This article is about Brad. You may be looking for Glee's co-creator, Brad Falchuk, or the actor who portrays this character, Brad Ellis.

Brad
General Information
Gender:	Male
Hair Color:	Strawberry-Blond
Occupation(s):	Piano player for New Directions
Aliases:	Tinkles, Knuckles (April) Mr. Piano Man (Sue) Furniture, Man/Child Piano Player, James (Santana) Hottie (Sugar)
Family & Friends
Friends:	Will Schuester
Enemies:	New Directions (possibly former)
Other Information
Series Information
First appearance:	Pilot
Portrayer:	Brad Ellis

Brad is the omnipresent and skilled piano player for New Directions. He is seen during almost every number in the background, playing the piano or mini keyboard. Notably, he is occasionally seen on piano in songs with absolutely no piano part in their accompaniment. He seems to follow the New Directions members around, in the hope of an impromptu performance, to the point that in Theatricality, he appears when Rachel calls him. Shelby is surprised, but Rachel dismisses his presence by commenting, "He's always around." It is also notable that we never hear Brad speak until Swan Song where he vents to Sue how much he hates the kids.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Season One 1.1.1 Pilot 1.1.2 Showmance 1.1.3 Acafellas 1.1.4 Preggers 1.1.5 The Rhodes Not Taken 1.1.6 Vitamin D 1.1.7 Throwdown 1.1.8 Mash-Up 1.1.9 Wheels 1.1.10 Ballad 1.1.11 Hairography 1.1.12 Mattress 1.1.13 Sectionals 1.1.14 Hell-O 1.1.15 The Power of Madonna 1.1.16 Home 1.1.17 Bad Reputation 1.1.18 Laryngitis 1.1.19 Dream On 1.1.20 Theatricality 1.1.21 Funk 1.1.22 Journey 1.2 Season Two 1.2.1 Audition 1.2.2 Duets 1.2.3 Furt 1.2.4 The Sue Sylvester Shuffle 1.2.5 Rumours 1.3 Season Three 1.3.1 The Purple Piano Project 1.3.2 Heart 1.3.3 Big Brother 1.3.4 Saturday Night Glee-ver 1.4 Season Four 1.4.1 Britney 2.0 1.4.2 The Role You Were Born to Play 1.4.3 Dynamic Duets 1.4.4 Swan Song 1.4.5 I Do 1.4.6 Shooting Star 1.4.7 Sweet Dreams 2 Trivia 3 Quotes 4 Gallery 5 Comments

Biography

Season One

Pilot

Brad plays Respect, Mr. Cellophane, I Kissed a Girl, and On My Own, during Mercedes, Kurt, Tina, and Rachel's auditions. Later, he plays the piano during the rehearsal of Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat and You're the One That I Want.

Showmance

He plays during the rehearsal of Le Freak; and later plays Gold Digger with an electric keyboard.

Acafellas

He plays during the choreography lesson.

Preggers

He plays Tonight in the auditorium.

The Rhodes Not Taken

He plays Maybe This Time. Brad is also shown in cowboy attire for Last Name.

Vitamin D

He plays Halo/Walking on Sunshine.

Throwdown

He plays No Air and Hate on Me.

Mash-Up

He plays Bust a Move.

Wheels

He plays Defying Gravity. He is also seen in a wheelchair when the New Directions members are practicing using them.

Ballad

We find out his name is Brad right before he plays Endless Love.

Hairography

He plays at the "Hairography" lesson.

Mattress

He plays Smile (Lily Allen).

Sectionals

He plays And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going for Mercedes. Later on, he plays My Life Would Suck Without You.

Hell-O

He plays Hello, I Love You.

The Power of Madonna

He plays Borderline/Open Your Heart.

Home

He plays in A House Is Not a Home.

Bad Reputation

At the end, plays Total Eclipse of the Heart.

Laryngitis

He plays The Climb.

Dream On

He is present when Tina announces her partner.

Theatricality

He appears when Rachel calls for him and plays Poker Face.

Funk

He watches It's a Man's Man's Man's World.

Journey

He plays all the New Directions Journey songs.

Season Two

Audition

He plays Listen.

Duets

Brad plays Sing! for Mike and Tina during Duets Week.

Furt

Brad plays Ohio for Sue and Doris Sylvester. He is later shown to be in the audience at the wedding ceremony of Burt and Carole, and at the reception, he is shown performing Just the Way You Are.

The Sue Sylvester Shuffle

Brad plays Need You Now for Rachel and Puck.

Rumours

When Santana performs a love song for Brittany, she tells her to disregard Brad, and calls him furniture, before adding "no offense." Brad shrugs in a blasé manner, becoming one of the first few people who know that Santana is a lesbian, but keeping it a secret.

Season Three

The Purple Piano Project

Brad plays Big Spender on a purple piano for Sugar Motta, who tells him to "hit it hottie" and pats him on the head. Later, he plays on another purple piano for the glee club's performance of You Can't Stop the Beat.

Heart

During the Finn and Rachel kiss in the choir room, he is seen with an expression of dislike on his face.

Big Brother

Brad is accompanying the Booty Camp full of inattentive members. When Sue takes Mercedes' phone after Mercedes states that she's "Donating to the Obama campaign" and proceeds to smash it because she was texting, Brad excitedly pumps his fist in the air with a smile on his face.

Saturday Night Glee-ver

Santana is extolling her confidence that she is going to be famous, and adds that she's also "1000% sure that our man-child piano player keeps a petite Eurasian locked in a trunk under his bed." Brad silently tilts his head in confusion or irritation.

Season Four

Britney 2.0

Brad's expression is shown when Jake is overwhelmed by the looks of the New Directions. He later plays Everytime for Marley as she sings it.

The Role You Were Born to Play

Brad plays Born to Hand Jive during the final Grease call backs.

Dynamic Duets

He plays Holding Out For a Hero for Marley and Kitty.

Swan Song

We hear Brad speak for the first time. He vents to Sue how much he hates glee club and is glad to be free.

I Do

He's at the wedding and plays the organ when Sue comes out.

Shooting Star

Ryder enters with Marissa, giving Brad a handshake seeming like they have a good relationship with each other. He plays Your Song for him to try to impress Marissa whom he thought it was Katie the whole time. Later on Jake suggests that he might be the one catfishing Ryder.

Sweet Dreams

He can be seen playing the piano during You Have More Friends Than You Know.

Trivia

• He appears in nearly every episode.
• Is credited with the musicians rather than the actual cast.
• He's just always around to play for the Glee members.
• He is known for wearing black clothes.
• He speaks for the first time in Swan Song.
• He hates the Glee Club, as mentioned in Swan Song. However, his hatred of them is first hinted at in Big Brother when he silently cheers after Sue throws Mercedes' cellphone and breaks it.

Quotes

“	Brad! *sees Shelby's shocked face* He's always just... around.	”
—Rachel Berry, Theatricality

“	He's just furniture. Sorry, no offense.	”
—Santana Lopez, Rumours

“	Hit it, hottie.	”
—Sugar Motta, The Purple Piano Project

“	I'm 1000% sure that our man-child piano player keeps a petite Eurasian locked in a trunk under his bed.	”
—Santana, Saturday Night Glee-ver

“	Sue Sylvester? I cannot thank you enough. I can't tell you how much I hate those kids. Do you know how demeaning it is when they just turn to you and yell "hit it," and you're just supposed to know what song they're gonna sing? I'm free. I'm free!	”
—Brad to Sue, Swan Song

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  Brad, you sexy guy!

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    MusicLover3889
    He hasn't been seen sense. 2013-01-30T05:24:25Z
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    MusicLover3889
    I noticed these past two episodes that the New Directions have been acknowledging Brad more. 2013-04-19T19:35:44Z

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