Neil Casey

Neil Casey Biography

Neil Casey is an American actor, comedian and television writer, theatre director and playwright best known for his work as a writer on Saturday Night Live and Inside Amy Schumer. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series both in 2013 for writing on SNL and in 2014 for Inside Amy Schumer. In 2016 he played the villain, Rowan North in the film Ghostbusters. He also co-stars in the upcoming Fox sitcom Making History, premiering in 2017.

Career

Casey graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in English, including a concentration in drama and minoring in Theatre. He started his career in theatre in 2001 and worked at UCB Theatre, where he has also taught since 2007. He directed, wrote, and acted in several shows at the theatre.

Acting career

In 2015 Casey starred in the Yahoo! Screen series Other Space created by Paul Feig.

In July 2015, Casey was cast in his first breakthrough film, Ghostbusters, the reboot of the 1984 film, playing a villain named Rowan. The film was shot in Boston, directed by Paul Feig, and starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones in the lead roles. Ghostbusters was released on July 15, 2016 by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

In 2017, he will co-star opposite Adam Pally in the Fox time-travel comedy Making History, Casey plays the role of Sam Adams.

Writing career

In 2012, Casey was hired to write comedy sketches for Saturday Night Live's season 38. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series at the 65th show in 2013. He was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 2013 and 2015 in the category of Comedy/Variety (including talk) series.

In 2014, Casey was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series at the 66th show for his work on Inside Amy Schumer. He was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 2014 in the category of Comedy/Variety (including talk) series.

In 2015, Casey wrote for the third season of the Kroll Show.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Cufflinks		Short
2007	What If There's Bears?		Short
2007	Oswald's Last Wish	Oswald	Short
2007	Ghostly Business	The Buyer	Short
2008	Secret Santa Buttplugs		Short
2009	Checkmates		Short
2009	Mystery Team	Broken Man
2009	The Tetris God	Devotee	Short
2010	Mind Ride: Part 1		Short
2010	Mind Ride: Part 2		Short
2010	The Rest of Caesar	Stan	Short
2012	Baby Congress	(voice)	Short
2012	The Lost Takes: When Harry Met Sally		Short
2012	Gator Farm	Neil	Short
2013	Security Questions		Short
2014	Fort Tilden	Ebb
2014	Limbos	Eugene	Short
2014	Adult Beginners	Neil
2014	I'm Obsessed with You	Flamboyant Fan
2016	Ghostbusters	Rowan North
2017	A Futile and Stupid Gesture	Brian McConnachie	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	My Wife, the Ghost	Glenn DeKamp	Short
2005	Cat News	Rob Thompson	Short
2006	Munchies	Bit	1 episode
2006	The Incredible Drunk	Mr. K	Short, 2 episodes
2007-2008	Fat Guy Stuck in Internet	Bit	16 episodes
2009	The Whitest Kids U' Know	Teacher	1 episode
2009	Pitchin' Nightmares		Short, 1 episode
2009	The Bartender		Short, 1 episode
2009	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Gary the Drunk Office Party Guy	1 episode
2011	Diamonds Wow!		Short, 1 episode
2011	CollegeHumor Originals	Blacksmith	1 episode
2009-2012	UCB Comedy Originals		4 episodes
2014	Broad City	Killan Casey	1 episode
2014	Playing House	Mr. Casey	1 episode
2014	Inside Amy Schumer	Cocktail Bartender / Mr. Peanut / Liam / Montgomery	4 episodes
2014-2015	The League	Neal/Neil	2 episode
2014	Marry Me	Fred	1 episode
2015	Kroll Show	Prosecutor / Hacktivist / Neil / Hellscape Head	5 episodes
2015	Other Space	Kent Woolworth	8 episodes
2015	Veep	Matty Curtis	1 episode
2015	The Untitled Web Series That Morgan Evans Is Doing for MTV	Frank	1 episode
2016	Animals.	Various voices	2 episodes
2017	Making History	Sam Adams	Series regular

As writer

Year	Title	Notes
2006	The Incredible Drunk	2 episodes
2006	Cufflinks	Short film
2008	Secret Santa Buttplugs	Short film
2012-2013	Saturday Night Live	19 episodes
2013	Security Questions	Short film
2014	Inside Amy Schumer	10 episodes
2015	Kroll Show	5 episodes

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