BIOGRAPHY
Jonny Brugh is an actor, comedian, writer, artist, and producer from New Zealand.
Having made a big splash on screen as sexy vampire Deacon in the largely improvised cult hit What We Do In The Shadows Jonny has gone on to develop a brand as an improvised screen actor/comedian. Although you’ll also find him learning his lines for BBC's new drama Mystic screening in UK in 2021.
Jonny cut his comedy teeth thru the 90’s with innovative Billy-T Award winning duet Sugar&Spice touring the Australasian comedy club circuit for over a decade. The 2000's saw him join forces with Jackie van Beek to tour internationally with their darkly comic live shows My Brother And I Are Pornstars and Flashdunce then creating Educators, an improvised comedy soap opera currently playing on TVNZ On Demand.
While Jonny often spends time in USA performing and appearing at pop culture conventions, this year you’ll find him back on the comedy club circuit in New Zealand and developing concepts for both podcast and screen.
Jonny is Taurus born in the year of the dog and enjoys sleeping and marauding the New Zealand coastline in his Pengiun ocean kayak.
MOON LIGHTING
FILM
CONTEST
2007
The Gondola, written and performed
by Jonny Brugh and Jackie van Beek
BEST FILM, BEST ACTOR
48hrs
FILM
CONTEST
2004
BEST FILM, BEST ACTOR
Jesse Mcloud, The Final Phase
by The Classic Comedy Club Team
BILLY T
AWARD
1998
BEST COMEDIAN
Sugar & Spice
New Zealand Comedy Festival
MOON LIGHTING
FILM
CONTEST
1997
BEST COMEDIAN
Sugar & Spice, Best Comedians,
NZ Comedy Festival
CHAPMAN TRIPP
AWARD
1996
BEST COMIC PERFORMANCE
Sugar & Spice Live
New Zealand Comedy Festival
NZ FILM AWARDS
1998
BEST FILM
Beautiful, Best Film
New Zealand Film Awards, 2014
OTAGO THEATRE
AWARDS
2011
BEST TOURING PRODUCTION
Nominated
The Second Test
written and performed
by Jonny Brugh
NZ
THEATRE AWARD
2011
Nominated
The Second Test
written and performed
by Jonny Brugh
BEST NEW PLAY
MOA
NZ FILM AWARDS
2014
BEST INDEPENDENTLY-
FUNDED FILM
What We Do In The Shadows
by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi