Himself — Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends Character Profile

About Himself

Hosts the dinner series across three films. In 2014, he orchestrates a dark prank involving blackmail, a fake police ambush, and the murder of a guest, later revealing it was a planned farce. He vows to stalk the surviving guests for life. He also hosts a parents' anniversary dinner in 2015 and organizes a racism panel in 2016.

Character Facts

Played by

Brett Gelman

Appears in

Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends (2014)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (7)

• Himself — Power Blackmailer — Lance (Lance Reddick)

  Host threatens Lance to ensure obedience.

• Himself — Power Blackmailer — Alison (Alison Pill)

  Host uses blackmail to force Alison into performance.

• Himself — Power Forced Laborer — Fred (Fred Melamed)

  Host coerces Fred into disposing of the body.

• Himself — Social Warning Giver — Joey Fillipiano (Anthony Atamanuik)

  Joey alerts the group to the host's escalating control.

• Himself — Social Host — Alex (Alex Karpovsky)

  Host-Guest dynamic that ends early due to discomfort.

• Himself — Conflict Murderer — Gilbert (Gilbert Gottfried)

  Host fatally shoots Gilbert during the climax.

• Himself — Power Blackmailer — Dale (Dale Dickey)

  Host uses recorded secrets to control Dale's actions.

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• Dale (Dale Dickey)
• Gilbert (Gilbert Gottfried)
• Alex (Alex Karpovsky)
• Alison (Alison Pill)
• Fred (Fred Melamed)
• Waiter (Rocco Nugent)
• Lance (Lance Reddick)
• Child (Gibson Bobby Sjobeck)
• Waiter (Sean Andrew Bradley)
• Joey Fillipiano (Anthony Atamanuik)
• Brother (Brad Grunberg)
• Waiter (Nate Clark)