George Basil

George Basil
Born
George William Basil

1978/01/04
Baltimore, MD
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present
Children1

George William Basil is an American actor.

Early life

Basil grew up outside Baltimore in Essex.[1] After his family moved to Greece, being of age he stayed and worked briefly as a chef after graduating high school.[1]

After seeing a flyer for the Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival, Basil moved to Austin.[1] There he worked as a bartender and at a pirate radio station.[1] He took an improv class which inspired him to move to New York City.[1]

In NYC, Basil studied at Magnet Theater.[1] For money, he worked at the Apple store, before he began getting acting work.[1]

Career

Basil (right) in Jon Lajoie's "Please Use This Song" music video (2014)

As an actor Basil is best-known for such films as Werewolves Within[2] and television roles in series such as Flaked,[3] Wrecked,[4] and Crashing.[5]

Personal life

Basil has one daughter and resides in Highland Park.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Roller Town Gregs
2013 Farah Goes Bang Jared
2014 Welcome to Me Technical Director No. 2
2016 Man Underground Willem Koda
2017 Village People Mike
2020 Desperados Doug
2021 Werewolves Within Marcus
2023 Barbie Boutique Owner
TBA Party O'Clock Junior

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Pete Holmes Show Wolverine Episode: "Kumail Nanjiani"
2014 Newsers Karl TV movie
2014 Love is Relative Ryan TV movie
2015 Adam Ruins Everything Serial Killer Episode: "Serial Killer"
2016 Tween Fest Cootis Episode: "The Week Between""
2016 The Good Place Andy Episode: "Tahani Al-Jamil"
2016 You're the Worst Chip Episode: "The Inherent, Unsullied Qualitative Value of Anything"
2016–2017 No Tomorrow Jesse Holliday 5 episodes
2016–2017 Flaked Cooler 14 episodes
2016–2018 Wrecked Chet 20 episodes
2017–2019 Crashing Leif 13 episodes
2017 Ghost Story Club Wally Episode: "The Haunted Interstate"
2017–2019 SMILF George 2 episodes
2019 Santa Clarita Diet André Episode: "Zombody"
2019 All Rise Robbie Brooks Episode: "Pilot"
2019 Silicon Valley Ethan Episode: "Maximizing Alphaness"
2019 No Activity Gary 8 episodes
2023 Royal Crackers George Zeebos (voice) Episode: "The 1%"

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "BA #242: George Basil". the Box Angeles podcast. August 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Rechtshaffen, Michael (July 13, 2017). "Quirky indie drama 'Man Underground' buried beneath tedious dialogue". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Petski, Denise (August 24, 2015). "George Basil Cast in Will Arnett's Netflix Comedy Series 'Flaked'".
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 27, 2015). "TBS Deserted Island Comedy Pilot 'Wrecked' Sets Ensemble Cast".
  5. ^ "Hunky George Basil Goes Full-Frontal in HBO's 'Crashing' – Instinct". instinctmagazine.com.