Charlie Sanders (actor)
Charlie Sanders | |
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| Born | Charles Henry Sanders III August 22, 1979 Minneapolis, Minnesota , U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor/Writer/Comedian |
Charles Henry Sanders (born August 22, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and
Writers Guild Award–winning writer[1] best known for starring as Officer Joe Stubeck in the MTV comedy-action series Death Valley, writing on all five seasons of Key & Peele and creating the YouTube Premium series Weird City. He is currently hosting the hit podcast 'Bald Talk' on iHeartMedia with comedian and actor Brian Huskey
.
Early life
Sanders was born in
St. Paul Central High School in 1998. While in high school he participated in Central Touring Theatre Company (alongside fellow comedians Nick Swardson and Colton Dunn) as well as the swim team and later began performing at ComedySportz in Minneapolis.[2]
Sanders worked at
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT), where he was a member of the improv groups "Police Chief Rumble" and "Reuben Williams". In 2004 he and his improv team "Police Chief Rumble" won "Best Sketch Group" at the Emerging Comics of New York Awards. Sanders now performs at the UCBT's Los Angeles
division with his current sketch group "Shitty Jobs".
Career
Sanders has appeared as a sketch regular on New York Magazine.
Sanders has written for sketch-comedy programs such MTV's Human Giant and currently on the Comedy Central series Key & Peele. Sanders also wrote the Funny or Die produced short film "The Big Dog", which he starred in alongside Bob Odenkirk and Rich Sommer.
References
- ^ IMDb
- ^ a b "BA #039: Charlie Sanders". Box Angeles podcast. 25 August 2014.
External links
- Charlie Sanders at IMDb