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Bob Odenkirk
Mini Bio:
On October 22,1962, Bob Odenkirk was born second in a family of seven children. He grew up in Naperville, Illimois and started his career in radio. Then during college he produced his own comdey show for Southern Illinois University student radio. After that Bob Odenkirk spent many years working in Chicago's Second City Theater as a stand-up comic. In the late 90's Bob was hired as a writer for "Saturday Night Live," and went on to win a Emmy for his writting on that show. After he left "Saturday Night Live," Bob Odenkirk went to write for "Get a Life" in 1991. Then he went to work for "The Ben Stiller Show." Bod was not only a writer for the show, but he was also an actor and won another Emmy for his work on it. It was also on "The Ben Stiller Show" that Bob met up with David Cross. After that, both Bob Odenkirk and David Cross teamed up together to make a TV series, HBO's "Mr. Show with Bob and David." David Cross had a few things to say about Bob Odenkirk on the "Mr. Show" website:
- From an early age he knew that he wanted to do something with his talent for making people pay attention to him.
- Like many desperate people, turned to alcohol.
- Has made several "attemps" at college.
Filmography
Actor:
- My Big Fat Independent Movie (2004)
- "Crank Yankers" (2002)
- Big Wide World of Carl Laemke, The (2003)
- Melvin Goes to Dinne (2003)
- Run Ronnie Run! (2002)
- Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
- Monkeybone (2001)
- "Sammy" (2000)
- Independent, The (2000)
- Can't Stop Dancing (1999)
- Hacks (1997/I)
- Cable Guy, The (1996)
- Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996)
- "Mr. Show" (1995)
- Clean Slate (1994)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- "Ben Stiller Show, The" (1992)
Writer:
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks (2003)
- Frank International Film Festival, The (2003)
- Run Ronnie Run! (2002)
- "Near Future, The" (2000)
- "Tenacious D" (1999)
- "Mr. Show" (1995)
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)
- "Ben Stiller Show, The" (1992)
- "Get a Life" (1990)
- "Saturday Night Live" (1995), writer: (1987-1991)
Director:
- "Highway to Oblivion" (2003)
- Frank International Film Festival, The (2003)
- Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
- "Near Future, The" (2000)
Producer:
- Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)
- "Near Future, The" (2000)
- "Tenacious D" (1999)
- "Mr. Show" (1999)
Notable TV Guest Appearances:
- "Arrested Development" (2003)
- "Futurama" (1999)
- "Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003)
- "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996)
- "Ed" (2000)
- "TV Funhouse" (2000)
- "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)
- "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996)
- "Just Shoot Me" (1997)
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)
- "Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992)
- "NewsRadio" (1995)
- "Dennis Miller Live" (1994)
- "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1994)
- "Seinfeld" (1990)
- "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist" (1995)
- "Roseanne" (1988)
- "Jackie Thomas Show, The" (1992)
"Run Rinnie Run"
Last Updated:3/15/04
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