Alycia Kaback was proud to have Brian O’Hallaran of Clerks fame at the most recent VIP Talent Connect Networking Summit.  Brian has been performing in film and theater for over 20 years.  With his first and most known role being Dante Hicks in Kevin Smith’s 1994 indie hit Clerks.  Brian has worked with some of the film industry’s best in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.  He voiced the role of Dante for the animated series Clerks on ABC.  He starred in the title role of the very dark comedy Vulgar. He owned a flower shop for the demented in the film Drop Dead Roses. He tackled the role of a former TV superhero in the film The Junior Defenders.  Brian returned to the role of Dante in the film Clerks 2.  He recently took a turn towards the horror genre, sort of, in Steven Mena’s film Brutal Massacre: A Comedy, a mock-u-mentary look at the making of a horror film.  Brian was seen in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening.  He was last seen in James L. Brooks comedy How do you Know? with Paul Rudd and Reese Whitherspoon.  Brian has attended numerous film festivals around the world, including Cannes, Sundance, and Toronto.  He has been a judge and awards host at the Nashville, Long Island, Humboldt, and Phoenix film festivals.  He started his acting career in theater.  He has performed in over 50 productions, such as The Beauty Queen of Lenanne, Translations, Dancing at Lughnasa.  Some of his other favorite roles include Stones in his Pockets, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, ART, The Passion of Dracula, and The Crucible.  As a member of the New Jersey Repertory Theater since 1998, he appeared in the world premiers of A World I Never Made, Mike Folie’s An Unhappy Woman and Panama, D.W. Gregor’s The Good Daughter, Submitted by C. C. Randall McCloskey by Ian August, as well as being involved in the development of a number of new plays and films.  He currently has three films in the pre-productions stage of development.  Alycia Kaback and everyone at VIP felt so privileged to have Brian as a mentor!