various Voices	1 episode
2010	Electric Spoofaloo	Take 180	The Situation	1 episode
2014	Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords	Adult Swim	Announcer	1 episode
2015–2017	Throwback	Clevver	Executive Producer Director	62 episodes
2019	Take It Outside	Funny or Die	Director Writer	8 episodes
2019	Brainwashed By Toons	Funny or Die	Creator Writer Director Executive Producer	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2020	The Webby Awards	Online Film & Video: Weird	Hell Den	Nominated
	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series	Brainwashed By Toons	Nominated
	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Original Song	Brainwashed By Toons	Won

References

1. Andreeva, Nellie (April 23, 2020). "Syfy's TZGZ Late-Night Animation Block Picks Up 3 New Series, Orders 2 Pilots". Deadline. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
2. Bullard, Benjamin (July 24, 2020). "TZGZ animates the Con: Cast & creators tease Devil May Care, MGFS, Wild Life, & Hell Den". Syfy. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
3. Neil Garguilo at IMDb
4. "Neil Garguilo". Funny Or Die. October 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
5. Levine, Kate (February 25, 2015). "Chewin' It #98: Neil Garguilo & Dave Park 2". Nerdist. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
6. "Neil Garguilo". Dr. God Comedy. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
7. "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announces the winners of the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). The Emmys. June 26, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
8. "BMI Congratulates its 2020 Daytime Emmy Winners". BMI. July 27, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
9. "Bring NYC to ME: The Media Series". Pace University. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
10. Sneider, Jeff (December 18, 2014). "Dr. God's 'MOCKPocalypse' Returning for Second Season on AXS TV (Exclusive)". The Wrap. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
11. "MOCKpocalypse". IMDb. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
12. Sneider, Jeff (September 5, 2019). "Writer Neil Garguilo Launches Production Company, Pens Script for 'Get Out' Producer". Collider. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
13. Herzog, Kenny (August 10, 2020). "Emmy-Winning Producer and Comedian Neil Garguilo Launches Exclusive Entrepreneur Video Series on the Ups and Downs of Running a Company From Home". Retrieved August 15, 2020.
14. "Nominees announced for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). The Emmys. May 21, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
15. "Gargulio (TV Series)". Walking Dead Wiki. 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.

External links

• Neil Garguilo at IMDb
• Neil Garguilo at the iO Theater.
• Neil Garguilo at the Ruby LA.