Brian Dunkleman (born September 25 1971 in Ellicottville, New York) is a comedian and actor. He is best known for failing to re-join co-host Ryan Seacrest after the first season of American Idol on the Fox Network.

Career

Acting

He has appeared on The Tonight Show, had a recurring guest role on Two Guys and a Girl, played a stand-up comic suspected of murder in NYPD Blue, voiced himself in an episode of The Proud Family, in which the show parodied American Idol, did voices for the animated 3 South, and is acting in an independent film called Comedy Hell. He also had a small role on an episode of Friends as the man who buys the engagement ring Chandler wants to buy Monica.