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Doug Brochu
American actor, comedian and voice actor (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Douglas Mark Brochu (born September 29, 1990)[1] is an American actor, comedian and producer. He is best known for his role as Grady Mitchell in the Disney Channel Original Series, Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011) and So Random! (2011–2012).
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Early life
Brochu was born in Tennessee,[2] the son of Nita and Michael Brochu. He has an older brother, Chris Brochu, and a younger sister, actress Kaitlyn "Kate" Brochu. When he was 4 years old, Brochu moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he spent most of his childhood, before moving to Tampa, Florida, where he started taking acting classes and doing local theater.[2] In August 2006, he moved to Los Angeles with his family to pursue acting.[1][2]
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Career
Brochu has appeared in stage productions of My Fair Lady, Smokey Mountain Christmas, The Play's the Thing and Forever Broadway.[1][2] He has also had guest starring roles on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and iCarly. Brochu played the main role as Grady Mitchell in Sonny with a Chance and in So Random!. Brochu also played in a special guest role as Oogie in Disney XD's Pair of Kings.[3] In 2011, Brochu was part of Disney's Friends for Change Games, which aired on Disney Channel. After So Random! was cancelled, Brochu hosted AwesomenessTV's web series Shove It,[4] as well as two episodes of How to Be Awesome.[5][6]
Since then, Brochu has appeared in several short films[7][8][9][10][11][12] and theater productions,[13][14] as well as started the sketch comedy group Burnt Quiche[15] in 2017. In 2018, he starred in the interactive live show Kid Claw[16] on Twitch, playing the titular character.
In 2021, Brochu reprised his role as Duke Lubberman in the iCarly reboot.[17]
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Personal life
Brochu's hobbies include reading, writing, playing videogames, playing banjo, blacksmithing, leather-crafting and brewing.[2][18][19] From 2012 to 2013, he co-hosted a podcast called Beardomancy 101 with friend Ryan Moran,[20] where they would discuss adventures, comics, movies and geek culture in general.[21]
In 2016, he moved to New York City to start a business, All-Wise Meadery, alongside actor Dylan Sprouse.[22] In September 2016, they started an interactive D&D show called Pug Crawl,[23] which went on until March 2017. The premise consisted of weekly D&D games where viewers would choose which characters and scenarios would be featured. In November 2018, Brochu announced he was leaving All-Wise.[24]
Brochu lives in Columbus, Ohio. He currently works as a live broadcast producer at Esports Engine alongside some of his best friends, including Kid Claw creator Ethan Spencer and Chase Down Podcast co-host Carter Rodriguez.[25]
Filmography
Film
- Obituaries (2014) as Calvin Roderick[7]
- Winesburg: Death (2015) as Handsome Lover #2[8]
- Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014) as Senior Jock
Television
Music videos
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References
External links
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