Kyle Brandt Biography
Kyle Brandt is an American television host, media personality, and actor from Hindsale, Illinois. Brandt is one of the co-hosts of Good Morning Football on NFL Network. He previously served as executive producer of The Jim Rome Show from 2009 until 2016.
Kyle is also known for portraying Philip Kiriakis on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, and starring on MTV’s reality television series The Real World: Chicago.
Kyle Brandt Age
Brandt was born on 24 January 1979 in Hindsale, Illinois. He is 40 years old as of 2019.
Kyle Brandt Family
Brandt’s mother is Georgia Goldberg and his father Robert Brandt.
Kyle Brandt Wife
Brandt is married to Brooke Adrienne Kopanski. Brooke is an attorney with the Orange County Firm of Tharpe & Howell LLC. The couple first met while Kyle was serving to work in the Jim Rome Show and eventually started dating.
They tied the knot on 18 September 2010 in Lodge at Torrey Pines at Los Angeles in the presence of the close friends and family. The couple has two children together. Their first child, a son Calvin, was born in 2014 while their daughter Evelyn was born in 2015.
Kyle Brandt Education
He attended Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois from where he graduated in 1997 as the school’s all-time leading rusher for football. Brandt would go on to attend Princeton University, where he was a three-year starter at running back and kick returner.
While he served as president of his fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, he became increasingly interested in acting and entertainment. Kyle participated in local theater and also acted in numerous plays on campus, and wrote his senior thesis on the creative process of adapting books into films. Brandt graduated in in 2001 with a degree in English.
Kyle Brandt The Real World
He was selected from over 50,000 applicants to cast on MTV’s The Real World: Chicago, the 11th season of The Real World. With his fellow cast mates, they worked as lifeguards on North Avenue Beach during the show. He moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting after the show.
He portrayed the character of Philip Kiriakis on the American soap opera, Days of Our Lives from 2003 to 2006. Being a U.S. Marine, Kiriakis’ storylines included saving his girlfriend from mercenaries, being tortured as a POW, losing his leg at war, and finally becoming a NASCAR driver.
Kyle Brandt Jim Rome Show
Kyle became a producer and writer on the nationally syndicated radio show, The Jim Rome Show, hosted by Jim Rome in 2007. He then became executive producer of the show in 2009. He began regularly hosting as a fill-in host in 2011. Brandt has interviewed Peyton Manning, Troy Polamalu, Dana White, Vince Vaughn, Adam Carolla, and Rob Riggle, among others. His final day on the show was on 22 July 2016 after which he joined NFL network’s revamped morning show.
Kyle Brandt CBS
He regularly appeared on Jim Rome‘s daily television show on CBS Sports Network, Rome from 2013 to 2015. Brandt hosted a segment every Friday called “The Sixer”, where he would preview the upcoming weekend in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle. He guest hosted a special edition of Rome, doing the entire show from the perspective of Han Solo on Halloween of 2014. From 2012, he served as a producer and writer for Jim Rome on Showtime until its cancellation in 2015.
Kyle Brandt NFL
It was announced on 19 July 2016 that Kyle would be one of the hosts of Good Morning Football, a daily morning show on NFL Network beginning August 1.
Kyle Brandt Salary
Brandt reportedly earns $1 million as his annual salary from NFL.
Kyle Brandt Net Worth
The media personality has acquired great wealth from his wide career, this amounts to an estimated net worth of $4 million.
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