Brendan Andolsek Bradley

Career

2005–2015: Early roles and breakthrough Bradley began his career in New York City theatre, originating roles in theatre productions like Slasher and Venezuela. He then took on leading film roles in Friends With Benefits, Redwoods, and Colin Bannon's Love Conquers Paul (2009), winning Best Actor at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival.

His first play, Jettison, was commissioned by Impetuous Theater Group for Swim Shorts 3 - a one-act play festival held on a Manhattan rooftop swimming pool - and later published and produced in Miami. 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.

His breakthrough came with the web series, Squatters (2010–2012), DailyMotion's first original comedy series, which earned acclaim from NPR's The Story with Dick Gordon and TubeFilter News and led to further YouTube collaborations. Bradley made his television debut with the web series The Legend of Neil, which was syndicated on Comedy Central.

Bradley appeared as Eli Lavenza in Frankenstein, MD (2014), a modern adaptation of Elizabeth Lavenza, from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. The web series was produced by PBS Digital Studios and Pemberley Digital, premiered on August 19, 2014, and concluded on October 31, 2014. The show aired on domestic and international television in 2017 through a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group.

Soon after, Bradley began to work on network TV roles in shows such as Wizards of Waverly Place and Death Valley.

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

2015-2020 Commercial Success Bradley continued his work with a role in 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, and ABC's American Housewife. In 2017, he starred in, In Vino, opposite Ed Asner and Sean Young and debuted his first feature film as a writer-director, Non-Transferable that same year.

Bradley also created an animated adaptation of the short story, X: A Fabulous Child's Story. In 2019, he released the follow-up short film, Baby S. Bradley directed and starred in the sci-fi series SONA (2017), which was picked up by Legendary Entertainment.

For its San Diego Comic-Con launch, he designed a virtual reality escape room experience.

Bradley's third feature film screenplay, The Plus One was directed by Erik White, starring Ashanti, Cedric The Entertainer, and himself.

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. Shortly after in 2014, Bradley directed and produced Assassin's Creed The Musical for Machinima. The project was acquired by Rooster Teeth in 2019.

The 11-minute film received praise from Joe Blevins of The A.V. Club who wrote that its animation style succeeded in mimicking the visual style of its source text, and from Kristina Marusic of NewNowNext, who described it as "both beautiful and poignant". Clips of the film were also used on NPR's Hidden Brain.

In 2018, Bradley began writing, producing and directing A Tale Told By An Idiot, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth parodying virtual reality and cryptocurrency gaming. The mixed media project experimented with live action film, motion capture and 3D animation.

2020-2025: Pioneering during the pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bradley pioneered live theatre in virtual reality. He had previously founded The Innovation Lab at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts to integrate emerging technologies into live performance training. When schools and theater shut down during COVID-19, the Lab pivoted for students to attend, learn and perform in virtual reality. Bradley then launched The Future Stages on Mozilla Hubs, a free 3D virtual theater.

Bradley appeared as a motion capture performer and voice performer in Resident Evil: Village for Capcom. In October 2020, he adapted Jettison at Future Stages, becoming a finalist for the Innovation Award at the 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards.

In the following years, Bradley became the co-founder of The 5th Wall Forum and OnBoardXR (2021-2023), supporting digital live arts projects. Bradley began developing the interactive virtual reality musical Non-Player Character Musical which workshopped at the Mugar Omni IMAX Theater and premiered at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He produced and performed a live halftime show in VR at The Polys XR Awards.

During the 2020 shutdown, Bradley live-streamed a one-man show, seamlessly switching between 5 modes of AR/VR/XR/MR/2D storytelling for The Museum of Science, including live theater in web-based virtual reality (WebVR).

The musical allowed on-site audiences to experience either as a Participant of the VR Concert, wearing a VR headset, or as a seated Spectator watching the experience projected onto the IMAX dome screen. Bradley workshopped and expanded the Non-Player Character VR Musical, performing live at FIVARS, Mozilla Festival, winning Best in VR Interactive Immersive Experience at The Queensland (Qld) XR Festival and nominated for The Indie Creator Auggie Award at Augmented World Expo as part of OnBoardXR. Bradley released his single "Reprogram Me" from the recording of Non-Player Character, which debuted at number 25 on the U.S. iTunes Soundtrack Chart.

He starred in Ferryman Collective's VRChat play Severance Theory: Welcome To Respite (2021), performing live at The Venice Film Fest, Raindance Immersive, and the Kaohsiung Film Festival. He also played roles in Gumball Dreams at SXSW and Uncanny Alley: A New Day (2024) at The Venice Film Fest.

2025-present Bradley starred in Succubus opposite Ron Perlman and Rosanna Arquette. Shortly after, his American gothic musical, The Devil and the Daylong Brothers, premiered at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation with a live performance from Keith Carradine.

Music An original Workshop cast album recorded at Fever Tree Studios with Producer and Arranger Maurice Soque Jr. was released September 2, 2022. Agent Welles / Officer Welles 3 episodes 2018 Sona Akiva 6 episodes 2018 Timeless Daly Episode: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes 2017 Doubt Hayden Episode: Running Out of Time 2016 The Haves and the Have Nots Officer Welles Episode: "It's Ok to Love" 2016 Sing It! Eli Savage 2 episodes 2015 Elementary Timothy Wagner/Otto Neuhaus/Evan Farrow Episode: "Tag, You're Me" 2015 Muzzled the Musical Prince Dashing 3 episodes 2014 Frankenstein, MD Eli Lavenza 13 episodes 2013 Mr. Box Office Lars Frankenheimer Episode: "Fifty Shades of Gray Hair" 2013 School of Thrones Renly Baratheon 3 episodes 2012 NCIS Guest Episode: "Devil's Trifecta " 2012 Wizards of Waverly Place Hank Russo Episode: "Rock Around the Clock" 2011 Death Valley Officer Brown Episode: "Assault on Precinct UTF" 2010 Squatters Hank Pitman Series Regular, Writer, Director 2009 The Legend of Neil Male Fairy 3 Episodes

Film

Recognition Brendan was interviewed on National Public Radio's The Story with Dick Gordon on September 9, 2009, about his experiences writing and producing online commercials and entertainment. The Method Fest Independent Film Festival recognized his performance in September 12 by giving him the Best Actor Award in 2009.