Brandon T. Snider (born February 28) is a New York City based writer and actor who has written for and appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer. He's also been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Chappelle's Show. Snider has written a number of books about comic book characters, pop culture icons and television shows. Noteworthy works include the award-winning Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War: The Cosmic Quest Volumes 1 & 2. He is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America East.
Early life
Snider was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theater from Coastal Carolina University.
Acting
Brandon appeared in two sketches on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as an episode of Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. He's also made numerous appearances on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer. In Season 1, he played "The Producer" in the sketch "A Porn Star is Born" directed by Neal Brennan. In Season 2, he played "Trentman Schumer" in the sketch "Congresswoman Amy" directed by Ryan McFaul. In Season 3, he played "Glen" in the sketch "Dog Stripper" and "Fan #3" in the Season 4 sketch "Fame", also directed by McFaul. Additionally, Snider has been on Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, Law & Order: SVU, All My Children and Bull.
He's also appeared in commercials for Sprint, Spectrum, Liberty Mutual, Time Warner Cable, Heineken, DirecTV, AFLAC and New York Lottery among others. Additionally, Snider has been on Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack, Bull, The Deuce and High Fidelity.
Writing
Snider has authored over 75 books featuring fictional television and comic book characters from properties such as Star Trek, Cartoon Network and the Muppets. His hardcover DC Comics Ultimate Character Guide was released in 2011, and reached #4 on Bookscan's list of Best Selling Graphic Novels in May 2012 and his DC Super Heroes and Pets Papercraft with artist Art Baltazar was featured in 2016 gift guides from both Paste magazine and Comicosity. Snider has written two stories for the Regular Show comic book published by BOOM! Studios and based on the Cartoon Network program. He also wrote the Legion of Doom Stage Show in 2007 for the Six Flags amusement park. He currently writes the Peter Powers series for Little, Brown Books as well as the Mighty Marvel Chapter Books and Doodle Books for Disney Publishing.
In 2012, Snider wrote the best-selling Dark Knight Manual: Tools, Weapons, Vehicles and Documents from the Batcave, Published by Insight Editions, the book is a detailed and personal account of Bruce Wayne's evolution as Batman over the course of his career. The book features sketches, notes, and other top-secret case files in addition to about two dozen removable documents, including the design and capabilities of the Batsuit, blueprints revealing the inner workings of the Batcave, and the specifications for Batman's arsenal of weapons and gadgets. The Dark Knight Manual won the 2013 IPPY Award for Pop Culture/Leisure . It was also featured in Time magazine, Forbes, Wired, i09. While promoting the book, Snider appeared on the syndicated television show The List as well as local Cincinnati, Ohio FOX affiliate Channel 19. The Dark Knight Manual received positive reviews from Superhero Hype, Stuff We Like, Gotham News and Forever Geek.
In New York City, Snider studied improvisation with Second City and performed sketch comedy as part of the group Rash Behaviour in addition to writing humor for the news site, Huffington Post. As an ensemble member of the NY-based theatre company The Collective NY, he met and worked with comedian Amy Schumer. In 2013, Schumer hired Snider to write for the first season of her Comedy Central show, Inside Amy Schumer, which earned high ratings in 2013 and went on to win a Peabody Award in 2014. Snider's short play, A Weekend Conference, debuted as part of The Collective's Fourth Annual C:10 Play Festival in September 2016. The dark comedy follows three men on their way to a gay reparative therapy weekend. The piece was directed by Richard Masur (Transparent, The Good Wife) and starred Snider, Mike Houston (Orange is the New Black, Sneaky Pete) and Gabe Fazio (Place Beyond the Pines, Homeland). The short play is currently being developed into a full-length play entitled The Retreat.