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| x Jim Wise | The Groundlings |
Jim Wise (born July 30, 1964) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Coach Tugnut in the Disney Channel Original Series Even Stevens. Wise has also guest starred in a number of other shows including That's So Raven, JAG,...
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| x Cecily Adams |
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The Groundlings |
Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis, and the sister of actress/TV executive Stacey Adams. She was married to actor/writer Jim...
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| x Joey Arias | The Groundlings |
Joey Arias is a New York City based performance artist, cabaret singer, and drag artist.
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was six when he moved with his family to Los Angeles. After singing with the rock band "Purlie" on Capitol Records and...
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| x Patrick Bristow |
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The Groundlings |
Patrick Bristow (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. Perhaps most recognizable for his bright red hair and for his role as Peter, the gay best-friend of Ellen Morgan on the series Ellen, Patrick is currently a cast member of...
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| x John Cervenka | The Groundlings |
John Cervenka (born September 30, 1959, in Pasadena, California) is an American comedian and voice over actor, who replaced Johnny Gilbert as the third permanent announcer on Love Connection. In the late 1990s, he hosted, and produced, Burt Luddin's...
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| x Jennifer Coolidge |
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The Groundlings |
Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1963) is an American actress best known for playing "Stifler's mom," the consummate "MILF," in the film American Pie (1999), Hilary Duff's stepmother in A Cinderella Story (2004), Paulette, the manicurist in...
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| x Mikey Day | The Groundlings |
Michael William "Mikey" Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, and improvisational performer.
Day was born in Orange County, California. He attended and graduated from El Modena High School in 1998, where he was deeply involved in...
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| x Christian Duguay |
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The Groundlings |
Christian Duguay (born January 3, 1970) is an American comic actor. Duguay is most notable as one of the recurring cast of sketch comedy series MADtv.
Christian Duguay was born on January 3, 1970 in Stanford, California. He grew up in Carefree,...
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| x Will Ferrell |
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The Groundlings |
John William "Will" Ferrell (pronounced /ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. He first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a film career, starring in...
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| x Will Forte |
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The Groundlings |
Orville Willis Forte IV, best known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and comedian.
Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III. He was raised in...
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| x Daniele Gaither |
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The Groundlings |
Daniele Gaither (born September 6, 1970) is an American comic actress. Gaither is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv.
Daniele Gaither was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a child, Gaither...
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| x Ana Gasteyer |
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The Groundlings |
Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress and comedian, best known for being a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 1996 to 2002.
Gasteyer was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Marianna, an artist, and Phil...
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| x Adam Carolla |
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The Groundlings |
Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio and television host, comedian, and actor. He is the host of The Adam Carolla Podcast, before which he hosted a weekday morning radio program broadcast from Los Angeles and syndicated by CBS Radio...
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| x Kathy Griffin |
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The Groundlings |
Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American actress, stand-up comedian and media personality. A self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity", Griffin first gained recognition for her supporting role on the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan,...
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| x Rachael Harris |
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The Groundlings |
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedian.
Rachael Harris was born in Worthington, Ohio. She graduated from Worthington High School (renamed Thomas Worthington High School) and went on to graduate from...
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| x Phil Hartman |
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The Groundlings |
Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family immigrated to the United States when he was ten. After graduating from...
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| x Cheryl Hines |
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The Groundlings |
Cheryl Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her role as Larry David's wife on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2009 she made her directorial debut at the Tribeca Film Festival with Serious Moonlight.
Hines was born in...
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| x Alex Kapp Horner |
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The Groundlings |
Alex Kapp Horner (Alexandra Horner) (born December 5, 1969) is an American actress who currently co-stars as Lindsay on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.
She began her career Los Angeles as a member of The Groundlings comedy troupe...
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| x Chris Kattan |
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The Groundlings |
Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan (born October 19, 1970) is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King (né Jerome C. Kattan), is...
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| x Lisa Kudrow |
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The Groundlings |
Lisa V. Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends. Throughout her career she has received many accolades for her work in film and television including an Emmy Award...
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| x Jon Lovitz |
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The Groundlings |
Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He served as a cast member of Saturday Night Live between 1985 to 1990 and voiced Jay Sherman on The Critic.
Lovitz was born in Los Angeles, California, United...
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| x Phil LaMarr |
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The Groundlings |
Phillip "Phil" LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv, he is also known for his voice acting on the animated series Futurama, Static Shock,...
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| x Steve Little | The Groundlings |
Steve Little is a beginning voice actor for the show Camp Lazlo.
Little performed in The Groundlings in Los Angeles. Joe Murray encountered Little and asked Little if he was interested in being a voice actor and decided that Little matched the "Dung...
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| x Tress MacNeille |
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The Groundlings |
Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series The Simpsons, Futurama, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and some Disney movies.
Her most...
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| x Tim Bagley | The Groundlings |
Tim Bagley (born August 17, 1957) is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous high profile films and television programs. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role on the hit series, Will & Grace.
Bagley was born in Minneapolis...
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| x Edie McClurg |
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The Groundlings |
Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is a one of the most recognizeable American character actresses. She is known for her perky Upper Midwestern accent.
McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mr. Rooney's incompetent secretary Grace in...
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| x Michael McDonald |
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The Groundlings |
Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, and television director, best known for starring in the sketch comedy show MADtv. McDonald joined the show during the fourth season (1998) and currently holds the record...
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| x Wendi McLendon-Covey | The Groundlings |
Wendi McLendon-Covey (born October 10, 1969) is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for her role as Deputy Clementine "Clemmie" Johnson on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!.
Wendi McLendon-Covey is known for her role as Deputy...
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| x Pat Morita |
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The Groundlings |
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was a Japanese-American actor who was well-known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the...
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| x Laraine Newman |
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The Groundlings |
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedienne and actress.
Newman was born on March 2, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, the granddaughter of a Jewish cattle rancher from Arizona. Newman attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly...
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| x Cheri Oteri |
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The Groundlings |
Cheri Oteri (born September 19, 1962) is an American actress and comedian, best known for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000. She played librarian Helen Klench in Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz's recent show, Sit...
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| x Chris Parnell |
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The Groundlings |
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member in 1998-2001 and 2002-2006. He has a recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman (pronounced spuh-CHE-men) on NBC's Emmy...
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| x Michael Hitchcock |
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The Groundlings |
Michael Hitchcock (born July 28, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter and television producer.
As an actor, he has appeared in several of Christopher Guest's critically-acclaimed movies, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000),...
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| x Cassandra Peterson |
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The Groundlings |
Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing...
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| x Paul Reubens |
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The Groundlings |
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, film producer, and comedian, best-known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as...
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| x Maya Rudolph |
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The Groundlings |
Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian, known as a former cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live, and the daughter of soul singer Minnie Riperton. R&B; singer Teena Marie is Rudolph's godmother.
Maya Rudolph...
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| x Kevin Ruf | The Groundlings |
Kevin Ruf (born December 7, 1961) is an American actor. He recently starred in the Comedy Central show Halfway Home as Kenny Carlyle, the house supervisor of a halfway house. He was the newsman in That Was The Week That Was on ABC's Primetime Live ....
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| x Mindy Sterling |
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The Groundlings |
Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress. Although she had worked in film for over 25 years, she only began to truly garner attention after playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil ...
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| x Julia Sweeney |
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The Groundlings |
Julia Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian and author best known for her Saturday Night Live career and autobiographical solo shows.
Sweeney was born in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Jeri, a homemaker, and Robert M...
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| x Kristen Wiig |
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The Groundlings |
Kristen Carroll Wiig (pronounced /ˈwɪɡ/ "wig"; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, and impressionist, currently appearing as a cast member of Saturday Night Live.
She is a member of The Groundlings, and also appeared in the first...
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| x John Belushi |
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The Second City | 1971 |
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of Jim Belushi.
Belushi...
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| x Harold Ramis |
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The Second City | 1969 |
Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in Ghostbusters (1984) and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes (1981); Ramis also co...
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| x Del Close |
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The Second City | 1961 |
Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999), is considered one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater. An actor, improviser, writer, and teacher, Close had a prolific career, appearing in a number of films and television shows. He...
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| x Alan Arkin |
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The Second City | 1960 |
Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, and musician. He is best-known for starring in such films as: Catch-22; The In-Laws; Edward Scissorhands; The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; Glengarry Glen Ross;...
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| x Jack Burns | The Second City | 1963 |
Jack Burns (born November 15, 1933) is an American comedian and voice actor.
In 1959, he began his career as a comedy team with George Carlin when both were working for radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas. After successful performances at Fort...
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| x Joan Rivers |
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The Second City | 1961 |
Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky; June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, talk show host and businesswoman. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. Rivers' comedic style...
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| x Robert Klein |
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The Second City | 1965 |
Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Klein was born in the Bronx, the son of Frieda (née Moskowitz) and Benjamin Klein and was raised in a "prototypical 1950s Bronx Jewish" environment. After graduating...
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| x David Steinberg | The Second City | 1964 |
David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian Jewish comedian, actor, director, writer and author. He was one of the best-known stand-up comics in the United States during the late 1960s and appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show 140 times....
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| x Peter Boyle |
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The Second City | 1967 |
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974)....
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| x Fred Willard |
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The Second City | 1965 |
Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American comedian and actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A...
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| x Brian Doyle-Murray |
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The Second City | 1969 |
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter and actor. An alumnus of Saturday Night Live, he is the brother of Bill Murray and has acted together with him in several films, including Caddyshack, Scrooged,...
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| x Joe Flaherty |
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The Second City | 1969 |
Joe Flaherty (born June 21, 1941) is an American-Canadian comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984. He is currently a judge on The Second City's Next Comedy Legend.
Flaherty was born Joseph O...
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| x Tim O'Malley | The Second City | 1990 |
Tim O'Malley (born June 26, 1957) is an American actor and playwright, director living in Chicago. He is a Core Faculty Member at the Second City Training Center. He is most recognizable as Patrick, the bartender in Return to Me.
O'Malley started in...
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| x Bob Odenkirk |
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The Second City | 1990 |
Robert "Bob" Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, writer, director and producer. Odenkirk is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series, Mr. Show.
He was born in Naperville, Illinois and...
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| x George Wendt |
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The Second City | 1975 |
George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers.
Wendt was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. He was...
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| x Dan Bakkedahl | The Second City | 2003 |
Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American improvisor, actor and teacher from Chicago. Born in Rochester, Minnesota and raised in Stuart, Florida, he attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota before completing his studies at...
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| x Tina Fey |
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The Second City | 1996 |
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American writer, comedienne, actress, and producer. She has won five Emmys, three Golden Globes, and two SAG Awards. Fey is best known for her work on Mean Girls, Saturday Night Live, and her...
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| x Amy Sedaris |
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The Second City | 1992 |
Amy Sedaris (born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, author and comedienne. She is perhaps best known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. Sedaris regularly collaborates with her...
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| x Steve Carell |
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The Second City | 1991 |
Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. Since 2005, he has starred in The Office, as main...
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| x Paul Dinello |
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The Second City | 1992 |
Paul Dinello (born November 28, 1962) is an American actor, writer, director, and an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He is best known for his role on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy as...
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