Silicon Valley | Season 1-5 | The Best of Russ Hanneman

The best Russ Hanneman (Chris Diamantopoulos) moments from all five seasons of Silicon Valley. Enjoy!
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[@eyeCU13]

The actor is just having the time of his life with this role.

[@audiolatte]

He's amazing in Episodes and Arrested Development. Just a hilarious actor

[@Grantrap]

CASTA SOTO! @@audiolatte

[@ajayjadhav-vc5wg]

He got beat up in Sopranos lol

[@weylandyutanicorporate]

He's 1B times (three commas) more fun than he was in The Office as the dude who tries to seduce Pam.

[@Puckanm]

@@ajayjadhav-vc5wg omg which episode dude I cant pin point him lol

[@spartyman7]

"I got three nannies suing me right now, one of them for no reason."

[@PhoebeJCPSkunccMDsImagitorium]

the writing in this show is on a league of its own. mike judge really understands these character's minds

[@rclakmal]

Russ is a great judge of characters. Almost every time he made a judgement about someone, that was pretty accurate.

[@karlanthonybaluyot6305]

rclakmal I laughed so hard HAHAHAHAH

[@deejaydfc]

I'm dead.

[@bullmilk]

That line killed me. 🤣

[@dodiaz008]

I love how he dismisses Erlich’s existence

[@Goldenvibesss]

😂

[@boidinktwistie4389]

says nothing about Erlich when he gives his goodbye speech and the camera pans over to him, classic.

[@schematicb5393]

Even though their basically the same person

[@utkarshkandpal5960]

A bullshitter always identifies another bullshitter.

[@gregmoorhouse9610]

@@utkarshkandpal5960 For sure!

[@williammccormick2802]

"If you round down I have zero billion." In my worst mood, that will make me laugh.

[@RobertMorgan]

"I'm a 986 millionaire, which is not even a thing...Two shitty fucking commas"

[@Coeurebene1]

OMG I just realized, if you round up I have a billion dollars!

[@epilepticfrog4673]

@@Coeurebene1 welcome to 3 commas, bro

[@sneedle252]

@@Coeurebene1 Crack out the Tres Commas bro

[@Cactina]

You could rebillionize.

[@hassanjaved101]

Russ Hanneman was one of the best characters on Silicon valley

[@rajivc7254]

IS*

[@sanidhyatahiliani6797]

So were they all.

[@gracjanrotke]

Agreed!

[@LudaChez]

He is coming back for the final season

[@chendaddy]

You can go ahead delete that "one of" and drop the "s" at the end of characters.

[@weston407]

"i get to be his friend, SHE's the bad guy - i've disrupted fatherhood" LOL

[@mattsupertramp6506]

That's brilliant lol

[@MrChannelnamehere]

He started off as another rich douche you wanted to hate, but ended up evolving into one of the best written characters on the show.. to the point where you would get really excited when he randomly shows up. Every scene he appears in turns to gold.

[@haveyouseenchefplis932]

Truuuuuue

[@anesu846]

Loved him instantly tbh. Hilarious character

[@hoppinghobbit9797]

except when he deleted code, tons of it

[@eatmyass]

I think what instantly made him likable was his instant foresight into Donald getting so much action

[@MrChannelnamehere]

@@eatmyass Russ was right, he did indeed fuck 🤣

[@prashantjhala8705]

“Jian Yang” “ya, idk what that means!! “

[@Similo]

Prashant Jhala 🤣😭😭😭 and Richards reaction after that 🤣😭😭

[@toncas2007]

"These are not the doors of a billionaire, Richard!"

[@uz16]

Not like this.. not like this....

[@rajivc7254]

Like THIS \ /

[@User-nu6km]

or this /\ /\@@rajivc7254

[@Similo]

I must say that they truly did not suit him

[@RK90RK]

I literally cried laughing when I watched that scene

[@AJonesB83]

Forgot the scene when he looks at Gilfoyle and says "I wanna know what fucked up childhood this guy had".. hahaha

[@marcosrenann9288]

this guy facks hahaha

[@ralphfraz]

Since I grew up listening to a lot of those song it made me realize that Russ is who I wanted to be when I grew up.

[@gus4281]

I was one of the few times when Gilfoyle didn't have a comeback

[@iainbagnall4825]

@@marcosrenann9288 Jared DOES fuck.

[@rusheelnair3681]

"All of a sudden, I'm 22 years young and I'm worth 1.2 billion. Now a couple decades later, I'm worth 1.4. You do the math" LMAO

[@ty814]

That's not a compliment.

[@ReddoFreddo]

a solid 15% increase over 2 decades

[@xilencered7788]

@@ReddoFreddo 😂

[@weakmill103]

would that be like 200,000,000 i mean thats still alot lol well for someone like me

[@xilencered7788]

@@weakmill103 he is a business man and an investor. As long as you understand money and know how to manage it you can make anywhere between 5% to 15%+ per year on whatever amount you invest. It compounds on itself leading to crazy amount of gains over long periods of time. He made just 15% in 20 years.

[@CrazyMunky84]

Russ Hanneman is actually a very human character. He became rich and obnoxious sure. But deep down you can see he's really reaching out and craving for people who just like him for him and not his money and can never seem to find it.

[@shashishekhar----]

@@comedychrises no he is not and u think like that because you have no personality.

[@gokoreanzombie296]

Mark cuban

[@ElCanalacoDeRaul]

@@shashishekhar---- are you ok?

[@JediWebSurf]

@@shashishekhar---- Shashi Shekhar is actually a very human character. obnoxious sure. But deep down you can see he's really reaching out and craving for people who just like him for him and can never seem to find it.

[@ParthaSharman]

Not in the beautiful way like grandpa and Pedro!!???

[@JosephAROgren]

"This guy FUCKS!" is a seriously underrated compliment

[@curtmastor]

He was dead on. Jared fucked more than anyone.

[@andyblaze1648]

"I popped the rod so hard, i went blind for a few minutes..."

[@paladin1147]

That made me go weak

[@vasvas8914]

*Richard takes cushion* Russ: Nutted all over these cushions! *Richard puts cushion away*

[@swyxTV]

he never once lied. pretty amazing.

[@ouss]

you !!!

[@martinsergio7277]

Love your react blogs bro

[@tomiwa1a]

Mr Build in Public is here!

[@swyxTV]

ayyy wassup thanks for the nice words :) :)

[@aman4434]

@@swyxTV ayyy been following you on twitter for a while

[@chendaddy]

"If a doctor pulls a baby out of a pregnant woman, the doctor then doesn't get to keep the baby." "Okay, first of all, my ex-wife is fucking the doctor who delivered my son, and they're suing for full custody, so you're wrong." The writing on this show is spectacular. 🤣 I would watch 10 seasons of a show just about Russ Hanneman.

[@chiefbologna5719]

Probably the best cause there’s no counter argument

[@gauthamanilkumar8541]

"You drove here with a bow on it" "No I put it on after I parked " 😂😂

[@scampoli25]

I have no idea why but it gets me every time

[@ibieiniid4240]

Russ Hanneman was the cameraman from The Office that saved Pam from the crazy guy in the parking lot. You're welcome.

[@shehri47]

And Richard was Dwight's Brother and the The guy who fucks was Gabe Lewis in the office. You're double welcome.

[@mickyw377]

ibieiniid THAT’S WHO HE WAS!! I thought he looked familiar... Edit: or rather I thought the camera guy looked familiar since I saw Silicon Valley first.

[@XIIIphobos]

@@mickyw377 *sound guy. You still have much to learn.

[@kurlykayla9013]

HOLY SHIT you're right! I KNEW I'd seen him somewhere before!

[@ayylmao3728]

YEAH

[@rich-xf3sh]

Him Explaining how his car doors should open is hilarious

[@machi-full-of-coffee]

I like how he can tell Jared is the guy just by looking.

[@chendaddy]

He actually had some incredibly intuitive ideas. His strategy and tactics were awful, and he was a boor (i.e. he was awesome), but his intuition was rarely wrong.

[@astroslap]

@Furyan Auror he read everyone's personality in a second and plowed into their fears

[@RuthwikRao]

@@astroslap lol "plowed"

[@narxes]

Takes one to know one.

[@daisicong]

In a way, he really inspire Richard to pursue new internet

[@PhoebeJCPSkunccMDsImagitorium]

russ understands that the tech industry thrives on people like richard pursuing their ultimate goals

[@pinoyguy75]

Inspire? He pulled that idea out of him like a newborn baby!

[@PhoebeJCPSkunccMDsImagitorium]

@@pinoyguy75 and dont you say that the doctor pulling out the baby cant sue for parental rights cuz i got two suing me for that right now

[@billyhou9305]

lmao@@PhoebeJCPSkunccMDsImagitorium

[@PsyQoBoy]

Russ made Richard realise that deep down he wants to be plowing a dude!

[@rg9810]

"You guys were the only ones who knew and I actually thought about having you killed" 😂😂😂

[@xteric1]

Hey alqaeda! No beheadings aight.

[@depthsofabjection]

@Rhutwij Tulankar - "Uhh, Jian Yang" - "Yeah, I don't know what that means"

[@greenie62]

I'm diffusing the tension with humor 😂😂😂

[@joseescobar2076]

M

[@ladenbin]

:(

[@rosihantu1]

@@greenie62 defuse

[@Overton_Windows]

“I’ve got 3 nanny’s suing me right now. One of them for no reason”

[@Benjumanjo]

Russ seems loud and foolish, but somehow he always manaages to be absurdly good at reading people. He noticed that Richard was dissatisfied with the direction of his company, his "this guy fucks!" comment regarding Jared, how Russ can somehow could tell Gilfoyle had a fucked up childhood before he had a chance to say anything, and how he was able to discern the unimportance of Bachman and completely ignored him.

[@definitelynosebreather]

There's some Gilfoyle's lines in the earlier seasons saying his mother backstabbed him, so Russ was right on this one too

[@dliu948]

Does that make Dinesh a member of Al Qaeda?

[@Benjumanjo]

@@dliu948 Indoubtably.

[@not_glad]

He could also see Dinesh is a terroris.

[@dimagabriel4699]

I've disrupted fatherhood.

[@Goldenvibesss]

So insane 😆

[@RustCole01]

The music they chose for Russ to play in his car is absolutely perfect for the character. Late 90's early 2000's jams. NOOKIE AND Butterfly had me dying...

[@lolpocalypse]

WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT LOL

[@rammpage4468]

Only took me a few minutes to find this comment.

[@bubbaho-ward3377]

Same here 😂

[@the5thsun]

Papa roach - Last Resort too 😂

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Oh sick so it’s in this compilation!?… love it!

[@schematicb5393]

Forgot how much Russ really added to the show. That scene where he's talking in front of the school is comedic gold

[@spidey9504]

Fuck yes I wanna talk business 😂😂

[@grantkostos8084]

“Don’t do what you should do, do what you want!” -Russ Hanneman Those are words to live by ladies and gentlemen.

[@nickm8874]

TXG you realise he’s a parody, right?

[@deadbeat_genius_daydreamer]

TXG agreed

[@jackxiao9702]

"You shouldn't always just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great." - Charlie Day

[@tbow13gbr22]

Time to put my dick in a blender

[@anujmchitale]

I should sleep early. But I want to sleep late to watch KZbin. That's fucked me up!

[@rclakmal]

Russ is a great judge of characters. Almost every time he made a judgement about someone, that was pretty accurate.

[@thousandyoung]

That's the only skill a good investor needs.

[@riparianlife97701]

Including "THIS DUDE FUCKS!"

[@Jasonrm92]

The way he says tres commas every time is hilarious. Great actor.

[@arjungutta7762]

dinesh’s little boy smile when russ says “no beheadings” kills me everytime

[@Nicephore]

I love how Russ's car is always playing a douchey song whenever he peels off.

[@ashb7]

Butterfly by Crazy Town lmao

[@garybierman1621]

and Last Resort by Papa Roach lol

[@spongebobmx]

Thought it was Limp Bizkit or blink 192

[@idtmpk]

douchey song ? come on man, maybe educate yourself...90s music

[@christco120]

@@idtmpk yes, it was music from the 90s...for douchebags.

[@shawnlin9873]

10:36 "You try to date a woman, but deep down you know you're gay" Most inspiring bit!

[@mitcho53]

A donald duck is a gay guy who's been kicked out of the navy XD

[@TheJokerx420]

I love how he goes off on that tangent and ends it with his grandpa coming out 😂😂😂

[@Quarker]

Probably my favourite character from the whole show. A beautifully crafted persona who is the perfect satire of a rich, insecure, socially-unaware billionaire, but at the same time is humanised with his own dreams and desires too. And his fascination with 00's rock music is just perfect

[@mayowa_adegoke]

"hey, what's up Al-Quaeda" 🤣🤣🤣

[@sushruttabakade6088]

No beheadings aight

[@theunnamed8641]

I'm diffusing the tension with humour

[@kylesaunders5979]

This is even better when you realize that this actor has been the voice of Mickey Mouse in the cartoon shorts since 2013.

[@Lou.Kiltro]

No fucking way😂😂😂 that’s incredible

[@777doove]

This character is legendary. ‘Flying in a f-ing rented citation ultra’

[@arjungutta7762]

FUCK me

[@andreashabeck1155]

peasant

[@Alchemistic88]

Russ is the only guy on the show who actually won. Him and Bighetti.

[@championofwits4621]

Jing yaang

[@anesu846]

Bighetti didnt win in my eyes. He should be retired on a private island with incubees. Instead he still has a job

[@siddhartharya275]

@@anesu846the president of stanford, yeah just a job

[@fatalshore5068]

@@siddhartharya275 Stanford...lol

[@riparianlife97701]

Even though he accidentally deleted Pornhub.

[@l.carter3139]

His car door scenes tho! 🤣🤣

[@mpthorvonericksen]

I have doors that open LIKE THIS!

[@Lcarter52]

@@mpthorvonericksen not LIKE THIS.....or LIKE THIS

[@theencryptedpartition4633]

He is a typical GTA character

[@budovatelska]

tres commas

[@RoyalLXXVIII]

@KZbin Customer Support NOPE!!! Three commas...

[@hugoruda9049]

,,,

[@BartekJuszczak]

@KZbin Customer Support It means a Billion

[@GS-ty5ux]

In spanish its Tres Comas only one M

[@sphericalcow2762]

"Tres commas, it's Spanish, you know what that means?" -"Three co-"? "Nope, it's three commas" Amazing writing 😂

[@g4yktzgjx6]

I can't believe that Russ Hanneman only had 14 minutes and 28 seconds of screentime

[@ldawg7117]

@David Cat I believe he's making a joke, and trying to say every moment he has on screen, is the best of . Which is true. Best character, next to jian yang

[@cvspvr]

@@ldawg7117 gavin b

[@anesu846]

He's amazing

[@TheClarkBark]

When he was first introduced I thought he was going to be one of the corporate guys that scams Richard. Turns out, no, he’s just batshit crazy.

[@martineggert7818]

Russ: This is my own brand, tres commas. Know what that means in Spanish? Richard: uh, three com- Russ: nope, three commas 😂😂

[@omdxp]

Believe it or not, to this day I'm working with Russ's advice: "Don't do what you should do, do what you want"

[@panagiotisatmatzidis9972]

- Oh, eh, Jin Jiang... - Yeah, I don't know what that means epic.

[@kentfamilara7122]

This guy literally carried the show to a new level.

[@PIXLEXX]

"Careful please, he's gonna peel out" as Russ drives off with a squeal of burning rubber and Last Resort is their two characters summed up perfectly lmao

[@ZRazzleDazzle]

"This guy fuks". Still the best dialogue 😂

[@l.carter3139]

My baby has some ideas about Jews. Some good, some......BAD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I'm laughing way harder than I should be.

[@RuthwikRao]

the way his wife walked to Richard and said "you are Jew" by doing some handmoving Reiki shit on his face LMAO

[@DurgeshYadav-ip1zr]

@@RuthwikRao is Richard a Jew tho?

[@Mauther]

@@DurgeshYadav-ip1zr Episcopalian

[@theangrycheeto]

@@DurgeshYadav-ip1zr pescatarian

[@ianbarcelos]

He deserves a spin off. HBO PLEASE.

[@tislam100]

This guy is straight outta GTA.. One of the funniest character in TV.

[@eljuancho84]

I have to point out the way he pronounces "Tres comas" is just flawless. That being said by a spanish native speaker.

[@jonnywhite6541]

This guy is brilliant in this role, he fucking nails it every scene he's in lol I love it

[@someusername121]

Russ and the carwash attorney were my two favorite characters on the show. They turned out to be the real ride-or-die homies who saved Pied Piper over and over.

[@steelydan449]

Russell’s playlist is everything I expect it to be.

[@thousandyoung]

Hahaha the douchebag list

[@robertstimmel1100]

Every scene with this guy is pure gold

[@shmookins]

Russ and Gavin are the best things about the show.

[@anirudhtd7193]

I really love the part where he tries to woo Monica

[@weednsyrup]

@Patrick Whelpley theres a lesson in that.

[@scribejay]

I love that they never explain what radio on the internet is.

[@robrick9361]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com

[@Oneness100]

By far the best character on any TV show currently.

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Say what you want. Russ could read people.

[@RedShipsofSpainAgain]

2:24 Say what you want about Russ. He has a point here. "Don't do what should do. Do what you want."

[@nathanx.675]

I know someone probably said this already but Russ is very efficient in getting his point across.

[@BestMMORPG2017-games]

Not in a beautiful way like Grandpa and Pedro... OMG I died laughing.

[@stupiduglyidiot]

Russ really was an incredible mentor for someone like Richard. The "don't do what you should do, do what you want" is genuinely a great pep talk.

[@jandude6398]

2:59 those smiles haahhahahahahah

[@greenmedic88]

How Russ Hanneman never got his own spin off show is one of life's great mysteries.

[@eyesofnight]

He's better in small doses

[@Simon-xi8tb]

mike judge is a genius

[@bate01071]

I love that this character is a cross between Mark Cuban, Ari Gold, and Dan Bilzerian and they use him to reference dumb stuff people do such as James Howells search for 8,000 bitcoin he accidentally threw away or a variety of things Mark Cuban is known for. Love this show!

[@weston407]

dear god monica is hot

[@adarshdeshmukh7613]

weston407 ikr, she's Beautiful! ❤️

[@jflores85]

I feel in love with her when I saw Sex Drive

[@lWantToHearYouSad]

@@jflores85 great movie

[@lavanderlavandin9017]

Where do you life if you think that's hot?

[@jenm1]

@@lavanderlavandin9017 the normal human planet we all live on with universal attractiveness features?

[@EzaneeGires]

Russ is actually a really supportive guy

[@ashishdhingra8034]

3:00 Erlich trying to smile like Russ😂😂😂😂.

[@trustyWeedGuy]

What a killer performance and what a character. Amazing.

[@thnktank1]

2:44 and pause! These are the nuggets of gold that make this show so damn solid

[@jrs2257]

That Google search 2:44 always cracks me up

[@parasitex5]

[14:06] I love the range of emotions Russ rapidly cycles through, from giddy to annoyed to disturbed.

[@nixtoshi]

Basically the best of Russ Hanneman is all of his appearances xD

[@ropro9817]

One of the best characters on the show! I could watch these clips in a loop all day.

[@NishantGogna]

"I'm stuck picking up my own kid like an asshole. What's up?"

[@raphaelprotti5536]

I miss this show so much.

[@pcorral]

this guys is amazing. I really miss Russ. His character is so well studied! Genius

[@bostonBorn25]

I’m thinking Russ Hanneman is loosely based on Mark Cuban. Cuban was the first to put the radio on the internet.

[@astral7919]

I liked how he ate the apple and tossed it away like a boss

[@madmanau8730]

This guy played Russ Hanneman so well that I just assumed Russ was a real person and they filmed him with some actors in the background

[@AnonymousAccount514]

this is the best show ever....seriously

[@limbuckl]

This guy deserves his own show.

[@Giorg189]

I had a coworker, exactly like Russ Heineman. He even looked the same and acted the same, way before Silicon Valley.

[@maheshjamdade1]

Every single character in this show did a marvellous job

[@Alchemistic88]

The honesty of his expression is inspiring 😂

[@mata1813]

12:40 gets me every time

[@Nemo-gc8vj]

Right?? 😂

[@user-lc8mk2jy6z]

Russ Hanneman needs his own show!!!!

[@gijoey5912]

I think some of these "best of" videos are just every clip of that character ever on the show.

[@salguygaming]

Pretty much. The entire show is amazing.

[@theflanman420420]

Very astute observation.

[@0xssff]

No they missed the billboard one

[@betterfly7398]

@jo gr Meh, gotta disagree, The humor quality dropped a bit in the last few season, and the plot also became repetitive... Which is one of the reasons why Erlich's actor left the show.

[@atseh]

I feel bad everytime russ ignores Erlich :'(

[@roddydykes7053]

Alex Spase me too lol, Erlich would’ve been a hilarious character to have played a billionaire too

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Hahaha same

[@2011blueman]

One of my favorite characters in the show, but exactly the type of person I avoid like the plague in real life.

[@chasepressley2408]

The way Russ throws away the apple😂

[@jordin36]

Love this piece of shit.

[@kaievans9991]

Needed to come to this video to say how much I love Russ in this show.

[@catlover2636]

I love the music that he plays in his cars; such douchiness haha