Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
birth name	Jason Kent Bateman
birth date	January 14, 1969
birth place	Rye, New York
years active	1981–present
occupation	Actor
spouse	Amanda Anka (2001–present) }}

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American television and film actor. After appearing in several 1980s and 1990s sitcoms including ''Silver Spoons'', ''It's Your Move'', and ''The Hogan Family'', Bateman came to prominence in the early 2000s for playing Michael Bluth on ''Arrested Development'', for which he won a TV Land, a Golden Globe, and two Satellite Awards. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in several films including ''The Kingdom'', ''Juno'', ''Hancock'', ''Up in the Air'', ''Paul'', and ''Horrible Bosses''.

Early life

Bateman was born in Rye, New York, the son of Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am, and Kent Bruce Bateman, an actor, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. His mother was British, born in Shrewsbury. His older sister is actress Justine Bateman, of ''Family Ties'' fame. Bateman also has three half-brothers. His family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, when he was four, and later to California.

Television

Early career

Bateman began his television career on "Little House On The Prairie". He appeared in the ''Knight Rider'' third-season episode "Lost Knight" in 1984. He earned the status of teen idol in the mid-1980s in shows such as ''Silver Spoons'', ''It's Your Move'', and most notably ''Valerie'' (later renamed ''Valerie's Family'', and then ''The Hogans,'' and then ''The Hogan Family'' after Valerie Harper left the series), and became the Directors Guild of America's youngest-ever director when he helmed three episodes of ''The Hogan Family'' at the age of eighteen. After the series ended its run, he gained international recognition in the motion picture ''Teen Wolf Too'', which, despite his casting in the title role, was a box office failure. In 1994, he played opposite legendary actors Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Quinn in the television film ''This Can't be Love.'' It turned out to be Katharine Hepburn's last starring role in a movie. During this period, he had major roles on four series—''Simon'', ''Chicago Sons'', ''George & Leo'', and ''Some of My Best Friends''—none of which lasted longer than one season. He also directed an episode of ''Two of a Kind'' in 1998. In 2002, he played the frisky sibling of Thomas Jane's character in the feature film ''The Sweetest Thing''.

''Arrested Development''

In 2003, Bateman was cast as Michael Bluth in the comedy series ''Arrested Development''. Although critically acclaimed, the series never achieved high ratings and ended on February 10, 2006. Bateman won several awards for his work on the series, including a Golden Globe for ''Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy''. He was also nominated in 2005 for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.

Post-''Arrested Development''

Bateman performed commentary on the 2004 Democratic National Convention for ''The Majority Report'' with ''Arrested Development'' co-star David Cross, and hosted NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' on February 12, 2005.

In 2006, he appeared as a guest star on the ''Scrubs'' episode "My Big Bird" as Mr. Sutton, a garbage man with a flock of vicious ostriches as pets.

In 2009, Bateman became a regular voice actor for the short-lived Fox comedy series ''Sit Down, Shut Up''. He voiced Larry Littlejunk, the gym teacher and only staff member that can teach.

In 2010, Bateman and former ''Arrested Development'' co-star Will Arnett created "DumbDumb Productions," a production company focusing on digital content. Their first video was "Prom Date," the first in a series of "Dirty Shorts" for Orbit.

Film work

In 2004, Bateman appeared in ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' as ESPN 8 ("The Ocho") commentator Pepper Brooks, and in ''Starsky & Hutch'' as Kevin, Vince Vaughn's business partner.

Bateman reunited with Vaughn in 2006's ''The Break-Up''. In 2007, he played former lawyer Rupert "Rip" Reed alongside Ben Affleck in ''Smokin' Aces'', and also starred in ''The Kingdom'', ''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'', and ''Juno''. In 2008, he co-starred with Will Smith and Charlize Theron in the superhero film ''Hancock''.

Bateman's 2009 films included ''Extract'', written and directed by Mike Judge, and ''Couples Retreat'', reuniting with Vince Vaughn in a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort (Kristen Bell played his wife).

In 2010, he starred in ''The Switch'', a romantic comedy, with Jennifer Aniston.

In 2011, he played the role of Special Agent Zoil in the comedy ''Paul'', and starred in ''Horrible Bosses'' and ''The Change-Up''.

Personal life

Bateman told ''Best Life'' magazine that he and sister Justine Bateman supported their parents with the paychecks they earned on their television shows, and that his father was his manager until Jason fired him at the age of 20. Throughout the nineties, Bateman struggled with drug use; he stated in an interview in 2009 that "It was like ''Risky Business'' for 10 years".

Since July 2001, Bateman has been married to Amanda Anka, daughter of singer Paul Anka. Their first child, Francesca Nora Bateman, was born October 28, 2006. They will welcome a second daughter.

In late 2005, he had surgery to remove a benign polyp from his throat. The surgery and required recovery time halted production on ''Arrested Development'', though enough episodes had been completed to get the show through the November sweeps period.

Bateman is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and wore Dodgers clothing in the 2008 film ''Hancock''.

Filmography

Films

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Television

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Awards and nominations

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References

External links

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Jimmy Kimmel
birth name	James Christian Kimmel
birth date	November 13, 1967
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA
medium	Radio, television, film
nationality	American
active	1989–present
genre	Observational comedy, Current events, Insult comedy
subject	American culture, Everyday life, Celebrities
influences	David Letterman, Howard Stern
spouse	Gina Kimmel (1988–2003) (divorced); 2 children
domesticpartner	Sarah Silverman (2002–2007; 2008–2009) Molly McNearney (2009–present)
notable work	Creator and Host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' (ABC) Creator and Co-Host of ''The Man Show''co-host of ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' (Comedy Central)co-host of ''Crank Yankers''

}} James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show'' and ''Win Ben Stein's Money''. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as ''Crank Yankers'', ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'', and ''The Andy Milonakis Show''.

Early life

Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the eldest of three children of Joann (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive. He is Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy. Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side. His uncle, Frank Potenza, appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.

The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.

Career

Radio career

Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of ''The Me and Him Show'' at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.

Comedy Central

Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.

In 1999, during his time with ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', Kimmel was also co-host with Adam Carolla and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's ''The Man Show''. Kimmel permanently left ''Win Ben Stein's Money'' in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. ''The Man Show'''s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, ''Crank Yankers'' for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later ''The Andy Milonakis Show'' for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film ''Windy City Heat'', which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival.

''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''

In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left ''The Man Show'' to host his own late-night talk show, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on ABC. ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e. In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.

Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry.

In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck", as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', and became an "instant YouTube sensation." Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance.

As a tradition, celebrities voted off ''Dancing with the Stars'' appear on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell". In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off ''DWTS''.

Other television work

In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.

Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for ''Fox NFL Sunday'' for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The Howard Stern Show'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. Kimmel has appeared on ''The Late Show'' five times, most recently on April 21, 2008. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of ''Pamela Anderson''. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.

In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show ''Set for Life''. The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on ''Larry King Live''. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ''ESPY Awards''. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Kimmel guest hosted ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance () travelled in one work week.

Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in ''Garfield'' and ''Road Trip'', and he portrayed Death's Dog in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; ''Family Guy'' creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. Kimmel also did voice work for ''Robot Chicken''. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on ''The Jay Leno Show'''s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".

Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'', along with Kobe Bryant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words ''PROUD N00b'' on it, with the aftershock from the weapon sending him tumbling backwards.

Personal life

Kimmel and his then fiancée, Gina, married in June 1988. They have two children, Katie (born 1991) and Kevin (born 1993). Katie Kimmel is an art student in Chicago. The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009. He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live''.

Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."

Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.

Kimmel co-founded the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro, which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009. Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009.

He resides across the street from actor John Krasinski (known for his role as Jim Halpert on ''The Office'') and his wife, actress Emily Blunt.

Awards

References

External links

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live website

JimmyKimmel.Net

Jimmy Kimmel appears on Michael Eisner's talkshow on CNBC

Jimmy Kimmel interview

Appearance on HGTV's ''Designer's Challenge''

Jimmy is Maxim's #2 Dudeliest Dude 2007

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Coordinates	45°30′″N73°40′″N
name	Ryan Reynolds
birth name	Ryan Rodney Reynolds
birth date	October 23, 1976
birth place	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1990–present
spouse	}}

Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles in ''National Lampoon's Van Wilder'', ''Waiting...'', ''The Amityville Horror'', ''Just Friends'', ''Definitely, Maybe'', ''The Proposal'' and ''Buried'', as well as Wade Wilson/Deadpool in ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''. His television roles include Michael "Berg" Bergen on ''Two Guys and a Girl''. Reynolds also starred in the DC superhero film ''Green Lantern'' alongside Blake Lively and Mark Strong.

Early life

Reynolds was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His father, Jim, is a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who later became a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tammy, is a retail salesperson. He is of Irish ancestry and was raised Roman Catholic. The youngest of four brothers, he graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver in 1994. He then attended Kwantlen College, also in Vancouver, until dropping out.

Career

Reynolds' career began in 1990 when he starred as Billy the botsman in the Canadian-produced teen soap ''Hillside'', distributed in the United States by Nickelodeon as ''Fifteen''. As an adult, Reynolds starred in the National Lampoon movie ''Van Wilder'' and the American television series ''Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place'', playing medical student Michael "Berg" Bergen. In 1993 and 1994 he had a recurring role in ''The Odyssey'' as Macro. He also cameoed in ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' as a nurse, appeared in ''The In-Laws'' with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks, as well as the Canadian production ''Foolproof''. In 2005 he played a waiter named Monty in ''Waiting...'', and as music executive Chris Brander in the romantic comedy ''Just Friends'' alongside Amy Smart and Anna Faris. Reynolds played the protagonist in the 2008 film ''Definitely, Maybe''. He has also appeared in the second season finale of the television series ''Scrubs'', where he played Spence, a college friend of J.D. and Turk. In 2007, Reynolds guest-starred as Brendan's friend Hams in the episode "Douchebag in the City" of the TBS sitcom ''My Boys''. In 2009, he portrayed Andrew Paxton, starring opposite Sandra Bullock, in the romantic comedy ''The Proposal'', and park's repairs technician Mike Connell in ''Adventureland''.

Although he has performed primarily in comedies, Reynolds underwent intense physical training to play an action role as the character of Hannibal King in the 2004 film ''Blade: Trinity'', which also starred Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel. Reynolds played the dark character George Lutz in the 2005 remake of the 1979 horror film ''The Amityville Horror''. He also played an FBI agent alongside Ray Liotta in the 2006 crime action film ''Smokin' Aces''. In a March 2005 interview, Reynolds spoke of his interest and involvement in a possible film adaptation of ''Deadpool'' with screenwriter David S. Goyer, as well as the possibility of playing the incarnation of The Flash known as Wally West in an adaption of the popular DC Comics character in the upcoming movie project. Reynolds portrayed Deadpool in the X-Men spinoff ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' and was announced to portray him again in a spin-off, ''Deadpool''. Reynolds portrayed superhero Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in Warner Bros.' film ''Green Lantern'', released June 17, 2011 in 3D; this made him one of the few actors to headline in movies based on both Marvel and DC characters.

Reynolds starred also in the Spanish/Australian thriller ''Buried'', which screened at the Sundance film festival.

He is scheduled to portray Nick Cruz in the Universal Pictures film adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics ''Rest in Peace Department'', which is planned for 2011.

Personal life

In 2002 Reynolds began dating Canadian singer Alanis Morissette. The two announced their engagement in June 2004. In February 2007, representatives for Morissette and Reynolds announced that they had mutually decided to end their engagement. Morissette's album ''Flavors of Entanglement'' was created out of her grief after the breakup.

Soon after the end of his relationship with Morissette in 2007, Reynolds began dating actress Scarlett Johansson, and the couple announced their engagement on May 5, 2008. They married on September 27, 2008, in a quiet ceremony near Tofino, British Columbia. On December 14, 2010, Reynolds and Johansson announced that they had separated. On December 23, Reynolds filed for divorce and Johansson filed her response simultaneously in Los Angeles; the divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011.

In October 2008 Reynolds wrote for ''The Huffington Post'' regarding his plan to run the New York City Marathon for his father, who suffers from Parkinson's disease.

Reynolds appeared in ''People'''s Sexiest Man Alive lists in 2008 and 2009, and was awarded the top honor in 2010. In April 2011, he was ranked #15 on ''People'''s Most Beautiful 2011 list.

Filmography

+Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1993	''Ordinary Magic''	Ganesh/Jeffrey
1994	''My Name Is Kate''	Kevin Bannister	TV Film
1995	''Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story''	Andy	TV Film
1996	''When Friendship Kills''	Ben Colson	TV Film
1996		Seth	TV Film
1996		Bobby Rupp	TV Film
1997	''''	Howard Ancona
1998	''Tourist Trap''	Wade Early	TV Film
1999		Henry Lipschitz
1999		Chip
2000	''Boltneck (Big Monster On Campus)''	Carl
2001		Quigley
2002	''National Lampoon's Van Wilder''	Van Wilder
2002	''Buying the Cow''	Mike Hanson	''Direct-to-Video''
2003	''''	Mark Tobias
2003	''Foolproof''	Kevin
2004	''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle''	Male nurse	Cameo
2004	''Blade: Trinity''	Hannibal King
2005	''School of Life''	Michael "Mr. D" D'Angelo	TV Film
2005	''''	George Lutz
2005		Monty
2005	''Just Friends''	Chris Brander
2006	''Smokin' Aces''	Richard Messner
2007	''''	Gary/Gavin/Gabriel
2007		Frank Allen
2008	''Definitely, Maybe''	Will Hayes
2008	''Fireflies in the Garden''	Michael Taylor
2009		Mike Connell
2009	''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''		Shared role with Scott Adkins
2009	''''	Andrew Paxton
2009		Captain Excellent
2010		Narrator
2010		Paul Conroy
2011
2011	''The Change-Up''	Mitch
2011		Narrator	Post-production
2012		Matt Weston	Filming

+Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1991–1993		Billy Simpson	Also known as ''Hillside''. 65 Episodes
1993–1994	''''	Macro	Recurring role, 14 episodes
1995	''''	Derek Tillman
1995	''[[Lonesome Dove">List of The Outer Limits episodes#Season 1 (1995)
1995	''''	Rick	Season 2, Episode 3: "The Heartbreak Kid"
1995	''[[Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years''	Griffin	Season 1, Episode 9: "Redemption"
1996	''''	Jay "Boom" DeBoom
1997	''''	Paul Nodel	[[List of The Outer Limits episodes#Season 3 (1997)
1998	''''	Paul Nodel	[[List of The Outer Limits episodes#Season 4 (1998)
1998–2001	''[[Two Guys and a Girl">The X-Files (season 3)
1996	''''	Tony Hemingway	Season 4, episode 7: "Napping to Success"
1997	''''	Paul Nodel	[[List of The Outer Limits episodes#Season 3 (1997)
1998	''''	Paul Nodel	[[List of The Outer Limits episodes#Season 4 (1998)
1998–2001	''[[Two Guys and a Girl''		Main role, 81 episodes
2003		Spence
2004–2005	''Zeroman''	Ty Cheese	Recurring role, 14 Episodes
2007	''My Boys''	Hams
2009	''Saturday Night Live	Host

Awards and nominations

On June 28, 2011, it was announced that Reynolds will receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and will be inducted on October 1 at Elgin Theatre in Toronto.

Goya Awards Nominated – "Best Actor" – ''Buried'' (2010)

MTV Movie Awards

Nominated – "Best Comedic Performance" – ''The Proposal'' (2010)

Nominated – "Best Fight" – ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' – Shared with Hugh Jackman, Liev Schrieber (2010)

Nominated – "Best Kiss" – ''The Proposal'' – Shared with Sandra Bullock (2010)

Nominated – "Best Scared-As-S**t Performance" – ''Buried'' (2011)

People's Choice Awards

Nominated – "Favorite Movie Actor" (2009)

Nominated – "Favorite Comedic Star" (2009)

Nominated – "Favorite On-Screen Team" – Shared with Daniel Henney, Dominic Monaghan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schrieber, Will.I.Am (2009)

Nominated – "Favorite On-Screen Team" – Shared with Sandra Bullock (2009)

Saturn Awards

Nominated – "Best Actor" – ''Buried'' (2010)

Scream Awards

Won – "Best Supporting Actor" – ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009)

Nominated – "Breakthrough Male Performance" – ''National Lampoon's Van Wilder'' (2003)

Young Hollywood Awards

Won – ''Next Generation – Male'' (2003)

Young Artist Award

Nominated – "Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Cable Series" – ''Fifteen'' (1993)

Teen Choice Awards

Nominated - "Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/fantasy - ''The Green Lantern''

References

External links

Ryan Reynolds' writings on HuffPost

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birth name	William Emerson Arnett
birth date	May 04, 1970
birth place	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
occupation	Actor, Comedian
yearsactive	1995–present
spouse	Penelope Ann Miller (1994–1995)Amy Poehler (2003–present; 2 children) }}

William Emerson "Will" Arnett (pronounced ; born May 4, 1970) is a Canadian actor and comedian best known for roles as George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II on the Fox comedy ''Arrested Development'' and as Devon Banks on the NBC comedy ''30 Rock''. Since his success on ''Arrested Development'', Arnett has landed major film roles. He recently played supporting roles in the comedy films ''Semi-Pro'', ''Blades of Glory'', and ''Hot Rod''. He starred in 2006's ''Let's Go to Prison'' and 2007's ''The Brothers Solomon''. Arnett has also done work as a voiceover artist for commercials, films, television programs, and video games.

Early life

Arnett was born in Toronto, the son of Edith Alexandra (née Palk) and Emerson James Arnett, who was a corporate lawyer and brewer, among other occupations.

In Toronto, he attended Francophone schools. He speaks French, but has stated that he is not currently fluent in the language. Arnett briefly attended Lakefield College School in Lakefield, Ontario, but was expelled as a troublemaker. He then attended the Subway Academy II which allowed him to take theatre classes at the Tarragon Theatre, and eventually graduated from Leaside High School.

He attended Concordia University in Montreal for a semester, but dropped out. When he was a teenager, Arnett's mother encouraged him to pursue an acting career and he began to audition for commercials in Toronto. He decided that he really enjoyed acting and that it was something that he wanted to do with his life. Aged 20, in 1990, Arnett moved to New York City to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He began appearing in plays in New York and his first acting role was in the Felicity Huffman independent film ''Erie'', which was filmed on the Erie Canal.

Career

Early struggles

In February 1996, Arnett began acting in television pilots. His first was a pilot with Kevin Pollak and his wife, Lucy Webb, for CBS, that was not picked up. The pilot, ''The Underworld'', revolved around "The head of an organized crime family [who] hounds an ex-con who only wants to go straight." After the show was not picked up, he appeared in the movie ''Southie'', which was written by Arnett's friend Dave McLaughlin. In 1999, Arnett was cast in another pilot for ''The Mike O'Malley Show'' on NBC. Arnett was a regular on the series, playing the protagonist's friend Jimmy. The show was picked up, but it was canceled after only two episodes. Arnett has referred to 2000, the year after that show was cancelled, as "the darkest year of [his] life" and he admits that he "didn't get a lot of work" and "drank those years away".

Arnett considers the summer of 2000 to have been a turning point for him because a friend helped pull him out of his battle with alcoholism and he began to get his career back on track.

In 2001, Arnett was cast in another television pilot, ''Loomis'', for CBS. The pilot starred Cheri Oteri as a local news reporter, and Arnett played her slacker brother. The pilot was not picked up. In 2002, Arnett was cast in a fourth television pilot. This pilot was for the CBS sitcom ''Still Standing''. This time the show was picked up and ran for several seasons, but his character was cut from the series after the pilot. Arnett became so frustrated, after his fourth failed pilot, that he "swore off pilots" altogether, until his agent persuaded him to audition for the pilot for ''Arrested Development''.

Career breakthrough

In 2003, Will Arnett found mainstream success in television when he was cast in the role of George Oscar "Gob" Bluth II in the Fox comedy series ''Arrested Development''. Arnett's character was one of the show's most popular, and he was nominated for an Emmy in 2006 for his portrayal. His character was also listed at #33 on TV's Top 50 Catch Phrases with the line, ''"I've made a huge mistake."'' The show was cancelled after three seasons due to low ratings, despite its critical acclaim and cult following. Arnett has said that his favorite episodes of the show were "Pier Pressure" and "Afternoon Delight".

Arnett's exposure on ''Arrested Development'' led to a number of larger roles in feature films. Although he had previously worked largely as a dramatic actor, his roles since ''Arrested Development'' have been mostly comedic, often playing smug antagonists. Despite the fact that Arnett has emerged as a comic actor, Arnett "never considered himself a comic" and considers himself an "actor first." Before ''Arrested Development'', he did play the dramatic role of FBI agent Mike Waldrup on several episodes of ''The Sopranos''. Arnett's first major starring role was in ''Let's Go to Prison'', a comedy film directed by Bob Odenkirk. The film was made on a small budget of 4 million dollars. It made over $4 million at the box office and over $13 million in rentals. One of Arnett's recent films was ''Blades of Glory'', an ice-skating comedy in which Arnett and his wife, Amy Poehler, played supporting roles to Will Ferrell. In the film, they played a brother/sister skating duo with an unhealthily intimate relationship. The film was number one at the US box office during its first two weeks, and grossed approximately $118 million domestically during its theatrical run. and $36 million on home video.

Arnett has made guest appearances on ''King of the Hill'' and ''30 Rock''. On ''30 Rock'', he played Devon Banks, a scheming network executive who plays a rival to Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy. His role as Devon Banks earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series. Arnett also played supporting roles in the films ''Spring Breakdown'', ''Hot Rod'', ''The Comebacks'', and ''On Broadway''. In ''On Broadway'', he once again worked with director Dave McLaughlin who is a close friend of Arnett's and gave him one of his first movie roles in ''Southie''.

Arnett's next starring role was in the comedy ''The Brothers Solomon'', in which he again teamed with director Bob Odenkirk and starred opposite ''Saturday Night Live'''s Will Forte. He recently appeared in a major supporting role in the basketball comedy ''Semi-Pro'', his second film with Ferrell. He plays Lou Redwood, the commentator of the team, who is "a former player, a bit of a womanizer, and a boozer".

Arnett was signed on for a supporting role in ''Ye Olde Times'', along with Jack Black, but the project has fallen through. He has signed on to new projects in which he will play starring roles, including ''Jeff the Demon'' for New Line Cinema, in which he will play a demon who is summoned by a pair of high school losers. He is also signed on to the lead role in ''The Ambassador'' for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, in which he will play ''"a former U.S. vice president's privileged son, who is assigned an ambassadorship in Europe, where he quickly becomes the quintessential ugly American."'' Arnett has signed on for the lead in ''Space Invader'' for Fox Atomic, which will center on a love triangle set on a space station. Arnett is also attached to lead roles in ''Dad Can't Lose'', ''Get 'Em Wet'', and ''Most Likely to Succeed''. Arnett was originally attached to play the lead role of David Miller in the film ''We're the Millers'', but had to pass on the project due to "scheduling reasons" and the part went to Steve Buscemi.

On November 17, 2009, it was announced that Will Arnett would try to win over real-life wife Amy Poehler in a guest spot on ''Parks and Recreation''. Arnett played Chris, an MRI technologist and possible love interest for Poehler's Leslie Knope. Justin Theroux appeared in the same episode as yet another suitor. Arnett signed on for one episode, and the episode entitled "The Set Up" aired January 14, 2010.

In 2010, Arnett and former ''Arrested Development'' co-star Jason Bateman created DumbDumb Productions, a production company focusing on digital content. Their first video was "Prom Date," the first in a series of "Dirty shorts" for Orbit (gum).

As of 2010, Arnett was starring in ''Running Wilde'', a comedy where he plays a spoiled, rich man opposite Keri Russell, the daughter of his father's former housekeeper, as well as ''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'', created by and starring ''Arrested Development'' castmate David Cross. ''Running Wilde'' was recently cancelled.

On March 23, 2011, it was announced that Arnett would be appearing in the final episode of season 7 of ''The Office''.

Arnett will be co-starring in the American television comedy series ''Up All Night'' created by Emily Spivey set to premiere on NBC in the fall of 2011. The show centers around a couple who struggle to balance their home lives (especially with their newborn child) and their work lives. Beside Arnett, the show will star Christina Applegate, Maya Rudolph and James Pumphrey.

Voice work

Arnett has a distinctive gravelly voice and has done voice-over work for CBS TV promos, film trailers and numerous advertisements, including Lamisil medication. Perhaps most recognizable is Arnett's voice saying, "It's not more than you need, just more than you're used to" in ads for GMC trucks.

Arnett has also lent his voice to a number of television shows. In 2005, he guest starred in Nickelodeon's hit series 'Danny Phantom' as Ghostwriter. In 2006, Arnett voiced the character Duncan Schiesst for the Comedy Central animated program ''Freak Show'', which was created by and also stars the voice of his former ''Arrested Development'' co-star, David Cross. Recently, Arnett took the role of announcer for the faux trailer "Don't" in the movie ''Grindhouse''. He also voiced the character "Vlad" from the CGI film ''Horton Hears a Who!''. He voiced 'The Missing Link' in DreamWorks' film ''Monsters vs. Aliens''. In 2007, he voiced Horst the German sous-chef, in the Disney Pixar film ''Ratatouille''.

Arnett was to have been the voice of the K.I.T.T. in Universal's ''Knight Rider'', a sequel to the popular 1980s television series. The production featured a Ford Mustang as K.I.T.T. Since Arnett had a previous long standing relationship with competitor automaker General Motors as the voice for GMC Trucks commercials, GM asked Arnett to pull out of the project. Arnett opted to withdraw from the project and he was replaced by Val Kilmer.

In 2009, Arnett became a regular voice cast in the Fox comedy series, ''Sit Down, Shut Up''. He voiced Ennis Hofftard, a bodybuilder who teaches English and always attempts to chase women. The series premiered on April 19, 2009 but was eventually cancelled after several months due to poor ratings. It aired its last episode on free-to-air television on November 21, 2009. Jason Bateman, Kristin Chenoweth, Will Forte, Tom Kenny, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Kenan Thompson and Henry Winkler were the other main cast members.

Personal life

Arnett has two elder sisters and a younger brother. His father was a corporate lawyer and became the president and CEO of Molson Breweries in 1997, until he stepped down in 2000. His father, a graduate of Harvard University, previously worked as a director for the company.

In 1994, Arnett married actress Penelope Ann Miller, and they divorced in 1995. Arnett dated actress Missy Yager, with whom he lived for four years. They starred on ''The Mike O'Malley Show'' together and broke up around the time the show began.

Arnett began dating comic actress Amy Poehler in 2000; Arnett moved to New York City in 2001 when she became a featured player on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live.'' On August 29, 2003, Arnett and Poehler married. Poehler appeared alongside Arnett in four episodes of ''Arrested Development'' in 2004 and 2005. Arnett and Poehler starred alongside each other in the films ''Blades of Glory'', ''Horton Hears a Who!'', ''On Broadway'', ''Spring Breakdown'', and ''Monsters vs. Aliens''. On October 25, 2008, Poehler gave birth to a son, Archibald William Emerson Arnett, in New York City. On August 6, 2010, Poehler gave birth to son Abel James Arnett. Arnett and Poehler have two dogs, Puzzle and Suki.

Arnett lists Steve Martin and Chevy Chase as his two biggest comic influences. Arnett grew up watching hockey in Canada, and is an avid follower of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.

Filmography

Film

Year
rowspan="1">1995	''Erie''	''Role Unknown''
rowspan="2"	1996		Dave
''Ed's Next Move''	Weather Video Guy
rowspan="2"	1998	''The Broken Giant''	Ezra Caton
''Weekend Getaway''	Chuck
rowspan="2"	1999		Whitey
''The Waiting Game (film)	The Waiting Game''	Lenny
rowspan="1"	2000	''The Acting Class''	Will Bennett
rowspan="1"	2001	''Series 7: The Contenders''	Narrator
rowspan="1"	2005	''Monster-in-Law''	Kit
rowspan="4"	2006	''Ice Age: The Meltdown''	List of characters in the Ice Age films#The Lone Gunslinger>Lone Gunslinger Vulture
''RV (film)	RV''	Todd Mallory
''The Great New Wonderful''	Danny
''Let's Go to Prison''	Nelson Biederman IV
rowspan="8"	2007	''Blades of Glory''	Stranz Van Waldenberg
''Grindhouse (film)	Grindhouse''
''On Broadway (film)	On Broadway''	Tom
''Ratatouille (film)	Ratatouille''	Horst
''Hot Rod (film)	Hot Rod''	Jonathan
''Wristcutters: A Love Story''	Messiah
''The Brothers Solomon''	John Solomon
''The Comebacks''	Mailman
rowspan="3"	2008	''Semi-Pro''	Lou Redwood
''Horton Hears a Who	(film)	Horton Hears a Who	''	Vlad Vladikoff	voice only
''The Rocker (film)	The Rocker''	Lex
rowspan="4">2009	''Monsters vs. Aliens''	The Missing Link
''Spring Breakdown''	Ted
''G-Force (film)	G-Force''	Kip Killian
''Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (film)	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men''	Subject #11
rowspan="3"	2010		Antonio
''Jonah Hex (film)	Jonah Hex''	Lieutenant Grass
''Despicable Me''	Mr. Perkins
rowspan="2"	2011		Miles Tanner
''Your Right Revisited (film)	Your Right Revisited''	Himself

Television

''Sex and the City'' Guest star, episode: "La Douleur Exquise ''Third Watch'' ''Loomis (TV pilot) ''Still Standing (TV series)FBI on The Sopranos#Agent Mike Waldrup ''Undefeated'' ''Arrested Development (TV series) ''Will & Grace'' ''Odd Job Jack'' ''All-Star American Destiny Trek'' ''King of the Hill'' ''30 Rock'' ''Sesame Street'' ''Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series) ''Parks and Recreation'' ''Running Wilde'' ''The Office (U.S. TV series) ''Up All Night (TV series)

Year(s) !! Title !! Role !! Notes
rowspan="1"	1997	''The Underworld''	(Role Unknown)
rowspan="2"	1999	|	Jack	(SATC episode)	La Douleur Exquise!"
''The Mike O'Malley Show''	Jimmy	Series regular
rowspan="1"	2000	|	Kenny	Guest star, episode: "Spring Forward, Fall Back"
rowspan="2"	2001	Loomis'' ||	(Role Unknown)	Series regular, failed pilot
''Boston Public''	Hand Salesman
rowspan="4"	2002	Still Standing'' ||	(Role Unknown)	Appeared in the original pilot and was intended to be a series regular, but his role was cut out of the pilot and he did not appear in later episodes
''Yes, Dear''	Bobby
''The Sopranos''	Agent Mike Waldrup || Guest star, episodes: "For All Debts Public and Private", "No Show"
''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''	Tony Damon
rowspan="1"	2003	|	Scott Green's assistant	Small role, television movie
rowspan="1"	2003–2006	Arrested Development ||	List of Arrested Development characters#Gob Bluth>George Oscar "G.O.B." Bluth II	Series regular
rowspan="1"	2004	|	Artemis Johnson	Guest star, episode: "Back Up Dancer"
rowspan="2"	2005	|	Tiberius McKorkindale	Guest star, voice only, episodes: "The Biggest Bang", "Close Encounters of the Uncomfortable Kind"
''Danny Phantom''	List of Danny Phantom villains and ghosts#Ghost Writer>Ghost Writer
rowspan="2"	2006	|	TJ Cooter	Series regular, failed pilot, voice only
''Freak Show (TV series)	Freak Show''	Freak Show (TV series)#Others>Duncan Schiesst/Various
rowspan="1"	2007	|	Portis	Guest star, voice only, episode: "Hank Gets Dusted"
rowspan="1"	2007–present	|	List of 30 Rock characters#Devon Banks>Devon Banks	Guest star, episodes: "Fireworks", "Jack Gets In the Game", "Succession", "Do Over", "Into the Crevasse", "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001", "Plan B"
rowspan="1"	2008	|	Max the Magician	Guest star, episode: "Max the Magician"
rowspan="4"	2009	Sit Down, Shut Up'' ||	Ennis Hofftard	Series regular, voice only
''Delocated''	TV Announcer
''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret''	Brent Wilts
''Eva Adams''	Adam Evanston
rowspan="1"	2010	|	Chris	The Set Up (Parks and Recreation)>The Set Up"
rowspan="1"	2010–2011	|	Steve Wilde	Series regular, title character
rowspan="1"	2011	The Office'' ||	Fred Henry	Guest star, episode: "Search Committee"
rowspan="1"	2011	Up All Night'' ||	Chris	Series regular

Video games

Year(s) !! Title !! Role
rowspan="3"	2009	''Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard''	Matt Hazard
''Monsters vs. Aliens''	The Missing Link
''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''	Additional voices

Awards

! Year !! For !! Award !! Category !! Won !! Other notes
2005	rowspan="3"	Screen Actors Guild Awards			Shared with Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter
	Screen Actors Guild Awards			Shared with Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter
Emmy Awards
2008		Emmy Awards
2010	Emmy Awards
2011	Emmy Awards

Honors

''New York'' magazine named Will Arnett and wife Amy Poehler "New Yorkers of the Year" for 2005 during their New York Magazine Culture Awards.

In April 2007, during a panel hosted by The Paley Center for Media, talk show Conan O'Brien and his writing staff named Will Arnett as one of their three all-time favorite guests, sharing the honor with Norm Macdonald and Harland Williams. Also in April 2007, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named Will Arnett a Future King of Comedy." In May of 2007, Arnett ranked #9 on Best Week Ever's "Top 15 Sexiest Nerd Boys" poll. In July 2007, ''Premiere'' magazine named Arnett one of "The 20 Hottest New Faces in Comedy."

References

External links

Will Arnett at Rotten Tomatoes

Gob Bluth Profile at The Inconvenient Bluth

Interviews

2007 Interview with Arnett at space-meat.com

2007 Interview with Arnett and Amy Poehler at Comingsoon.net

2007 Interview with Arnett and Poehler at CHUD.com

2007 Interview at ''Playboy Magazine''

2006 Chat Session at ''The Los Angeles Times''

2006 Interview at About.com

2006 Interview at TV Squad

2005 Interview at Television Without Pity

Interview at ''Shortlist''

Category:1970 births Category:Lakefield College School alumni Category:Actors from Toronto Category:Canadian expatriate actors in the United States Category:Canadian film actors Category:Canadian television actors Category:Canadian voice actors Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute alumni Category:Living people Category:People from Old Toronto

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birthname	David Michael Koechner
birth date	August 24, 1962
birth place	Tipton, Missouri
nationality	American
occupation	Comedian, musician, actor
yearsactive	1995–present
spouse	Leigh Koechner
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David Michael Koechner (; born August 24, 1962) is an American comedian, musician, and character actor. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints of doing sketch comedy on ''Saturday Night Live'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', he began taking small parts in films such as ''Man on the Moon'' and ''Wag the Dog''. While filming the country mockumentary ''Dill Scallion'', Koechner befriended Dave 'Gruber' Allen, forming ''The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show''. The act became a hit at Hollywood clubs such as Largo, and the duo were invited to open for Tenacious D.

Koechner appeared frequently with larger supporting roles in many high profile comedic films including ''Anchorman'', ''Talladega Nights'', ''The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard'', and ''Extract''. On January 17, 2007, Koechner's ''Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show'' premiered on Comedy Central, giving him a starring role and full creative control. His first leading role, as Coach Lambeau Fields in Fox Atomic's sports comedy, ''The Comebacks'' opened on October 19, 2007.

Early life and career

Koechner was born in Tipton, Missouri, the son of Margaret Ann (née Downey) and Cecil Stephen Koechner. His father ran a business that manufactured turkey coops (Koechner has stated that "If you see a turkey going down the road in a big truck, most likely its coop is from Tipton..."). He was raised in a Catholic family of German and Irish descent. Koechner studied Political Science at Benedictine College and the University of Missouri, and decided to pursue a career in sketch comedy and moved to Chicago. After studying at Chicago's ImprovOlympic, under famed improvisation instructor Del Close, Koechner joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago, graduating in 1994.

In 1995, Koechner landed a year-long stint on ''Saturday Night Live'', joining the show with fellow Second City friends Nancy Walls and Adam McKay. During his time at SNL, he befriended guest-writer David 'Gruber' Allen, and fellow castmate Will Ferrell. Some of Koechner's recurring skits included Bill Brasky, the British Fops (playing Fagan, opposite Mark McKinney), Gary Macdonald (the fictional younger brother of Weekend Update anchor/SNL castmember Norm Macdonald, based on "Jokey", a character he originated at Second City), Will Ferrell's "Get Off the Shed" sketches (playing his neighbor, Tom Taylor), and Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons. On the show, Koechner also impersonated several celebrities, including Burt Reynolds, Mike Ditka, Charlie Sheen, Robert Shapiro, Willard Scott, Oliver Stone, Phil Gramm, David Kaczynski, and Pat Buchanan. After his one season on SNL, Koechner joined the 1996–97 sketch cast of ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', where he was perhaps best remembered in the ''NBC Gargoyles'' recurring sketches, pairing Koechner with ''Conan'' regular Brian McCann as two obnoxious Gargoyle statues often perched outside Conan's desk window. In the late 1990s, Koechner took several minor acting roles in films such as ''Wag the Dog'', ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', and ''Man on the Moon''.

Partnership with David 'Gruber' Allen

On the set of the 1999 country music mockumentary, ''Dill Scallion'', Koechner struck a partnership with SNL friend David 'Gruber' Allen, joining Allen's improvisational comedy act, ''The Naked Trucker Show''. The two bonded while filming on a tour bus, sharing similar political views and midwestern upbringings. Koechner joined the act as Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons, a character he had been playing on comedy stages for a few years, including a recurring character bit on SNL. Gerald Tibbons dates back to 1995, when he filmed a short television pilot based on the character's misadventures. The "Gerald" character, based on a real drifter named Four-Way George, became so popular that Koechner would go to auditions, only to find that directors were always demanding his stage persona. The stage act, a mix of stand-up comedy and off-color country songs, became a hit on the Hollywood improv circuit, ultimately landing television performances on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' and ''Real Time with Bill Maher''. ''The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show'' would eventually tour with fellow comedic musical duo, Tenacious D. Their popularity also lead to several offers to bring their act to television, though many early deals never came to fruition.

Film and television success: 2004 – 2006

In 2004, Koechner landed his largest film role up to that point, as sports reporter Champ Kind, in SNL-veteran Will Ferrell's ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''. As part of the ''Anchorman'' ensemble, Koechner shared two MTV Movie Award nominations for ''Best On-Screen Team'' and ''Best Musical Performance''. MTV's initial press release accidentally listed Fred Armisen instead of David Koechner, but eventually corrected the error on their website, crediting Koechner during the broadcast. Following this role, Koechner found himself landing many small and supporting roles in high profile films such as ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', ''Talladega Nights'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' and ''Snakes on a Plane''. In 2006, Koechner made his voice acting debut in the CGI animated film,''Barnyard: The Original Party Animals'' as the main antagonist of the movie, Dag the Coyote. That same year, he had a supporting role as gun-lobbyist in the critically acclaimed satire, ''Thank You for Smoking'', sharing several scenes with Aaron Eckhart and Maria Bello. The three actors portrayed lobbyists for the tobacco, alcohol, & gun industries, dubbed The M.O.D. (Merchants of Death) Squad. ''Thank You for Smoking'' was one of the best-reviewed films of Koechner's career, and he was included in Fox Searchlight's Oscar campaign, among the film's listings for Best Supporting Actor.

After co-starring together in ''Anchorman'' and ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', fellow Second City alum Steve Carell personally recommended Koechner for a recurring role on NBC's The Office, playing Todd Packer. Koechner's role is the American version of Chris Finch from the original. Packer is an obnoxious, alcoholic best friend of Carell's character; during the Season Two episode "Christmas Party," he notably uttered one of the show's most quotable lines: "What's up, muh nerds?" As of 1 February 2007, Koechner has guest-starred, both in person and by phone, on five episodes of the series. David Koechner's frequent work with actors Ferrell, Carell, Jack Black & Ben Stiller have led some critics and journalists to point out his association with the media-dubbed "Frat Pack". David had a guest starring role as "Uncle Earl" in an episode on Disney Channel's Hannah Montana. Koechner has managed to become a very popular character actor, being hired for almost 20 supporting or cameo roles in movies since his role in ''Anchorman''.

Koechner gained a recurring voice role in the FOX cartoon ''American Dad'', playing the role of Dick, one of Stan Smith's co-workers.

Comedic lead and other work: 2007 – present

In 2007, Koechner was seen in his first leading role in ''The Comebacks'' (which opened on October 19), the first comedy to be released under Fox Searchlight's Fox Atomic division. Koechner played a college football coach with the worst record in the history of the sport vows to turn things around with his new team of ragtag recruits. He described this career opportunity as the "first lead for the right-hander." Veteran actor Carl Weathers played Koechner's rival coach. Though Koechner, who usually writes and improvises his material, had no involvement with the screenplay, he complimented director Tom Brady for taking "great care to make it as smart as he could," adding that it's a sports comedy rather than a spoof.

On January 17, 2007, Comedy Central premiered ''The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show'', a sketch comedy series starring Koechner (T-Bones) and longtime performing partner Dave "Gruber" Allen (The Naked Trucker.) Koechner's T-Bones character is the wiley, scheming drifter to Allen's calm, straight man. The duo perform their unique brand of off-color songs and introduce pre-taped skits. Many of Koechner's past co-stars have filmed pre-taped cameos including Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Steve Carell, Andy Richter, Dax Shepard and Paul Rudd. The pre-taped skits give Koechner more screentime than Allen, often letting him showcase his comedic charisma alongside guest stars like Richter and Shepard. Currently, Comedy Central has ordered 8 episodes In the eight years Koechner & Allen have been playing these characters, there have been several attempts to bring the act to television, but had trouble figuring how to translate it into a series. Koechner & Allen's first album, ''Naked Trucker and T-Bones Live at the Troubador'', was released March 20, 2007.

Following the release of ''Live at the Troubador'', Koechner revealed that a T-Bones film is in development with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions. Koechner wrote the script with veteran television writer/producer Norm Hiscock, who also wrote for ''The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show'', in addition to past work on ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The Kids in the Hall'', and ''King of the Hill''.

Frequently, Koechner can be seen at the iO WEST performing in ''Beer, Shark, Mice''. Voted Chicago Improv Festival's ''Ensemble of the Year'' and considered one of the best long-form improvisational groups in the country, the cast, which includes Mike Coleman, Pat Finn, Neil Flynn, Peter Hulne and David Koechner, boasts an impressive list of credits, both collectively and individually (Scrubs, Anchorman, Seinfeld, American Body Shop, How High, My Boys, Ed, Mean Girls, Thank You for Smoking, SNL, among many others).

Koechner and Luke Wilson recently starred together in the indie-comedy ''Tenure'', which had a limited theatrical release in 2009.

Personal life

Koechner is married to actress Leigh Koechner and has five children, his 2 youngest are twins Sargent and Audrey, born 2 June 2006. He also performs regularly in Los Angeles at both the ImprovOlympic West theater (in a show entitled ''Beer Shark Mice''), and at Largo, the nightclub where the Naked Trucker Show plays regularly. David Koechner supported the 2004 Presidential campaign of John Kerry, performing at a June 6, 2004 Hollywood fundraiser for the Senator, where ''The Naked Trucker & T-Bones'' opened up for Tenacious D. Koechner cites Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Uncle Tupelo and its off-shoots (Wilco and Son Volt) as some of his musical favorites. He also strongly admires Creedence Clearwater Revival, whom he has described as, "the American Beatles."

Filmography

Films

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1995 | ''It's Now... or NEVER!'' | Jay | |- | 1997 | ''Wag the Dog'' | Director | |- | 1998 | ''Dirty Work'' | Anton Phillips | |- |rowspan="3"| 1999 | ''Man on the Moon'' | National Enquirer Reporter | |- | ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' | Co-pilot | |- | ''Dill Scallion'' | Bubby Pearl | |- |rowspan="2"| 2000 | ''Whatever It Takes'' | Virgil Doolittle | |- | ''Dropping Out'' | Henry | |- |rowspan="2"| 2001 | ''Out Cold'' | Stumpy | |- | ''Life Without Dick'' | Uncle Hurley | |- |rowspan="4"| 2002 | ''Waking Up in Reno'' | Bell Hop | |- | ''American Girl'' | Guy In Fun Fun Land TV Commercial | |- | ''The Third Wheel'' | Carl | |- | ''Run Ronnie Run'' | Clay | |- |rowspan="3"| 2003 | ''My Boss's Daughter'' | Speed | |- | ''A Guy Thing'' | Buck Morse | |- | ''Soul Mates'' | Steve | |- |rowspan="2"| 2004 | ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' | Champion "Champ" Kind | |- | ''Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie'' | Champion "Champ" Kind | |- |rowspan="6"| 2005 | ''Yours, Mine and Ours'' | Darrell | |- | ''Daltry Calhoun'' | Doyle Earl | |- | ''Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie'' | Elroy/Wind | (voice only) |- | ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' | Dad at Health Clinic | (cameo) |- | ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' | Cooter | |- | ''Waiting...'' | Dan | |- |rowspan="8"| 2006 | ''Unaccompanied Minors'' | Ernie Wellington | |- | ''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'' | Surplus store clerk |(cameo, scene deleted) |- | ''Let's Go to Prison'' | Shanahan | |- | ''Snakes on a Plane'' | Rick "Arch" Archibald | |- | ''Barnyard'' | Dag the Coyote |(voice only) |- | ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' | Herschell | |- | ''Thank You for Smoking'' | Bobby Jay Bliss | |- | ''Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector'' | Donnie | |- |rowspan="5"| 2007 | ''The Comebacks'' | Lambeau Fields | |- | ''The Brothers Solomon'' | Unknown | |- | ''Reno 911!: Miami'' | Sheriff of Aspen | |- | ''Careless'' | Lizard | |- | ''Balls of Fury'' | Rick the Birdmaster | |- |rowspan="5"| 2008 | ''Semi-Pro'' | The Commissioner | |- | ''Drillbit Taylor'' | Frightened Dad | |- | ''Get Smart'' | Agent Larabee | |- | ''Sex Drive'' | Hitchhiker | |- | ''The Perfect Game'' | Charlie | |- |rowspan="4"| 2009 | ''Still Waiting...'' | Dan | |- | ''Extract'' | Nathan | |- | ''The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard'' | Brent Gage | |- | ''Tenure'' | Jay Hadley | |- |rowspan="4"|2011 | ''Paul'' | Gus | |- | ''Final Destination 5'' | Dennis Lapman | |- | ''A Good Old Fashioned Orgy'' | Vic George | |- | ''Piranha 3DD'' | Chet | |- | 2012 | ''This Means War'' | TBA | |}

Television

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Show ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1995–1996 | ''Saturday Night Live'' | Cast Member | series regular |- | 1996 | ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' | Stephen Queen | |- | 2000 | ''Freaks and Geeks'' | Waiter | |- |rowspan=2| 2002 | ''Late World with Zach'' | Various roles | |- | ''Curb Your Enthusiasm | Joseph | |- |rowspan=2| 2002–2003 | ''Still Standing'' | Carl | Recurring role |- | ''Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?'' | Clancy | voice only |- | 2003 | ''Comedy Central Laughs for Life Telethon 2003'' | Jerry Prastis/Gerald Tibbons/Various | |- | 2005–present | ''The Office'' | Todd Packer | Recurring role |- | 2006 | ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' | Cubby McQuilkin | voice only |- |rowspan=2| 2007 || ''The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show'' | Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons | Star, writer, producer |- | ''Monk'' | Joey Krenshaw | ''Mr. Monk and the Daredevil'' |- |rowspan=5| 2008 | ''Hannah Montana'' || Uncle Earl | "(We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl" |- | ''King of the Hill'' | Frank | voice only |- | ''American Dad!'' | Dick | voice only |- | ''Pushing Daisies'' | Merle McQuoddy | |- | ''Monk'' | Joey Krenshaw | ''Mr. Monk's 100th Case'' |- |2009 |''Hank'' | Grady Funk | series regular |- |rowspan=2| 2010 |''Hannah Montana'' | Uncle Earl | ''"Miley Says Goodbye part 1"'' |- |''Gary Unmarried'' | Joe "Soup" Campbell | |}

References

External links

Interview with Koechner & partner Dave 'Gruber' Allen on public radio program ''The Sound of Young America''

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