Neil Garguilo

Neil William Garguilo (born April 14, 1982) is an American writer, producer, director, actor and improv comedian. He is also a lyricist, writing musical comedy for television and film.

Garguilo was co-creator, showrunner and star of the Syfy original animated series Hell Den. He also appeared on all five seasons of the MTV hit comedy series Awkward, and regularly works with Funny or Die and members of the comedy group Broken Lizard.

He is the founding member of the celebrated improv comedy group Dr. God, the group responsible for the 2015 horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards, starring Pedro Pascal and Fran Kranz.

In 2020, Garguilo won a Daytime Emmy Award for his Funny or Die series Brainwashed By Toons. He was nominated twice for the series and shares an Emmy Award with Seinfeld star Jason Alexander.

Early life Garguilo was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He attended Spotswood High School and is a graduate of Pace University. While in college, he also attended the New York Film Academy and performed stand-up comedy regularly at the New York Comedy Club.

Career

After college, Garguilo attended the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and studied improv comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade (New York and Los Angeles), iO West, Second City Hollywood and the Pack Theater.

His television career started at TV Guide Network as an assistant on the John Henson television series Watch This. From there, Garguilo would work on and off camera for years before landing the role of Principal Cox on the hit MTV series Awkward.

In 2014, he created his first television series MOCKpocalpyse which aired for three seasons on the Mark Cuban-owned cable network AXS TV. This talking-head comedy series featured comics such as Steve Agee, Nate Bargatze, Mary Birdsong, Frangela, Kevin Heffernan, Dave Holmes, Jamie Kaler, Michael Kosta, Steve Lemme, Jimmy Pardo, Emo Philips, Catherine Reitman, Sam Richardson, Brody Stevens, Ryan Stout and more.

In 2019, Garguilo launched his production company Rafael Raffaele Entertainment. Through his company, Garguilo created his first animated television series Hell Den alongside the members of his comedy group Dr. God. He serves as showrunner,

Also, through his company, Garguilo created, directed, wrote and produced his 2019 Funny or Die digital series Brainwashed by Toons, featuring songs with Jason Alexander, Wayne Brady and Lea Thompson. He made the series with longtime collaborators Dwayne Colbert and Gregory James Jenkins. For his work, he won Outstanding Original Song and was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Series at the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Personal life Garguilo is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

In 2019, he was engaged to voice actress and producer Kristin Sanchez.

Filmography Television Year Title Credits Notes 2010 The Bold and the Beautiful Beat Cop 1 episode 2011 Attack of the Show Johnny Planking Champion 1 episode 2011–2015 Awkward Principal Cox 9 episodes 2012 Stevie TV Police Officer #1 1 episode 2013–2014 Foursome: Walk of Shame Self 13 episodes 2014 AXS TV's Super Party Super Special Self Executive Producer 1 episode 2014–2015 MOCKpocalpyse Self Co-Creator Executive Producer Director 25 episodes 2016 Almost Genius Director 22 episodes 2017 Casandra French's Finishing School Tor Helberg 1 episode 2016–2017 Greatest Ever Producer 21 episodes 2017 Clickbait Consulting Producer 20 episodes 2019 Tacoma FD Dispatcher Ken 1 episode 2019–present Hell Den Andrew Co-Creator Executive Producer Writer Director 12 episodes 2020 Conan Fake Masks Narrator 1 episode 2021–2022 Madagascar: A Little Wild Eddie 3 episodes 2022 The Book of Queer lyricist: theme song / lyricist: original song 5 episodes 2023 Adventures in Odyssey Terry Blaze 1 episode

Film Year Title Credits 2009 Dead Air Colleague #2 2015 Bloodsucking Bastards Mike Co-Writer (as Dr. God) 2017 From Jennifer Gavin Trask 2018 Super Troopers 2 Grocery Driver 2021 Donny's Bar Mitzvah Vaal Dh'o 2024 Unicorn Boy various voices/Producer p.g.a

Digital Year Title Series Credits Notes 2008 Sketch Toons Strike TV Various Voices 1 episode 2010 Electric Spoofaloo Take 180 The Situation 1 episode 2014 Fist-Man: Strongest of the Slab-Bodied Slab Lords Adult Swim Announcer 1 episode 2015–2017 Throwback Clevver Executive Producer Director 62 episodes 2019 Take It Outside Funny or Die Director Writer 8 episodes 2019 Brainwashed By Toons Funny or Die Creator Writer Director Executive Producer 3 episodes

Albums Year Album Credits 2022 Book of Queer Soundtrack lyrics (3 songs) 2024 White Collar Prison book and lyrics

Awards and nominations