Coordinates | 41°52′55″N87°37′40″N |
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name | Greg Proops |
birth name | Gregory Everett Proops |
birth date | October 03, 1959 |
birth place | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
nationality | American |
active | 1982–present |
genre | Improvisational comedyStand-up comedy |
spouse | Jennifer Canaga(February 14, 1990–present) |
notable work | Whose Line Is It Anyway?Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)Bob the BuilderTrue Jackson, VPChelsea Lately |
website | http://www.gregproops.com }} |
Gregory Everett "Greg" Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host. He is widely known for his work as an improvisational comedian on the UK and U.S. versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. He also performed on Drew Carey's Green Screen Show and best known for his role as Max Madigan on the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP.
Proops also appeared in every episode of the short-lived Drew Carey's Green Screen Show, where the performers would play improv games (some of which were taken from the show's main influence Whose Line Is It Anyway?) in front of a massive green screen. Later animators would draw on the background and other props.
In April 2011, a new series "Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza" premiered on GSN featuring Greg along with others from Whose Line is it Anyway?.
In addition to his stand-up and improv acts, Proops has done voice work in various films and TV shows, including the miniseries Stripperella with Pamela Anderson, and in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas alongside co-star Catherine O'Hara. He also provided the voice for the Fode, the Galactic Basic speaking half of the two-headed Pod-Race announcer in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, with Scott Capurro providing the voice for the other, Huttese-speaking half, Beed. Proops provided the voice of Bob in the TV series Bob the Builder for the four seasons of Project Build-It. He has also featured in 2003 film Brother Bear as the voice of one of the Love Bears and also provided the voice as Cryptograf in 2006 film Asterix and the Vikings.
Proops appeared as an extra in the music video for the 1987 song "Into the Night" by Frehley's Comet.
Proops also voiced the film director Quentin Hitchberg in one episode of Dennis and Gnasher.
In 2007 he started his own web show, The Greg Proops Experiment, on online humour site Super Deluxe, which consists of Proops ranting about current events.
In 2008, he was in Cyxork 7.
On 28 August 2008, Greg returned to his UK improvisation roots as he guest starred on Mock the Week having first appeared as a guest in 2006. He was one of the two guest stars for that week along with Scottish comedian Fred MacAulay.
Proops has a recurring role on Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP. He plays Max Madigan, Mad Style's CEO.
Greg appeared on "A Good Opportunity", the season premiere of the second season of the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords.
He is a frequent guest on Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld which airs on the Fox News Channel at 3 AM EST. He joins the show via satellite. Greg is also a frequent guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He also plays Ben, Illeana Douglas’ agent on her webshow Easy to Assemble.
He hosted a show named Head Games, a Science Channel game show which debuted on Oct. 17th, 2009. As host, he showed clips of somewhat wacky science experiments and asked the contestants to guess the outcome.
Since October, 2010 Greg started hosting an online TV news show called Odd News on Yahoo!, where he reports, in less than 4 minutes, odd but real world news in a commentary, satiric style.
He was a frequent guest on Marc Maron's radio show, The Marc Maron Show.
He presented Bits from Last Week's Radio on BBC Radio 1 from Jan 1995-July 1996.
He did voice work for the BBC Radio 2 series Flight of the Conchords, first broadcast in September 2005.
Greg Proops was also part of the cast for Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack and movie back in 1993. His name is listed under "Cast" in the original version of the soundtrack's booklet. He provided the vocal work for the Harlequin Demon, the Devil, and the Sax Player.
Greg currently hosts the podcast, The Smartest Man In The World in which he talks about current events, celebrity culture, and his personal life in front of a live audience.
For several years, Greg upheld the idea that he owned an ocelot. However, on March 25, 2009, in a written interview, he stated that he doesn't actually own one:
"Oh, I say I have an ocelot and it’s a joke, but I’ve had so many news programs in this country say, 'So what’s it like, having an ocelot?” And I’ll say, “It’s marvelous just to see them run free. When feeding time comes and they’re mewling, it just warms your heart.' People will really believe anything. You may have noticed this. It’s not just me. Look around."
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