Gregg Turkington

Gregg Turkington
Turkington in character as Neil Hamburger at the Crap Comedy Festival, Oslo, in 2016
Born (1967-11-25) November 25, 1967 (age 56)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • musician
  • actor
Years active1983–present
SpouseSimone Turkington
Musical career
Also known as
  • The Goulding Institute
  • Totem Pole of Losers
OriginSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websiteamericasfunnyman.com

Gregg Turkington (born November 25, 1967)[1][2] is an American entertainer, actor, musician and writer. He is known for his performances as Neil Hamburger, a stand-up comedian persona he developed in the 1990s. Alongside Tim Heidecker, Turkington also stars as a fictionalized version of himself on the comedic web series On Cinema (2011–). In addition, he formed one-half of the band Zip Code Rapists and has collaborated on numerous projects with musicians including Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3).

In the 1990s, Turkington ran an independent label, Amarillo Records, which distributed his original albums and albums of other artists from the San Francisco punk scene. In 2015, he starred as a variant of the Neil Hamburger character for the feature-length drama film Entertainment, directed by Rick Alverson, and subsequently gave his first interviews as himself instead of an assumed persona.[3] Turkington also was a regular voice actor on the Disney XD series Gravity Falls, and had minor roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).[4]

  1. ^ Valys, Phillip (6 March 2013). "The sweaty, salty Neil Hamburger". The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 10 June 2022. The Neil Hamburger persona is the invention of 45-year-old Californian Gregg Turkington.
  2. ^ "Gregg Turkington Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Born November 25, 1967 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
  3. ^ Ratliff, Ben (21 November 2015). "For Gregg Turkington's Character, There's No Success Like Failure". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  4. ^ Salazar, Andrew J. (11 September 2022). "D23 Expo 2022: Every New Marvel Studios Announcement". DiscussingFilm. Retrieved 16 September 2022.