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Brian Herring(I)

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Brian Herring
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Brian Herring is known for Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).
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    Known for

    Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Domhnall Gleeson, Florian Robin, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, David R. Grant, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, James Cox, Kelly Marie Tran, Daisy Ridley, and Joonas Suotamo in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
    Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
    6.9
    Movie
    • BB-8 Performed By
    • 2017
    Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    7.8
    Movie
    • BB-8 Performed By
    • 2015
    Ron Perlman in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    7.0
    Movie
    • Silkard
    • Fish Vendor
    • 2008
    Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story
    6.9
    Movie
    • Hirang Birren(uncredited)
    • 2018

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Dodge's Pup School (2024)
      Dodge's Pup School
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Dash
      • 2024
    • Total War: Warhammer III (2022)
      Total War: Warhammer III
      8.0
      Video Game
      • (voice)
      • 2022
    • Spitting Image (2020)
      Spitting Image
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Keir Starmer
      • Nicola Sturgeon
      • Elton John ...
      • 2021
    • Spitting Image: The Krauts' Edition (2021)
      Spitting Image: The Krauts' Edition
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Puppeteer
      • 2021
    • Lost in Random (2021)
      Lost in Random
      7.7
      Video Game
      • Mannie Dex
      • The Janitor (voice)
      • 2021
    • Destruction AllStars (2021)
      Destruction AllStars
      5.5
      Video Game
      • Boxtop (voice)
      • 2021
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.4
      • BB-8
      • 2019
    • Star Wars Roll Out (2019)
      Star Wars Roll Out
      4.6
      TV Series
      • BB-8 (voice)
      • 2019
    • Super Monsters (2017)
      Super Monsters
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Luigi
      • Frankie's Dad (UK) (voice)
      • 2017–2018
    • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
      Solo: A Star Wars Story
      6.9
      • Hirang Birren (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Urban Myths (2017)
      Urban Myths
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Waldo the Ostrich
      • 2018
    • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2012)
      8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
      8.2
      TV Series
      • BB-8 (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Domhnall Gleeson, Florian Robin, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, David R. Grant, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, James Cox, Kelly Marie Tran, Daisy Ridley, and Joonas Suotamo in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
      Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
      6.9
      • BB-8 Performed By
      • 2017
    • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
      Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
      7.8
      • BB-8 Performed By
      • 2015
    • Wizards vs. Aliens (2012)
      Wizards vs. Aliens
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Stickley
      • Squigley
      • 2013

    Additional Crew

    • Winona Ryder, Willem Dafoe, Michael Keaton, Monica Bellucci, Catherine O'Hara, Justin Theroux, Arthur Conti, Nick Kellington, and Jenna Ortega in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
      Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
      6.7
      • animatronic puppeteer
      • 2024
    • Carrie-Anne Moss, Lee Jung-jae, Hassan Taj, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rebecca Henderson, Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Amandla Stenberg, Dafne Keen, and Joonas Suotamo in The Acolyte (2024)
      The Acolyte
      4.2
      TV Series
      • creature performer
      • 2024
    • Ollie and Friends (2012)
      Ollie and Friends
      8.3
      TV Series
      • head puppeteer
      • 2022
    • Spitting Image (2020)
      Spitting Image
      5.6
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2020–2021
    • Robert Downey Jr., Emma Thompson, Marion Cotillard, Octavia Spencer, John Cena, Selena Gomez, Rami Malek, Kumail Nanjiani, and Tom Holland in Dolittle (2020)
      Dolittle
      5.6
      • lead puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.4
      • creature and droid puppeteer
      • 2019
    • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
      Solo: A Star Wars Story
      6.9
      • creature and droid puppeteer
      • 2018
    • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Naprous, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Spencer Wilding, and Riz Ahmed in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
      Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
      7.8
      • creature and droid puppeteer
      • 2016
    • James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe in Victor Frankenstein (2015)
      Victor Frankenstein
      6.0
      • puppeteer
      • puppeteer: Gordon
      • 2015
    • Harry Hill, Matt Lucas, Johnny Vegas, Julie Walters, and Simon Bird in The Harry Hill Movie (2013)
      The Harry Hill Movie
      3.9
      • puppet consultant (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Simon Pegg, and Rosamund Pike in The World's End (2013)
      The World's End
      6.9
      • puppeteer (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • Rise of the Appliances (2011)
      Rise of the Appliances
      6.8
      Short
      • puppeteer
      • 2011
    • Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn, and John Bell in A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
      A Shine of Rainbows
      7.1
      • puppeteer
      • 2009
    • Bunnytown (2007)
      Bunnytown
      7.5
      TV Series
      • puppeteer
      • 2007–2008
    • Alan Rickman, Warwick Davis, and Martin Freeman in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
      The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
      6.7
      • puppeteer
      • 2005

    Special Effects

    • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
      Solo: A Star Wars Story
      6.9
      • creature and droid puppeteer
      • 2018
    • Teo Planell, Ana Blanco de Córdova, Máximo Pastor, Iria Castellano, and Toni Gómez in Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island (2016)
      Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island
      5.8
      • creature puppeteer
      • 2016
    • Prometheus (2012)
      Prometheus
      7.0
      • creature operator
      • 2012

    Videos5

    Final Trailer
    Trailer 2:22
    Final Trailer
    Destruction AllStars: Season 1 Hotshots Launch Trailer
    Trailer 1:09
    Destruction AllStars: Season 1 Hotshots Launch Trailer
    Destruction AllStars: Season 1 Hotshots Launch Trailer
    Trailer 1:09
    Destruction AllStars: Season 1 Hotshots Launch Trailer
    Destruction AllStars: Season 1: Hot Shots Trailer
    Trailer 1:57
    Destruction AllStars: Season 1: Hot Shots Trailer
    Destruction AllStars (Launch Trailer)
    Trailer 1:04
    Destruction AllStars (Launch Trailer)
    Spitting Image
    Trailer 2:26
    Spitting Image

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      • BB8
    • Height
      • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

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      I n Star Wars The Last Jedi Brian, along with fellow BB-8 performer Dave Chapman appear as Resistance Soldiers in the trenches on the planet Crait.

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