Brian "B Dawg" Dunkleman (born
September 25 1971 in
Ellicottville, New York) is a
comedian and
actor, best known for co-hosting the first season of American Idol on the Fox Network with
Ryan Seacrest.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. He recently was a co-host with
Eric the Midget on "The Idol Re-cap Show" on
Sirius' Howard 101. He now does voice over for
American Idol Rewind. In July of 2007, Dunkleman shocked the audience at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, stating "If wishes came true Ryan Seacrest would have AIDS," and that Seacrest "probably already has AIDS."
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