British Comedian And Actor Russell Brand Will Host MTV Video Music Awards

New York, NY (CNS) - It has already been announced that The Jonas Brothers will perform at this year's MTV Video Music Awards and now MTV is announcing that British actor Russell Brand will also be there. Brand, a British actor and comedian, will be serving as the host.

Although he isn't as well-known in the United States, Brand will host this year's Video Music Awards, which will air live from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on September 7.

Brand recently co-starred in the film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the Reese Witherspoon-produced fairy tale "Penelope." He is currently filming the Adam Sandler comedy "Bedtime Stories," slated for release later this year.

The video awards show is known for having an anything-goes approach and Brand said that suits his style fine. He says he has made a name for himself in his country by flying by the seat of his pants.

"I've just been invited to do it," Brand told the Associated Press. "It'll be good to preside over what is sure to be only vaguely coordinated televised insanity."

MTV hired Brand, 33, to be a VJ on its Britain-based show "Dance Floor Chart" after catching his comedy act in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brand also hosted a call-in show called MTV Select.

He isn't a stranger to hosting, having hosted numerous TV shows and events in the U.K. Brand has also performed to sell-out comedy gigs and has written a best-selling memoir, "My Booky Wook," which was published last year.

Brand's radio show, The Russell Brand Show, debuted two years ago in the U.K.. His television show "Ponderland" was recently nominated by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in the "Best Comedy Programme" category.