Brendan Bradley

Bradley appeared in Frankenstein, MD as Eli Lavenza, a modern adaptation of Elizabeth Lavenza, from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.

Brendan Andolsek Bradley (born May 5, 1983) is an American actor, director, producer, writer and VR performer.

He is best known for portraying the advertising character Guy in radio and television commercials for Staples.

He has been noted for his work in over 100 television and interactive projects for PBS, CBS, Legendary Entertainment, the Fine Brothers, Comedy Central, the video game Resident Evil: Village and others.

As a writer, he wrote the stage play Jettison, the virtual reality Musical, Non-Player Character, the comedy series Squatters, Video Game Reunion and Non-Transferable and A Tale Told By An Idiot, both films which he also directed.

He also served as the director and producer of Assassin's Creed: The Musical, SONA, and Baby X.

He founded The Innovation Lab at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is recognized as a pioneer in live immersive theater in virtual reality.

Bradley was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina.

He began appearing in plays at Raleigh Little Theater.

During his senior year of high school, he produced his first play.

He co-founded RASH!

Theater Company which operated from 2002 to 2005 producing works, including Goonies: The Musical.

Bradley graduated from Durham Academy in Durham, North Carolina with a high school degree, and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Honors in Theater from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

While attending New York University, Bradley spent some time in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art studying Shakespeare in Performance.

Bradley began his career after attending New York University, The Lee Strasberg Institute, and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Bradley began producing online commercials before developing his own original, scripted comedy series, Squatters.

Squatters caught the attention of National Public Radio's The Story with Dick Gordon and TubeFilter News leading to the 14 episodes launched on DailyMotion as their first original comedy web series.

Jettison was published in One Acts of Note in 2009 by Desert Road Publishing, and was produced as part of The Signature Shorts Series at Arsht Center in Miami.

Filming began in 2009 for the feature film Friends With Benefits, which starred Bradley.

He also starred in Redwoods and Love Conquers Paul.

Bradley won "Best Actor" award at Methodfest.

Shortly after in 2010, Bradley made his television debut with the web series The Legend of Neil, which was syndicated on Comedy Central.

Bradley is the creator, writer, director and star of Squatters, a web series which aired from 2010 to 2012 on DailyMotion as their first original comedy web series.

Following in 2011, he appeared in the MTV series Death Valley and the series finale of Wizards of Waverly Place.

In 2013, Bradley starred in the viral parody series, School of Thrones as Renly Baratheon.

The web series, produced by PBS Digital Studios and Pemberley Digital, premiered on August 19, 2014, and concluded October 31, 2014.

Shortly after in 2014, Bradley directed and produced Assassin's Creed The Musical for Machinima.

He began his role as Guy, the quirky, fast-talking Staples clerk in a series of commercials in January 2015, and was Staples national spokesperson.

Bradley’s first play, Jettison, was commissioned by Impetuous Theater Group for Swim Shorts 3, a one act play festival that took place in a rooftop swimming pool in midtown Manhattan.

Bradley played triplets on CBS’s Elementary in 2015.

The same year he appeared on CBS’s legal drama Doubt and Tyler Perry’s The Haves And The Have Nots.

During the period of 2015 to 2017, Bradley portrayed the face-talking salesman named Guy in a series of TV and Radio commercials for Staples, Inc.

After that, in 2016 Bradley created the animated short Baby X, adapted from the short story X: A Fabulous Child’s Story.

The show aired on domestic and International television in 2017 through a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group.

In the year 2017, Bradley starred in the film, In Vino, opposite Ed Asner and Sean Young.

After that project his film directorial debut Non-Transferable was released.

The film partnered with Turkish Airlines and several YouTube influencers.

In 2018, Bradley appeared on Timeless, American Housewife and reprised his role on The Haves And Have Nots.

In 2022, Bradley’s third feature film screenplay, The Plus One was directed by Erik White, starring Ashanti, Cedric The Entertainer, Michelle Hurd, Cassie Scerbo, and Brendan Bradley.

The project was acquired by Rooster Teeth in 2019.