Brian Jeffrey Averell[1] is an American actor and reality show contestant who won The Amazing Race 9 with teammate Tyler MacNiven.

[6] At Harvard, Averell was a member of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the improv group On Thin Ice.

Averell slipped past the attendant at the gate, blended in with other passengers crossing the tarmac and proceeded to find refuge in a rest room and settled onto a toilet seat.

[9] Averell pleaded not guilty,[10] and two months later state prosecutors and Delta Air Lines agreed to drop all charges against him.

[11] In 2006, Averell appeared as a contestant on the ninth edition of the American television series The Amazing Race.

He and his teammate, Tyler MacNiven, whom Averell met during Semester at Sea four years earlier,[12] beat out ten other teams to win the show's $1 million prize.