From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Brian Christopher OHalloran born December 20 1969 is an American actor best known for his roles in Kevin Smiths View Askewniverse films notably as Dante Hicks in Smiths debut film Clerks and its 2006 sequel Clerks II Aside from this he has made small appearances in most of Smiths films either as his Clerks character Dante Hicks or one of Dantes cousins OHalloran was born in Manhattan New York City and lived in Old Bridge Township New Jersey since the age of 13 A firstgeneration American both his parents emigrated from Ireland His father died when OHalloran was 15 years old OHalloran is the lead actor in Vulgar 2000 an obscure movie about a small town clown who is traumatized after he is attacked during one of his performances He has worked on theatre productions since high school He has said on the subject of doing theatre Oh yeah Its the best training you can do as an actor To be in front of a live audience Theres no Stop wait oh geez what was that line again It just sharpens your reflexes It sharpens your interaction And it definitely sharpens your memory because you have to know an entire show from beginning to end Since Clerks OHalloran has primarily been a stage actor working with the Boomerang Theatre Company the New Jersey Repertory Company and the TriState Actors Theatre among others He is currently a resident of Staten Island Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian OHalloran licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia