
Brendan Sokler (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) is a Brooklyn based actor from Arlington, Virginia. His work has been seen on the stages of The Pearl, The Upright Citizens Brigade, The Flea, The Barrow Group, The Bell House, The Tank, and several theaters starting with the word “The”.
His films, tv shows, podcasts he has produced and acting in have been to Just For Laughs, The Independent Television Festival, Seoul Web Fest, Channel 101, LA web fest, New York Web Fest, and The Catalyst Content Festival (no relation).
He has gotten to work with such greats Joel Schumacher, Paul Sorivino, Jimmy Simpson, Amy and Mollie Heckerling, and Austin Pendleton. He is very good on rollerblades and regularly hosts Shakespeare open mics in bars…not at the same time…that would be dangerous.
He is the founder/owner of Punching Up Productions and the owner/executive producer/ring announcer of Catalyst Wrestling.
Brendan Sokler (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) is a Brooklyn based actor from Arlington, Virginia. His work has been seen on the stages of The Pearl, The Upright Citizens Brigade, The Flea, The Barrow Group, The Bell House, The Tank, and several theaters starting with the word “The”.
His films, tv shows, podcasts he has produced and acting in have been to Just For Laughs, The Independent Television Festival, Seoul Web Fest, Channel 101, LA web fest, New York Web Fest, and The Catalyst Content Festival (no relation).
He has gotten to work with such greats Joel Schumacher, Paul Sorivino, Jimmy Simpson, Amy and Mollie Heckerling, and Austin Pendleton. He is very good on rollerblades and regularly hosts Shakespeare open mics in bars…not at the same time…that would be dangerous.
He is the founder/owner of Punching Up Productions and the owner/executive producer/ring announcer of Catalyst Wrestling.
Headshots Courtesy of YellowBelly

About
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About
Brendan Sokler (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) is a Brooklyn based actor from Arlington, Virginia. His work has been seen on the stages of The Pearl, The Upright Citizens Brigade, The Flea, The Barrow Group, The Bell House, The Tank, and several theaters starting with the word “The”.
His films, tv shows, podcasts he has produced and acting in have been to Just For Laughs, The Independent Television Festival, Seoul Web Fest, Channel 101, LA web fest, New York Web Fest, and The Catalyst Content Festival (no relation).
He has gotten to work with such greats Joel Schumacher, Paul Sorivino, Jimmy Simpson, Amy and Mollie Heckerling, and Austin Pendleton. He is very good on rollerblades and regularly hosts Shakespeare open mics in bars.
He is the founder/owner of Punching Up Productions and the owner/executive producer/ring announcer of Catalyst Wrestling.
Headshots Courtesy of YellowBelly
Resume

Film / TV / Web
Projects
Snare
Ratso
Grownup Adventures of Fink and Puzzy
Adult-ish
Space Apartment
Scorned: Love Kills
Recollections of Watchmen
Got Your Pickleback
Role
Supporting
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Production
Sanja O' Hara and Adam Hoelzel
Punching Up / Mollie Heckerling
Punching Up / Maximillian Avery Clark
Orphan Production/ Justin Morck
Punching Up / Maximillian Avery Clark
Discovery Channel ID / Remy Webber
Max Landis
Rachel Eastburn and Brendan Sokler
Off-Broadway
Projects
Midsummer: A Banquet
Happily Ever After
The Dingdong
Twelfth Night
Role
Male (u/s)
Darren
Vatelin (u/s)
Sir Andrew
Production
Third Rail in Food of Love / Zach Morris
Signature / 59E59 / Edinburgh Fringe / Sherri E Barber
The Pearl Theatre / Hal Brooks
Food of Love Prod. / Victoria Sook
Off-Off Broadway
Projects
Neighborhood 3
Taylor Mac's Decades Project
Two Gentleman of Verona
Odd. A. See
Hamlet
Dog Sees God
The Importance of Being Earnest
War of Roses
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Spoon River Anthology
Role
Doug
Dandy Minion
Turrio/Lucceta
Odysseus
Hamlet
CB
Algernon
Richard
Demetrius/Flute
Barry Holden
Production
The Flea Theater / Joel Schumacher
The Flea Theater / Niegel Smith
Shruken Shakespeare / Ray Zillerberg
Shruken Shakespeare / Micheal Toomey
Exquisite Corpse Company / Tess Howsman
Spontaneous Shakespeare Players / Mary Riley
The Barrow Group Theater Co. / Danny Perez
Lamb Lays with Lion/ Jeremy Catterton
Take Wing and Soar Prod / Dathan Willams
Riverside Theater / Jimmy Maize
Regional Theater
Projects
The Tempest (w/ Olympia Dukakis
King Lear (w/ Dennis Karsnick)
Hamlet (Tour)
As You Like It.
A Playboy of the Western World
Leonce and Lena
War Words
Tape
Production
Shakespeare & Company / Tony Simotes
Shakespeare & Company / Rebecca Holderness
Shakespeare & Company / Jonathan Croy
Shakespeare & Company / Tod Randolph
Shakespeare & Company / Robert Moss
Shrunken Shakespeare / Corey Atkins
City of Theater of Miami / Margaret Ledford
AAP / Marshall Grant
Role
Sebastian (u/s)
Captain
Claudius/Ghost
Charles/William/Lord
Paddy
King Peter
Pete
Capital Fringe
Readings/ Workshops
Projects
The Lamentable Tragedy of Lavinia
The Glass Meangerie
Othello
Lear w/ Paul Sorvino
The Gear Manner
Three Sisters
Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Side
Production
HB Studios
The Barrow Group / Austin Pendleton
The Barrow Group / Lee Brock
Shruken Shakespeare / Paul Sorvino
Shakespeare & Company / Robert Moss
Emma Went
Emma Went
Role
Lucius
Tom
Iago
Burgundy / Knight
Pete
Kulygin
Romero
Training & Skills
Shakespeare & Company - Summer Training Institute.
University of Miami (BFA - Acting), Barrow Group, Acting Apprentice & Master Class.
Professional Conservatory Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 401, Scott Freeman Studio, Hanger Theater Lab Company
Awards
Grownup Adventures of Fink & Puzzy - Just for Laughs
Adultish - Best Awards Show: NYC Webfest, LA Webfest, Seoul Webfest
Reels
Reels

Adult-ish
Orphan Productions / Justin Morck
Reasons to Be Pretty
Filmed and Edited by Craig Newman
Brave Little Toaster (Sketch)
Directed by Mollie Heckerling
Adult-ish
Orphan Productions / Justin Morck
Reasons to Be Pretty
Filmed and Edited by Craig Newman
Brave Little Toaster (Sketch)
Directed by Mollie Heckerling
Let's work together
Resume


Film / TV / Web
Projects
Snare
Ratso
Grownup Adventures of Fink and Puzzy
Adult-ish
Space Apartment
Scorned: Love Kills
Recollections of Watchmen
Got Your Pickleback
Role
Supporting
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Production
Sanja O' Hara and Adam Hoelzel
Punching Up / Mollie Heckerling
Punching Up / Maximillian Avery Clark
Orphan Production/ Justin Morck
Punching Up / Maximillian Avery Clark
Discovery Channel ID / Remy Webber
Max Landis
Rachel Eastburn and Brendan Sokler
Off-Broadway
Projects
Midsummer: A Banquet
Happily Ever After
The Dingdong
Twelfth Night
Role
Male (u/s)
Darren
Vatelin (u/s)
Sir Andrew
Production
Third Rail in Food of Love / Zach Morris
Signature / 59E59 / Edinburgh Fringe / Sherri E Barber
The Pearl Theatre / Hal Brooks
Food of Love Prod. / Victoria Sook
Off-Off Broadway
Projects
Neighborhood 3
Taylor Mac's Decades Project
Two Gentleman of Verona
Odd. A. See
Hamlet
Dog Sees God
The Importance of Being Earnest
War of Roses
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Spoon River Anthology
Role
Doug
Dandy Minion
Turrio/Lucceta
Odysseus
Hamlet
CB
Algernon
Richard
Demetrius/Flute
Barry Holden
Production
The Flea Theater / Joel Schumacher
The Flea Theater / Niegel Smith
Shruken Shakespeare / Ray Zillerberg
Shruken Shakespeare / Micheal Toomey
Exquisite Corpse Company / Tess Howsman
Spontaneous Shakespeare Players / Mary Riley
The Barrow Group Theater Co. / Danny Perez
Lamb Lays with Lion/ Jeremy Catterton
Take Wing and Soar Prod / Dathan Willams
Riverside Theater / Jimmy Maize
Regional Theater
Projects
The Tempest (w/ Olympia Dukakis
King Lear (w/ Dennis Karsnick)
Hamlet (Tour)
As You Like It.
A Playboy of the Western World
Leonce and Lena
War Words
Tape
Production
Shakespeare & Company / Tony Simotes
Shakespeare & Company / Rebecca Holderness
Shakespeare & Company / Jonathan Croy
Shakespeare & Company / Tod Randolph
Shakespeare & Company / Robert Moss
Shrunken Shakespeare / Corey Atkins
City of Theater of Miami / Margaret Ledford
AAP / Marshall Grant
Role
Sebastian (u/s)
Captain
Claudius/Ghost
Charles/William/Lord
Paddy
King Peter
Pete
Capital Fringe
Readings/ Workshops
Projects
The Lamentable Tragedy of Lavinia
The Glass Meangerie
Othello
Lear w/ Paul Sorvino
The Gear Manner
Three Sisters
Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Side
Production
HB Studios
The Barrow Group / Austin Pendleton
The Barrow Group / Lee Brock
Shruken Shakespeare / Paul Sorvino
Shakespeare & Company / Robert Moss
Emma Went
Emma Went
Role
Lucius
Tom
Iago
Burgundy / Knight
Pete
Kulygin
Romero
Training & Skills
Shakespeare & Company - Summer Training Institute.
University of Miami (BFA - Acting), Barrow Group, Acting Apprentice & Master Class.
Professional Conservatory Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 401, Scott Freeman Studio, Hanger Theater Lab Company
Awards
Grownup Adventures of Fink & Puzzy - Just for Laughs
Adultish - Best Awards Show: NYC Webfest, LA Webfest, Seoul Webfest
Resume


Film / TV / Web
Projects
Snare
Ratso
Grownup Adventures of Fink and Puzzy
Adult-ish
Space Apartment
Scorned: Love Kills
Recollections of Watchmen
Got Your Pickleback
Role
Supporting
Supporting
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Supporting
Lead
Production
Sanja O' Hara and Adam Hoelzel
Punching Up / Mollie Heckerling
Punching Up / Maximillian Avery Clark
Orphan Production/ Justin Morck
Punching Up / Maximillian Avery Clark
Discovery Channel ID / Remy Webber
Max Landis
Rachel Eastburn and Brendan Sokler
Off-Broadway
Projects
Midsummer: A Banquet
Happily Ever After
Twelfth Night.
The Dingdong
Role
Male (u/s)
Darren
Vatelin (u/s)
Sir Andrew
Production
Third Rail and Food of Love / Zach Morris
Signature / 59E59 / Edinburg Fringe / Sherri E Barber
The Pearl Theater / Hal Brooks
Food of Love Prod. / Victoria Sook
Off-Off Broadway
Projects
Neighborhood 3
Taylor Mac's Decades Project
Two Gentleman of Verona
Odd. A. See
Hamlet
Dog Sees God
The Importance of Being Earnest
War of Roses
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Spoon River Anthology
Role
Doug
Dandy Minion
Turrio/Lucceta
Odysseus
Hamlet
CB
Algernon
Richard
Demetrius/Flute
Barry Holden
Production
The Flea Theater / Joel Schumacher
The Flea Theater / Niegel Smith
Shruken Shakespeare / Ray Zillerberg
Shruken Shakespeare / Micheal Toomey
Exquisite Corpse Company / Tess Howsman
Spontaneous Shakespeare Players / Mary Riley
The Barrow Group Theater Co. / Danny Perez
Lamb Lays with Lion/ Jeremy Catterton
Take Wing and Soar Prod / Dathan Willams
Riverside Theater / Jimmy Maize
Regional Theater
Projects
The Tempest (w/ Olympia Dukakis
King Lear (w/ Dennis Karsnick)
Hamlet (Tour)
As You Like It.
A Playboy of the Western World
Leonce and Lena
War Words
Tape
Production
Shakespeare & Company / Tony Simotes
Shakespeare & Company / Rebecca Holderness
Shakespeare & Company / Jonathan Croy
Shakespeare & Company / Tod Randolph
Shakespeare & Company / Robert Moss
Shrunken Shakespeare / Corey Atkins
City of Theater of Miami / Margaret Ledford
AAP / Marshall Grant
Role
Sebastian (u/s)
Captain
Claudius/Ghost
Charles/William/Lord
Paddy
King Peter
Pete
Capital Fringe
Readings/ Workshops
Projects
The Lamentable Tragedy of Lavinia
The Glass Meangerie
Othello
Lear w/ Paul Sorvino
The Gear Manner
Three Sisters
Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Side
Production
HB Studios
The Barrow Group / Austin Pendleton
The Barrow Group / Lee Brock
Shruken Shakespeare / Paul Sorvino
Shakespeare & Company / Robert Moss
Emma Went
Emma Went
Role
Lucius
Tom
Iago
Burgundy / Knight
Pete
Kulygin
Romero
Training & Skills
Shakespeare & Company - Summer Training Institute.
University of Miami (BFA - Acting), Barrow Group, Acting Apprentice & Master Class.
Professional Conservatory Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 401, Scott Freeman Studio, Hanger Theater Lab Company
Awards
Grownup Adventures of Fink & Puzzy - Just for Laughs
Adultish - Best Awards Show: NYC Webfest, LA Webfest, Seoul Webfest


