The tertiary sector of the economy (also known as the service sector or the service industry) is one of the three economic sectors, the others being the secondary sector (approximately the same as manufacturing) and the primary sector (agriculture, fishing, and extraction such as mining).

The service sector consists of the "soft" parts of the economy, i.e. activities where people offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity, performance, potential, and sustainability. The basic characteristic of this sector is the production of services instead of end products. Services (also known as "intangible goods") include attention, advice, experience, and discussion. The production of information is generally also regarded as a service, but some economists now attribute it to a fourth sector, the quaternary sector.

The tertiary sector of industry involves the provision of services to other businesses as well as final consumers. Services may involve the transport, distribution and sale of goods from producer to a consumer, as may happen in wholesaling and retailing, or may involve the provision of a service, such as in pest control or entertainment. The goods may be transformed in the process of providing the service, as happens in the restaurant industry. However, the focus is on people interacting with people and serving the customer rather than transforming physical goods.

For the last 30 years, there has been a substantial shift from the primary and secondary sectors to the tertiary sector in industrialised countries. This shift is called tertiarisation. The tertiary sector is now the largest sector of the economy in the Western world, and is also the fastest-growing sector.

Examples

Examples of service sector employment include:

Government

Healthcare/hospitals

Public health

Waste disposal

Education

Banking

Insurance

Financial services

Legal services

Consulting

News media

Hospitality industry (e.g. restaurants, hotels, casinos)

Tourism

Retail sales

Franchising

Real estate

Sales

Service economy

The term service economy refers to a model wherein as much economic activity as possible is treated as a service. For example, IBM treats its business as a service business. Although it still manufactures high-end computers, it treats the physical goods as a small part of the "business solutions" industry, and has found that the price elasticity of demand for "business solutions" is much less than that for hardware. There has been a corresponding shift to a subscription pricing model. Rather than receiving a single payment for a piece of manufactured equipment, many manufacturers are now receiving a steady stream of revenue for ongoing contracts.

Another example is the banking industry, which has gone through enormous changes in recent years. Using information and communication technology, banks have vastly reduced the number of staff they need. Many banks and building societies have merged to form much “leaner” businesses capable of extracting more profit from a wider customer base.

Difficulty of definition

It is sometimes hard to define whether a given company is part of the secondary or tertiary sector.

For example, public utilities are often considered part of the tertiary sector as they provide services to people, while creating the utility's infrastructure is often considered part of the secondary sector, even though the same business may be involved in both aspects of the operation.

In order to classify a business as a service, it is necessary to use classification systems such as the United Nations's International Standard Industrial Classification standard, the United States' Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code system and its new replacement, the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS), and similar systems in the EU and elsewhere. These governmental classification systems have a first-level hierarchy that reflects whether the economic goods are tangible or intangible.

For purposes of finance and market research, market-based classification systems such as the Global Industry Classification Standard and the Industry Classification Benchmark are used to classify businesses that participate in the service sector. Unlike governmental classification systems, the first level of market-based classification systems divides the economy into functionally related markets or industries. The second or third level of these hierarchies then reflects whether goods or services are produced.

Theory of progression

Economies tend to follow a developmental progression that takes them from a heavy reliance on agriculture and mining, toward the development of manufacturing (e.g. automobiles, textiles, shipbuilding, steel) and finally toward a more service-based structure. The first economy to follow this path in the modern world was the United Kingdom. The speed at which other economies have made the transition to service-based (or "post-industrial") economies has increased over time.

Historically, manufacturing tended to be more open to international trade and competition than services. However, with dramatic cost reduction and speed and reliability improvements in the transportation of people and the communication of information, the service sector now includes some of the most intensive international competition, despite residual protectionism.

Issues for service providers

Service providers face obstacles selling services that goods-sellers rarely face. Services are not tangible, making it difficult for potential customers to understand what they will receive and what value it will hold for them. Indeed some, such as consultants and providers of investment services, offer no guarantees of the value for price paid.

Since the quality of most services depends largely on the quality of the individuals providing the services, it is true that "people costs" are a high component of service costs. Whereas a manufacturer may use technology, simplification, and other techniques to lower the cost of goods sold, the service provider often faces an unrelenting pattern of increasing costs.

Differentiation is often difficult. For example, how does one choose one investment adviser over another, since they often seem to provide identical services? Charging a premium for services is usually an option only for the most established firms, who charge extra based upon brand recognition.

List of countries by service output

Bellow is a list of countries by service output in 2010.

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The following is a list of significant men and women known for being the father, mother, or considered the founders mostly in Western socities in a field, listed by category. In most non-science fields, the title of being the "father" is debatable.

Church

Games

Subject	Father/Mother	Reason
Miniature wargaming	H.G. Wells
	Shigeru Miyamoto	Creator of many successful Nintendo franchises
PlayStation	Ken Kutaragi
Role-playing game	Gary Gygax	Creator of ''Dungeons & Dragons''
Stealth game	Hideo Kojima
Video game	Ralph H. Baer	Inventor of the video game console
Wargaming	Charles S. Roberts

Humanities

Military

Subject	Father/Mother	Reason
Aerial warfare	Oswald Boelcke	The first to formalize rules of air fighting, which he presented as the Dicta Boelcke, also credited as being the first pilot to shoot down an aircraft.
Atomic bomb	Robert OppenheimerLeó SzilárdEnrico Fermi
Blitzkrieg	Heinz Guderian
	Edward Teller
Atomic submarine and "nuclear navy"	Hyman G. Rickover
Fourth Generation Warfare	William S. Lind
	Jean-Baptiste Colbert	Built on the fleet of France inherited from Cardinal Richelieu.
Naval Special Warfare	Phil H. Bucklew	US Naval Officer and First Commanding Officer of Navy SEAL Team One
Naval tactical studies	Paul Hoste	Jesuit Professor of Mathematics at the Royal College of the Marine in Toulon; wrote ''L'Art des Armées Navales'' (1697)
Luftwaffe and Luftstreitkräfte	Oswald Boelcke
The Soviet Union's Hydrogen Bomb	Andrei Sakharov
	William C. Lee	First commander of the parachute school at Fort Benning, Georgia.
	Kazimierz Pułaski	Brigadier-general and commander of the cavalry of the Continental Army (1770s).
United States Navy
Subject	Father/Mother	! Reason
[[American Football">John Barry (naval officer)

Nations

Natural and social sciences

Sports

Subject	Father/Mother	! Reason
[[American Football	Walter Camp
		Godfather, created the New York Cosmos soccer team and imported a number of well known international footballers to the team in an attempt to bring interest to soccer in the US.
Angling	Izaak Walton	author of ''The Compleat Angler''
Association football	Ebenezer Cobb Morley
	Charles William Miller
Baseball
Basketball	James Naismith
	Scot Breithaupt
	Eugen Sandow
Harold Zinkin	Called so by Arnold Schwarzenegger during a press statement on his passing in 2004. Inventor of the modern exercise machines.
	James Figg
James J. Corbett
	Jim Downing	Built a racecar a season before it became the basis of a new lightweight prototype class in .
Canadian rodeo		coined the rodeo term ''Stampede'' and was world's first rodeo producer/rodeo stock contractor/rodeo champion in 1902
	Wally Parks
Don Garlits	Considered to be one of the innovators of drag racing safety.
Eddie Hill	Regarded as the Forefather of Drag Racing.
	Kunimitsu Takahashi
Modern figure skating	Jackson Haines
The Football Association	Ebenezer Cobb Morley	Founder
rowspan="2"	James Richardson Spensley
William Garbutt	Laying the foundations of skilled coaching in Italian football
Freestyle BMX	Bob Haro
Freestyle Motocross	Mike Metzger	Godfather
Funny Car	Dick Landy
	Frank Chirkinian	Personally responsible for much of the production conventions of modern golf broadcasting.
rowspan="2"		Credited for introducing baseball in Japan
Hiroshi Hiraoka	Credited for establishing the first baseball team
Jogging	Jim Fixx	Founding father
Karting	Art Ingels	Developed the world's first kart (1956)
Lacrosse	William George Beers	Codified the sport
Mixed martial arts	Bruce Lee	Called so by Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. For his experimentation into other styles and invention of Jeet Kune Do.
American motocross	Edison Dye	Introduced motorcross to American riders
NASCAR	Bill France, Sr.	Foundation of the sanctioning body for stock car racing
Road racing in the United States	Cameron Argetsinger
Rugby union	A. G. Guillemard	William Webb Ellis			(William Webb Ellis)"WHO WITH A FINE DISREGARD FOR THE RULES OF FOOTBALL AS PLAYED IN HIS TIME FIRST TOOK THE BALL IN HIS ARMS AND RAN WITH IT THUS ORIGINATING THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUGBY GAME"
	Italo Santelli
Florida Skateboarding	Bruce Walker
East Coast Skateboarding	Vinny Raffa
	Skip Engblom
Tony Hawk
Snowboard	Jake Burton
Supercross	Mike Goodwin	Organized the first supercross race
Modern surfing	Duke Kahanamoku

Technology

Fields

Subject	Father/Mother	Reason
Aerodynamics (modern)	Sir George Cayley	Founding father of modern Aerodynamics. The first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight—weight, Lift (force)
[[Architecture	Imhotep	Built the first pyramid
Astronautics	Konstantin Tsiolkovsky	Robert H. GoddardHermann Oberth
Aviation		Book: ''Prodromo alla Arte Maestra'' (1670). First to describe the geometry and physics of a flying vessel.
	Thomas Tompion
Clinical trials	James Lind	Conducted the first Scientific control
[[Computing	Charles Babbage	Inventor of the Analytical Engine which was never constructed in his lifetime.
Cybernetics	Norbert Wiener
	William F. Moran	Founder of the American Bladesmith Society
	Bob Loveless	Founder of the Knifemakers' Guild
Photography

Inventions

Subject	Father/Mother	Reason
Air conditioning	Willis Carrier
Chronograph
Compact Disc
Compiler	Grace Hopper
	Konrad Zuse	Invented world's first functional program-controlled computer.
Alan Turing	Was a secret code breaker during WWII and invented the Turing machine (1936).
John von Neumann	Became "intrigued" with Turing's universal machine and later emphasised the importance of the stored-program concept for electronic computing (1945), including the possibility of allowing the machine to modify its own program in useful ways while running.
	Invented the digital computer in the 1930s
Computer Program	Ada Lovelace	Recognized by historians as the writer of the world's first computer program which was for the Charles Babbage Analytical Engine, but was never complete within either her or his lifetime.
Ekranoplan	Rostislav Alexeev
Helicopter	Igor Sikorsky	Invented the first successful helicopter, upon which further designs were based.
Internet	Vint CerfBob Kahn
Instant noodle	Momofuku Ando	Inventor of the instant noodle, also founder of Nissin Foods to produce and market them.
Japanese television	Kenjiro Takayanagi
Jet engine	Frank Whittle
Karaoke	Daisuke Inoue	Inventor of the machine as a means of allowing people to sing without the need of a live back-up.
Laser	Charles Hard Townes
Lightning prediction system	Alexander Stepanovich Popov	The first lightning prediction system, the Lightning detector, was invented in 1894 by Alexander Stepanovich Popov.
Marine chronometer	John Harrison
Microprocessor	Marcian Hoff Masatoshi Shima
Mobile phone		He is the main brainchild of hand-held phone and with the help of Motorola team he developed the first handset in 1973 weighing in at two kilos.
	Vinod Dham	The original Pentium (P5) was developed by a team of engineers, including John H. Crawford, chief architect of the original 386, and Donald Alpert, who managed the architectural team. Dror Avnon managed the design of the FPU. Dham was general manager of the P5 group. Some media sources have called him the "father of the Pentium".
	Chuck Peddle	Developed the 6502 microprocessor, the KIM-1 and the Commodore PET
Programmable logic controller	Dick Morley
Radio	Alexander Stepanovich Popov Lee De Forest Guglielmo Marconi Jagdish Chandra Bose Nikola Tesla
Radio (Radio broadcasting)	Reginald Fessenden David Sarnoff	Fessenden is credited as the first to broadcast radio signals on Christmas Eve, 1906. Sarnoff proposed a chain of radio stations to Marconi's associates in 1915.
Radio (FM radio)	Edwin H. Armstrong	Obtained the first Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to operate an FM station in Alpine, New Jersey at approximately 50 megahertz (1939)
Radiotelephony	Reginald Fessenden
SGML	Charles Goldfarb
Telephone	Antonio Meucci	Alexander Graham Bell	See Invention of the telephone
Television	Philo T. Farnsworth			Vladimir Zworykin			John Logie Baird	Co-Inventors of the Electronic Television. Farnsworth invented the Image dissector while Zworykin created the Iconoscope, both fully electronic forms of television. Logie Baird invented the world's first working television system, also the first electronic color television system.
Tokamak	Lev Artsimovich
	Fazlur Khan	Invented the tube structural system and first employed it in his designs for the DeWitt-Chestnut Apartments, John Hancock Center and Sears Tower.
World Wide Web	Tim Berners-Lee
Visual Basic	Alan Cooper
XML	Jon Bosak

Towns and cities

Subject	Father/Mother	! Reason
Lan Kwai Fong	Allan Zeman	Noted for turning a small square of streets in
Subject	Father/Mother	! Reason
	[[Henry Ford">Central, Hong Kong

Transport

Subject	Father/Mother	! Reason
	[[Henry Ford	Noted for introducing a simple and affordable car for the ordinary American masses.
American Interstate Highway System	Dwight D. Eisenhower
	Gene Berg
Hot rod	Ed Winfield
	RJ DeVera	Influential for popularising the import car scene in the mid-1990s.
Kustom Kulture
Monster truck
Mountain bike	Gary Fisher
Rotary engine	Felix Wankel
	Cyrus Avery
Tailfin	Harley Earl
Traffic safety	William Phelps Eno
	Frank W. Cyr

See also

List of inventors

Father of medicare

Founders of statistics

References

Father or mother of something Father or mother of something, List of people known as

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Series	Entourage
Name	Johnny Chase
Alias	Johnny Drama
Portrayer	Kevin Dillon
Hometown	Queens, New York, New York
Relatives	Vincent Chase (half-brother), Rita Chase (mother)
Occupation	Actor
Significantother	Single }}

Jonathan "Johnny" Chase is a fictional character on the comedy-drama television series ''Entourage''. He is played by Kevin Dillon. He is often addressed by other characters as Johnny Drama or Drama, but it is not made clear whether this is just a nickname or whether he actually has used the name Johnny Drama as a stage name.

The character is based on Mark Wahlberg's cousin's friend, Johnny Alves.

Fictional biography

Drama is the older half-brother of popular actor Vincent Chase. Drama has been a C-list actor for most of his career, best known for his starring role as Tarvold in a cult television series, ''Viking Quest''. Later in ''Entourage'', he is cast in another series, ''Five Towns'', which scores 16 million viewers on its premiere. He left the hit show after a run in with a TV executive. Not long after, he was given a holding deal by the network for his own show.

In the first season of ''Entourage'', Drama has not had a serious acting gig for three years. Instead, he is Vincent's chef and fitness consultant, often watching out for his brother and making sure he eats right. His personality is alternately macho and warm-hearted, pompous and insecure. His acting range is limited by a wooden style, but he constantly brings up bit roles he has played over the years in such movies and television shows as ''Barbershop'', ''Melrose Place'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''The Commish'', ''A Different World'', ''Pacific Blue'', ''Full House'', ''21 Jump Street'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and ''Star Trek'' as well as a national television commercial for herpes drug Valtrex, and tries to give acting advice to his brother. He starred as Tarvold in the fictional science fiction series ''Viking Quest'', which spawned his catchphrase "Victory!". In the episode "Drive", Drama reveals he is a Razzie Award winner.

He is always looking to capitalize on Vincent's success, which pays off with a supporting role in a film called ''Queens Boulevard'', a bit part in another film ''Medellin'', and an appearance in a flashy Chinese commercial that Vincent does. Although he occasionally finds his little brother's charity emasculating, he almost never turns it down. While it would seem that he is nothing more than a leech, Johnny cares deeply for his brother and the rest of the group, springing to their help when needed. Johnny is a member of the union Screen Actors Guild (SAG).

Drama lands a role as the "older Irish brother" in ''Five Towns'', an Edward Burns television pilot; Burns felt he owed Drama because Drama turned down a role in Burns' successful real-life film ''The Brothers McMullen'', forcing Burns to play it himself. The pilot was picked up in the episode "The Resurrection". After the ''Five Towns'' pilot performed very well, Drama effectively resumed a successful career and bought out a $1.5 million condominium. He was mistakenly offered a lead role in ''Rush Hour 3'' by Brett Ratner when Ratner's assistant misread the credits in Drama's show and picked Drama instead of his younger co-star. Drama still however was able to coerce Ratner to give him a role as a French bus driver. During the hiatus of ''Five Towns'', Drama followed Eric, Vince, and Turtle to the ''Medellin'' set and successfully secured a role in the film as a military leader who infiltrates Escobar's compound in the movie's climax. However, before this, Drama stirred up trouble by claiming to have received a handjob from the film's lead actress (portrayed by Sofia Vergara), who director Billy Walsh was infatuated with. It is unclear whether this handjob actually occurred, as Turtle finds it unbelievable, coupled with Drama's tendency to exaggerate his macho image, particularly on camera. In the Season 4 season finale, while at the Cannes Film Festival in France greeting the large fan base and cult following of ''Viking Quest'', Drama meets and becomes involved with Jacqueline and begins a long distance relationship with her after he gets back to LA. Drama increased his profile in France inadvertently by having sex on the beach with Jacqueline for three hours. In the end they stop after he sees a large crowd and his friends and brother cheer him on.

Drama claims to be Irish and Chilean, and may be part Japanese. In "Gary's Desk", Drama along with Turtle and Vincent have their own offices in Eric's company, The Murphy Group.

Though it is never shown that Drama is fluent in multiple languages, he has quoted words in Spanish, French, Yiddish and Hebrew.

In the Season Five finale, Johnny becomes the co-owner of a Queens bar with Turtle's cousin Ronnie. Ronnie them had the bar renamed "Johnny Drama's". After that he became a partner with the owner who had to settle a gambling debt problem.

In Season Six, ''Five Towns'' is still filming and is still a successful show. This changes for Drama when he threatens ''Five Towns'' NBC network executive Dan Cokley after he suspects Cokley is trying to sleep with Turtle's girlfriend, Jamie Lynn Sigler. Cokley decides that instead of firing Drama, he will convince the writers to torture and humiliate Drama's character on ''Five Towns''. Drama soon decides that he has enough of his character getting bad scenes and tries to get out of his contract on ''Five Towns'' and sign on to star on ''Melrose Place 2009'' after ''Melrose Place'' producer Phil Yagoda offered him to audition for a role. Drama had been fired from the original ''Melrose Place'' series in 1993.

In the season finale, after Drama's agent Lloyd Lee resigns from his secretary position at Ari Gold's agency to accept an offer from Gold's rival, Adam Davies at the Terrence McQuewick Agency, where Gold was fired from in 2005. Drama becomes unstable after hearing Lloyd's departure. Ari and Lloyd compete to get him out of his ''Five Towns'' contract and onto ''Melrose Place 2009''. Drama is impressed by Ari's capability, so he verbally agrees to make Ari his permanent agent. However, an impassioned speech by Lloyd convinces Drama that he should remain with Lloyd who is more sincere and concerned for Drama. At the first ''Melrose Place 2009'' audition, Drama fears rejection and has a mild heart attack and mental breakdown, urinating in his pants. Drama then eventually decides that he is an actor and must redo the audition. He does well at the audition, but he is turned down by the network for being "too old". Phil Yagoda then notifies Drama that the network decided that he is ready to have a series created for him and offers an exclusive holding deal, which Drama had never had before. Delighted, Drama and Vince head to Italy to film Vince's new movie. His quote is now at least $100,000 (per episode) higher than it was on ''Five Towns'' for which he made $75,000 per episode.

In Season Eight, Drama does voice acting for a successful animated series called ''Johnny's Bananas'', an urban comedy where all characters are primarily apes and monkeys. His co-star is Andrew Dice Clay, and the show was created by Billy Walsh.

Interests

Drama is a New York Mets fan. He has a Notre Dame leprechaun tattoo on his right leg. He also loves the Irish band U2; his motto for their concerts is "Floor level or bust". Drama prefers José Cuervo tequila and Johnnie Walker Blue. He also likes enjoying "a good steak, a bottle of red, a couple cigars and some good conversation." He has attended an S&M; seminar.

Relation to Vincent

Drama's exact relationship to Vincent is not clear. They are consistently referred to as brothers, but Turtle once emphasized that Johnny was Vince's ''half''-brother and that Vincent thought Drama was his cousin until Vince was 14. On the HBO ''Entourage'' web site, Drama is also referred to as Vince's half-brother.

Vince and Drama share the same last name. They ''appear'' to have the same mother in the episode "Aquamom" when Johnny calls himself her "first born". However, Drama calls Vincent's mother "''your'' mom" in the episode "My Maserati Does 185". However, this could possibly be explained as him referring to her informally as mom if she was a main mother figure in his life.

Drama may be simply very close to Vince's mother, Rita Chase, due to the fact that the line in "My Maserati Does 185" about their shared father is a definitive genetical statement said in a genuine sense. This means that Rita may not actually be Drama's biological mother, but either his stepmother and/or adoptive mother, with Vince and Johnny having the same biological father, who was an alcoholic and left the family when both were relatively young.

Rita Chase may indeed be Johnny's biological mother. His line in "Aquamom", along with the fact that "Aquamom" came ''after'' "My Maserati Does 185" may support this theory. This creates, what Entourage creator Doug Ellin has referred to as an auto-perspective angle in which the audience can assume one or the other in reference to Johnny's actual parentage.

During Season Six, Johnny mentions his insecurities to the executive producer of ''Five Towns'' saying, "It could be my own insecurity about feeling my mother loved Vince more than she does me", alluding that Johnny's mother is Rita. It is believed that Johnny was born shortly after his parents left high school, thus explaining the age gap between himself and Vince.

Drama is at least nine years older than Vince.

Relationship history

Relationships prior to the show

Drama had a relationship with a girl named Stacy LaRosa. Apparently Drama ended their relationship prior to Valentines Day so he would not have to buy her a present. Drama had anal sex with a girl named Jess Mancini during high school, and he made her ride her bike home afterwards. Drama was married at one time, for nine days. The marriage was annulled.

Relationships during the show

In the first season, Drama had a fling with a muscular woman. He ended this relationship because she was too tough for him and he felt emasculated. In the second season, Drama had a relationship with Vanessa Angel. It is unclear how long the relationship lasted.

In the second season, Drama had a devil's threesome with Turtle and Cassie, Shuana's assistant in the episode"The Sundance Kids".

In the third season, Drama fools around with a female dog owner in the episode "Dog Day Afternoon". The relationship didn’t last because of Turtle, so Drama was unable to see the girl in the future.

In the fourth season, Drama has sex with a woman while both are dressed in animal costume. The woman makes squirrel-like sounds and gestures, while Drama wears a pink rabbit suit and head, simply going along with it so he could have sex. This episode covered somewhat in depth the "Furry" lifestyle of being attracted to costumes and stuffed animals/fluffy animal type suits.

In the fourth season, Drama found a new girlfriend, Jacqueline, at the Cannes Festival and had sex with her on the beach.

In the fifth season, Jacqueline ends her romantic relationship with Drama due to his obsession with her.

In the sixth season, Drama has sex with a girl named Kelly that works at a clothing store. She apparently had sex with Seth Rogen when she was drunk.

In the sixth season, Drama had sex with a girl named Tara, three months before Eric had sex with her. Tara gave Drama a sexually transmitted disease.

Fictional filmography

''Miami Vice'' ''The New New Love Boat'' ''Barfly (film) ''License to Drive'' ''227 (TV series) ''A Different World (TV series) ''Booker (TV series) ''Cop Rock'' ''L.A. Law'' ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' ''Point Break'' ''NYPD Blue'' ''Melrose Place (1992 TV series) ''Amongst Friends'' ''Full House'' ''The Commish'' ''227'' ''Concrete Heat'' ''My So-Called Life'' ''Cornelius and Son'' ''Last One Left'' ''Beautiful Girls (film) ''Pacific Blue (TV series) ''Viking Quest'' ''Kissing a Fool'' ''Star Trek: Voyager'' ''Nash Bridges'' ''7th Heaven'' ''Barbershop (film) ''The Practice'' ''Law & Order: SVU'' ''Crossing Jordan'' ''Head On'' ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' ''Queens Boulevard'' Chinese energy drink television commercial ''Gotcha!'' ''five towns#Popular culture ''Rush Hour 3'' ''Medellin'' ''The View (U.S. TV series) Johnny's Bananas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
-	|	Cocaine Informant	guest star
-	|	Merrill Stubing	pilot never aired
1987	Barfly'' ||	Extra	uncredited; 3 days' work
1988	|	Unknown
1988	227'' ||	Building Inspector	guest star
1989	A Different World'' ||	Drunk Frat Guy	guest star
1989	Booker'' ||	Dead Body	guest star
1990	|	Singing Felon	guest star
1991	|	Mute Clerk	guest star
1991	|	Eddie	Donna Martin>Donna's stalker
1991	|	Stoned Surfer #5	uncredited
1993	|	Dead Body	guest star; Kevin Dillon actually guest-starred in three episodes of ''NYPD Blue'' as a police officer.
1993	Melrose Place'' ||		lead guest star
1993	|	Kid in Trunk
1994	''The Crow''
1994	|	Jesse Katsopolis>Uncle Jesse's Tough-Guy Nephew	guest star
1994	|	Bulimic Pedophile	guest star
1994	|		guest star
1994	|		starred with Andrew Dice Clay. Cancelled after one week
1994–1995	|		guest star; Drama mentions a stunt in which he falls down a flight of stairs
1995	|		recurring guest star
1995	|	Taxi Driver	guest part
1996	Beautiful Girls'' ||	stand-in	Fired for fighting with Matt Dillon
1997	Pacific Blue'' ||	Officer Ross Harper	recurring guest star
1997	|	Tarvold	Drama's first lead role; co-starred with Vanessa Angel
1998	|	Cubs Fan
1998	|	Klingon	guest star
1999	|	Retarded Brother	guest star; "Season 3, Episode 7" (actual airdate: October 31, 1997)
2001	|	High School Swimmer With Alopecia
2002	Barbershop'' ||	Customer	uncredited; scenes cut from film
2003	|	Law Clerk	guest star
2004	|	Dead Body	guest star
2004	|	Bank Robber	guest star
2004	|	Thug	appears with his half-brother Vince
2004	|	Himself	surprise appearance on the show with Vince
2005	|	Bookie	small bit-part with Vince
2005	|	Un-named role	cameo appearance>cameo with Vince
2006	|	Himself	target of a prank involving Chuck Liddell, in the pilot episode of Paulie Shore's celebrity hidden camera show (a la ''Punk'd'').
2006–2009	Five Towns'' ||	Quinn	Drama's second-ever lead role. About five Irish brothers who "run" the five towns of long island. Produced by Edward Burns, who also directed the pilot. Has shot at least 87 episodes. Currently airing on NBC. Left the show after three seasons.
2007	|	French Bus Driver	Scenes cut from film
2007	|	U.S. Army General	cameo; appears alongside Vince
2008	The View'' ||	Himself	The cast of ''Five Towns'' made an appearance as special guests on the show.
2011	|	TBA (lead role)	lead role; in development

References

External links

Official HBO web page

Official page at MySpace

Johnny 'Drama' Chase in ''Entourage Wiki'' at Wikia

''Entourage'' Official HBO web page

Category:Entourage (TV series) characters Category:Fictional actors Category:Fictional American people of Irish descent Category:Fictional Hispanic and Latino American people Category:Fictional American people of Japanese descent Category:Fictional characters from California Category:Fictional characters from New York City

fr:Johnny Chase

Name	Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher
Birth date	December 03, 1973
Residence	Holland, Ohio, United States
Citizenship	United States
Other names	"Joe the Plumber"
Occupation	Commentator/correspondent Former plumber's assistant

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (; born December 3, 1973), is a resident of Ohio, United States who gained significant attention during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. As an employee of a plumbing contractor, he was given the moniker "Joe the Plumber" after he was videotaped questioning then-Democratic candidate Barack Obama about his small business tax policy during a campaign stop in Ohio. The Republican McCain-Palin campaign later applied "Joe the Plumber" as a metaphor for middle-class Americans. He subsequently published a book about his experiences, and has appeared as a motivational speaker and commentator.

Involvement in the 2008 presidential election

Encounter with Barack Obama

On October 12, 2008, three days before the final presidential debate, Obama met residents in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood. Wurzelbacher, who had been playing football with his son in his front yard at the time, asked Obama about his tax plan. Wurzelbacher suggested that Obama's tax plan would be at odds with "the American dream." Wurzelbacher said, "I'm getting ready to buy a company that makes 250 to 280 thousand dollars a year. Your new tax plan's going to tax me more, isn't it?"

Obama responded with an explanation of how his tax plan would affect a small business in this bracket. Obama said, "If you're a small business, which you would qualify, first of all, you would get a 50 percent tax credit so you'd get a cut in taxes for your health care costs. So you would actually get a tax cut on that part. If your revenue is above 250, then from 250 down, your taxes are going to stay the same. It is true that, say for 250 up — from 250 to 300 or so, so for that additional amount, you’d go from 36 to 39 percent, which is what it was under Bill Clinton."

Obama also said, "It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance at success, too… My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off [...] if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody."

Presidential debate

During the third and final Presidential debate on October 15, 2008, at Hofstra University, many references were made to "Joe the Plumber." In the debate, McCain repeatedly brought up "Joe the Plumber" and Obama and McCain then made statements aimed directly at Wurzelbacher. As a result, subsequent media attention was directed at Wurzelbacher.

After the debate, Wurzelbacher did not declare his vote for either candidate. He expressed concern that Obama's plans were "one step closer to socialism." Obama's running mate Joe Biden argued that 98% of small businesses take in less than $250,000 a year in income and thus wouldn't be subject to higher taxes under Obama's plan. McCain stated that Wurzelbacher would see higher taxes under Obama's plan.

2008 media appearances

Wurzelbacher spoke to Katie Couric of ''CBS Evening News'' on October 15, shortly after the conclusion of the final debate. Asked whether Obama's proposed $250,000 tax threshold would affect him, Wurzelbacher replied: "Not right now at presently, but (...) he's going to do that now for people who make $250,000 a year. When's he going to decide that $100,000 is too much? (...) You're on a slippery slope here. You vote on somebody who decides that $250,000 and you're rich? And $100,000 and you're rich? (...) Where does it end?" He also said, “I asked the question but I still got a tap dance ...almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.”

Wurzelbacher held a press conference at his home on the morning of October 16, following the debates, where he refused to express support for either candidate. "I'm not telling anybody anything" about which candidate he prefers, he said, adding, "It's a private booth. I want the American people to vote for who they want to vote for."

On October 16, Wurzelbacher appeared on ''Your World with Neil Cavuto'' on Fox News. Neil Cavuto asked if Wurzelbacher was persuaded by Obama's plan. Wurzelbacher said that he was not and that he was more frightened upon hearing it. Wurzelbacher suggested that Obama's plan was socialist in nature.

That same day, Wurzelbacher also appeared on ''Good Morning America''. Diane Sawyer asked him if he was taking home $250,000 now, Wurzelbacher said with a laugh "No, not even close." Sawyer asked Wurzelbacher, "And the McCain camp, some people have said did they contact you and tell you that you were going to be a major part of this, and had they contacted you before that encounter with Senator Obama?" Wurzelbacher answered, "Oh no, no, no one's contacted me as far as if I was going to be on the debate or as far as my name being used. No. I have been contacted by them and asked to show up at a rally. But, other than that, no. I just happened to be here and Barack Obama happened to show up."

On November 2, Wurzelbacher appeared again on ''Your World with Neil Cavuto'', where he expressed concern that Barack Obama's tax plans would go down "a slippery slope" and eventually raise his taxes. Wurzelbacher also questioned Obama's patriotism saying "there's too many questions with Barack Obama, and his loyalty to our country."

References on the campaign trail

On October 18, McCain told a campaign rally in Melbourne, Florida that he had phoned Wurzelbacher for the first time on October 17. McCain said, "He's a great guy, proud of his grandfather who served in the US Marine Corps. We're going to fight for Joe, my friends, we are going to fight for him. The question Joe asked about our economy is important, because Senator Obama's plan would raise taxes on small businesses that employ 16 million Americans. Senator Obama's plan will kill those jobs at just the time when we need to be creating more jobs. My plan will create jobs, and that's what America needs."

The McCain-Palin campaign's senior strategist Steve Schmidt said that John McCain's strategy in the final weeks of the presidential campaign was based primarily around his differences with Obama on economic issues, which they would continue to highlight through the story of Joe the Plumber.

After the final presidential debate, McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin frequently repeated the charge in campaign speeches that "Joe the Plumber" would pay higher taxes under Obama and Biden's plan, although according to tax analysts neither Wurzelbacher nor the company he works for would actually be subject to higher taxes under Obama's tax plan. Obama's "spread the wealth around" quote was later used by the McCain campaign, comparing the Democrat's policies to socialism. McCain said, "[Obama] wants government to take Joe's money and give it to somebody else." Obama said in a campaign rally on October 24 that McCain was "not fighting for Joe the Plumber. He's fighting for Joe the Hedge Fund Manager... He likes to talk about Joe the Plumber but he's in cahoots with Joe the CEO." Obama then promoted a plan for middle-class tax cuts and "asked for a show of hands at the rally in the Richmond Coliseum from those making less than $250,000. Nearly all of the 13,000 people raised their hands."

Aides to the McCain-Palin campaign said on October 24 that they would "spend heavily" on a new TV advertisement invoking Wurzelbacher's nickname. The ad would feature "several different people looking into the camera and saying, 'I'm Joe the Plumber.' One man accuses Obama of wanting to use the man's 'sweat to pay for his trillion dollars in new spending. McCain also ran several other commercials with this theme.

Joint appearances with John McCain

On October 30, Wurzelbacher made appearances with John McCain during Ohio campaign stops in Sandusky, Elyria, and Mentor. In Sandusky, McCain accused the Obama campaign of attacking Wurzelbacher, and in Mentor, Wurzelbacher was allowed to address the crowd, saying, "Once you find out the facts, they become quite obvious," while pointing at McCain.

Earlier in the day, at a rally in Defiance, Ohio, McCain thought that Wurzelbacher was supposed to be in the crowd and called for him to stand up. When it became clear that Joe wasn't in attendance, McCain ended the silence by telling the whole crowd instead to stand up, stating, "You're all Joe the Plumber."

Political ambitions

After his meeting with Barack Obama, a campaign to draft Wurzelbacher to run for the United States House of Representatives in the 2010 election started with the website joewurzelbacher2010.com The ''Washington Times'' and the ''Boston Herald'' reported that the campaign's goal was to draft Wurzelbacher to run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur of , although the possibility also existed for Kaptur to choose to run for the senate seat being vacated by George Voinovich. The website was created by Trevor Lair (at that time, the chairman of the Massachusetts College Republicans), Derek Khanna, and the Massachusetts Alliance of College Republicans. The website encouraged visitors to sign an online petition that supported Wurzelbacher’s run for office. Laura Ingraham asked Wurzelbacher, on October 24, 2008, if he would run against Kaptur. Wurzelbacher responded that he had considered the run and would be "up for it." However, in a 2009 interview with WorldNetDaily, Wurzelbacher indicated that he was no longer considering running for political office, and he added that he "talked to God about that and He was like, 'No.'"

In August 2011 The Toledo Blade reported that Wurzelbacher is considering challenging Marcy Kaptur in 2012.

Personal controversy

Regarding his statement to Barack Obama about intending to buy the plumbing firm that employed him, Wurzelbacher later said that the idea of buying the company was discussed during his job interview six years prior. According to MSNBC and Fox News, court records show that Wurzelbacher made $40,000 in 2006. Dun & Bradstreet's report estimated that A. W. Newell Corporation, the full corporate name, had $510,000 in annual sales and eight employees. As part of the background on McCain's use of "Joe the Plumber," several media outlets researched his professional plumbing credentials. One ''Toledo Blade'' article stated, "Mr. Wurzelbacher said he works under Al Newell’s license, but according to Ohio building regulations, he must maintain his own license to do plumbing work. He is also not registered to operate as a plumber in Ohio, which means he’s not a plumber." "Mr. Joseph [business manager of the local union] said Mr. Wurzelbacher could only legally work in the townships, but not in any municipality in Lucas County or elsewhere in the country." Wurzelbacher has since stated that he is no longer employed at Newell.

ABC News reported on October 16, 2008, that there was a judgment lien against Wurzelbacher for non-payment of $1,182 in owed Ohio state income taxes dating to January 2007, but "no action has been taken against him outside of filing the lien." Barb Losie, deputy clerk of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, said that "there is a 99 percent chance [Wurzelbacher] doesn't know about the lien, unless he did a credit report or was ready to pay his taxes." While on ''Hannity & Colmes'', Wurzelbacher stated that he was unaware of the tax lien prior to it being reported in the press, and thought he was being attacked because of his question to Obama.

Since the 2008 election

Wurzelbacher has signed with a publicity management agent regarding media relationships, including "a possible record deal with a major label, personal appearances and corporate sponsorships."

In November 2008, Wurzelbacher was hired for a series of commercials reminding people to convert analog television to digital. Wurzelbacher was hired to help consumers understand the DTV transition in the United States through a series of videos designed to explain the changeover.

In November 2008, Wurzelbacher began promoting his book ''Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream''. Co-written with novelist Thomas Tabback and published by PearlGate Publishing of Austin, Texas, the book addresses Wurzelbacher’s ideas concerning American values. In particular, Wurzelbacher criticizes John McCain and states that he did not want him as the Republican presidential nominee. According to the ''Toledo Blade'', Wurzelbacher criticized McCain as a candidate, saying that the election was "the lesser of two evils." On December 10, 2008, it was reported that Wurzelbacher also criticized McCain for voting for the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the bank bailout. When it comes to taxation, he does not consider himself to be a supporter of either party.

In January 2009, Wurzelbacher began work as a motivational speaker and commentator. His first assignment was to comment from Israel on the fighting between the Israeli Defence Forces and Hamas, focusing on the Israeli experience of the conflict. On February 26, Wurzelbacher spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he led a panel titled "conservatism 2.0". On February 27, he spoke at the Washington, D.C. American Tea Party protest in Lafayette Park. In March, Wurzelbacher attended two conferences in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, first speaking to the "Conservative Young Professionals of Milwaukee," and then at the “Defending the American Dream Summit." On April 15, he spoke at the Michigan Tax Day Tea Party in Lansing. On May 6, 2009, Wurzelbacher appeared at a campaign event on behalf of New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Lonegan. In May 2009, ''Time'' magazine reported that Wurzelbacher was quitting the Republican Party. On September 19 he spoke at a Tea Party protest at Veteran's Park in Milwaukee.

On February 13, 2010 Wurzelbacher attended a political event for Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Sam Rohrer. Speaking to a reporter afterwards, Wurzelbacher said that "McCain was trying to use [him]", and accused McCain of having "really screwed [Wurzelbacher's] life up".

In Wisconsin, on February 2011, he spoke at a counter-demonstration, during protests against governor Walker's attempts to abolish collective bargaining rights of some public employees.

Ohio database search controversy

Prior to the 2008 election, Vanessa Niekamp, an employee of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services, at the behest of its director, Helen Jones-Kelley, used state computers to search for information on Joe Wurzelbacher. On November 20, 2008, Niekamp reported the violation to the State Inspector General. State and local officials completed an investigation into Jones-Kelley's order, concluding that the searches were improper. On December 17, 2008, Jones-Kelley resigned. In response to the event, Republican Ohio state representative Shannon Jones sponsored House Bill 648, which mandates civil and criminal penalties for improper access of personal information on state databases. On January 6, 2009, Governor Ted Strickland signed the legislation, which became effective after 90 days.

On March 5, 2009, on behalf of Joe Wurzelbacher, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in Columbus charging that Jones-Kelley and fellow ODJFS employees Fred Williams and Doug Thompson improperly searched "confidential state databases" in an attempt to retaliate against Wurzelbacher's criticism of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. The lawsuit claims that "officials of the State of Ohio violated Mr. Wurzelbacher's constitutional rights," and that "Wurzelbacher suffered emotional distress, harassment, and embarrassment as a result of the search." Tom Fitton, the president of Judicial Watch, stated that "no American should be investigated for simply asking a question of a public official." The lawsuit seeks unspecified punitive damages. On August 4, 2010, the U.S District Court in Columbus dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the state database search didn't amount to a constitutional violation to the right to privacy. ''Judicial Watch'' stated it will appeal.

On October 14, 2009, the ''Columbus Dispatch'' reported that, "A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about 'Joe the Plumber.'" The State Highway Patrol has stated that, "this individual has also used a law-enforcement computer network on Oct. 16, 2008 to access personal information about Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher."

See also

Tito the Builder

References

External links

Full, unedited video of the conversation between Wurzelbacher and Obama

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name	Kevin Nealon
birth date	November 18, 1953
birth place	St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
origin	Bridgeport, Connecticut
medium	Stand-up, television, film
nationality	American
active	1984–present
genre	Satire/political satire/news satire, observational comedy
subject	American politics, American culture, current events, pop culture, mass media/news media, everyday life, marriage
spouse	Linda Dupree (1989–2002)Susan Yeagley (2005–present) 1 child
notable work	Weekend Update anchor on ''Saturday Night Live''Gary Potter in ''Happy Gilmore''Doug Wilson in ''Weeds''Glenn Martin in ''Glenn Martin, DDS''
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Kevin Nealon (; born November 18, 1953) is an American actor and comedian, best known as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1986 to 1995, acting in several of the Happy Madison films, for playing Doug Wilson on the Showtime series ''Weeds'', and providing the voice of the title character, Glenn Martin on ''Glenn Martin, DDS''.

Early life

Nealon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Kathleen and Emmett Nealon, an aircraft company executive. A few months after he was born, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from St. Joseph High School (Trumbull, Connecticut) in 1971 and then graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing from Sacred Heart University (and worked in a variety of part-time jobs while doing stand-up comedy).

Career

Nealon debuted on network television doing a stand-up routine for ''The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson'' in 1984. In 1986, ''Saturday Night Live'' recruited his friend Dana Carvey, and Carvey in turn recommended Nealon. Both joined the cast that year, and Nealon became a full-time performer in the 1987-1988 season, and remained for nine seasons.

Nealon's ''SNL'' characters include Mr. Subliminal (or Subliminal Message Man), Franz (of Hans and Franz) along with Dana Carvey, Mr. No Depth Perception, the anchor of Weekend Update (where his catchphrase was "That's news to me"), and many others.

In 1991, he starred in the holiday movie, ''All I Want for Christmas''. More recently Nealon has appeared in the movies ''Happy Gilmore'', ''Anger Management'', ''Little Nicky'', ''Daddy Day Care'', ''Good Boy!'' and ''Grandma's Boy''. In fall 2005, he appeared in an episode of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', where he played himself (Season 5, Episode 4).

Nealon had a recurring television role on the 2002-06 CBS comedy ''Still Standing'' playing Ted Halverson, the Millers' competitive and religious neighbor. He has also appeared as a patient in a mental institution on the first season of ''Monk''. "Deja Vu" is an episode of ''The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 9 July 1999, during the fifth season. Nealon played Dr. Mark Crest. Nealon has an ongoing supporting role as Doug Wilson on the show ''Weeds'' on Showtime.

In 1994, Nealon hosted the 13 part series ''Amazing America'' on the Discovery Channel.

In 2002, Nealon Hosted The Conspiracy Zone on The New TNN for 26 episodes plus an unaired pilot.

Nealon appeared as a couples counselor on the sitcom, ''3rd Rock From The Sun''. He had a small cameo appearance in the 2008 film ''Get Smart''.

Nealon also hosted the ''World's Funniest Commercials'' on TBS. In a performance similar to Bob Saget, Nealon tells corny jokes in between each funny commercial. In 2008, a book authored by Nealon chronicling his experiences during his wife's pregnancy called ''Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me?'' was released.

Nealon played Stuart Pearson in the adventure comedy movie ''Aliens in the Attic''. Shooting took place in Auckland, New Zealand.

Personal life

Nealon married actress Susan Yeagley on September 3, 2005 in Bellagio, Italy. Yeagley gave birth to their first child, son Gable Ness Nealon, on January 29, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.

Nealon is an old boy for Connecticut Yankees RFC.

On February 22, 2006, Nealon contributed a story to the ''New York Times'' about being wiretapped by Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who has been indicted on racketeering and conspiracy charges. It was also revealed in a separate court case on February 27, 2006, that investigators working for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus may also have targeted Nealon for wiretapping.

He has been a vegetarian for 18 years due to animal cruelty and the health benefits. He lives in the Los Angeles area.

He is an avid golfer and poker player and also plays banjo and guitar.

Activism

Nealon and his ex-wife Linda Dupree (who played one of the mud wrestlers fighting John Candy in ''Stripes'') had been active in the animal rights movement, supporting fundraising events for the Amanda Foundation, Farm Sanctuary, the Washington Wildlife Protection Association, The Ark Trust's Genesis Awards and also Meat Out.

In 2001, Nealon played on ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'' for his charity. The final question he faced, worth $125,000, was about Barbie dolls. He used his 50:50 and Phone-A-Friend, but he answered the question wrong, walking away with $32,000.

Filmography

''Saturday Night Live'' (TV series) .... Various (174 episodes, 1986–1995)

''Roxanne'' (1987) .... Drunk guy

''All I Want for Christmas'' (1991) .... Tony Boer

''Coneheads'' (1993) .... Senator

''The Larry Sanders Show'' (TV Series) .... Himself (1996)

''Champs'' (TV series) .... Marty Heslov (12 episodes, 1996)

''Happy Gilmore'' (1996) .... Potter

''Hiller and Diller'' (1997) TV series .... Ted Hiller (1997–1998)

''The Wedding Singer'' (1998) .... Mr. Simms

''Dharma & Greg'' (TV series) .... Mr. Clayborn (2 episodes, 1998–1999)

''3rd Rock From the Sun'' (TV series) .... Dennis Caslow (1 episode, 1999)

''Little Nicky'' (2000) .... Gatekeeper

''Joe Dirt'' (2001) .... Greasy Mechanic

''Eight Crazy Nights'' (2002) .... Mayor (voice)

''The Master of Disguise'' (2002) ....Man in Black Mark Ebay interview

''The Conspiracy Zone'' (2002) TV series .... Host (2 seasons)

''Monk (TV Series)'' (2002) John .... 1 episode,Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum

''Good Boy!'' (2003) .... Mr. Baker

''Daddy Day Care'' (2003) .... Bruce

''Anger Management'' (2003) .... Sam, Dave's Lawyer

''Still Standing'' (TV series) .... Ted Halverson (5 episodes, 2003–2006)

''Weeds'' (TV series: 2005–present).... Doug Wilson

''Grandma's Boy'' (2006) .... Mr. Cheezle

''World's Funniest Commercials'' (2008) .... Host

''Get Smart'' (2008) .... CIA Agent #2

''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (2008) .... Kevin

''Remarkable Power'' (2008) .... Jack West

''Glenn Martin, DDS'' (2009) .... Glenn Martin

''Aliens in the Attic'' (2009) .... Stuart Pearson

''Just Go with It'' (2011) .... Adon

References

External links

Kevin Nealon official site

Interview from October 2007 in San Francisco comedy website

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