Mike Birbiglia

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Biography

Mike Birbiglia was born on June 20, 1978 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Sleepwalk with Me . His 2013 special, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, was nominated for comedy special of the year at the American Comedy Awards. He has been married to Jen Stein since July 7, 2007.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·producer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 20 June 1978
  • Place of birth
  • Shrewsbury· Massachusetts
  • Education
  • Saint John's High School ·St. Mark's School ·Georgetown University

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Does the Secret Public Journal whenever on the Bob & Tom Show.

His directorial debut, Sleepwalk with Me , was loosely based on his own life. Especially autobiographical are the main characters early struggles as a stand-up comedian and his issues with sleepwalking due to his having "rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder".

He has Italian, Irish, and more distant English and German, ancestry.

Quotes

Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.

Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why they kill you.

I try to think up material that might apply to the subjects they are studying. How many mitochondria does it take to power a cell? One. Because mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Not ready for prime time, that one.

I thought, Hey, maybe these people shouldn’t be making up holidays to drink more. Maybe if they drank less they might be able to title their newspaper articles more specifically. For example, I would title this last article “Drunk Driver Hits Drunk Walker Drunkety-Drunk I’m So Drunk.

They really cut to the chase in the urologist’s examination room, and I tried to laugh. If this office were a movie, it would have been rated R.

I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.

I love pizza. I want to marry it, but it would just be to eat her family at the wedding.

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