Dan Bakkedahl

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Dan Bakkedahl
Born (1969-11-18) November 18, 1969 (age 54)
Alma materFlorida State University
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Irene Bakkedahl
(m. 2003)
Children2

Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969

HBO Max comedy series Made for Love, and the Netflix comedy Space Force
.

Early life and education

Bakkedahl grew up in Stuart, Florida. He is a 1988 graduate of Martin County High School. He is of part Norwegian descent.[2] Bakkedahl attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, before completing his studies at Florida State University, where he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity.

Career

After college, Bakkedahl toured for a year with the Repertory Theater of America. After moving to Chicago, he made a name for himself at the

Improv Olympic performing in the influential two-man improv show ZUMPF with his teacher Miles Stroth. Dan went on to perform at the Second City mainstage, eventually writing Doors Open on the Right, Second City’s 90th revue. In Chicago, he is often noted for having left the Second City mainstage due to artistic differences.[3]

Bakkedahl continues to perform regularly at comedy venues such as the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Magnet Theater, Second City and Improv Comedy Lab in Los Angeles. He is also a member of the advisory council of the California Shakespeare Theater.[4]

Bakkedahl's first major television work was on Comedy Central's The Daily Show where he served as a correspondent from 2005 to 2007. After leaving The Daily Show in 2007, he has since moved to Los Angeles and went on to have supporting roles in the films such as Observe and Report, The Heat, and This Is 40. He also appeared in the Snake 'N Bacon animated special on Adult Swim, which aired on May 10, 2009. In early 2010, he co-starred in the comedy pilot Our Show on NBC.

From 2010 through 2011, Bakkedahl appeared in a series of commercials for T-Mobile cellular phones, where he plays a human likeness of AT&T's 3G network.[5]

Bakkedahl has made guest appearances on shows such as

The United States of Tara, as well as appearing in recurring roles as "Murray the A/C Repairman" in season three of Community and as Congressman Furlong on Veep. In 2015, he began recurring roles The Goldbergs as science teacher Mr. Woodburn and on The Mindy Project
as Dr. Adrian Bergdahl.

Bakkedahl starred alongside

Jim Jeffries and DJ Qualls in the FX comedy series Legit, which ran for two seasons on FX and FXX. Aftwards, he next starred as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces
, which began airing in 2015 and concluded after four seasons in 2019.

Bakkedahl co-stars in the

HBO Max comedy series Made for Love
, which premiered on April 1, 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2002 One Man's Ceiling Gas Man
2005 25 Years of Improv Comedy Himself
2007 Crime Fiction Crazy Caller
2008 My First Kidnapping Rick Sleevning Short
2009 Observe and Report Mark
Welcome to Academia Valentine
2010 Marriage Drama with Virginia Madsen Paul Short
Voula Delivery Man Short
2012 This Is 40 Dentist
2013 The Heat Agent Garrett Craig
Four Dogs Dan
2014 Chu and Blossom Principal Cochette
Not Safe for Work Random Denning Employee
2015 Get Hard Leo
Hitman: Agent 47 Sanders
Trumbo Roy Brewer
2016 Brave New Jersey Reverend Ray Rogers
Another Evil Joey Lee Dansing
The Escort Rick
2017 Battle of the Sexes Gamblers Anon Leader
Killing Hasselhoff Nick
2018 Taco Shop Nate Holmes
Action Point Gregory Knoblach
2019 Corporate Animals Billy
The Buddy Games
Shelly
Sword of Trust Kingpin
Married Young Pharmacist
Wyrm Allen
2021 The Starling Chuck
2023 Sick Girl Fred Pepper
TBA Not an Artist TBA Post-production

Television

Year Film Role Notes
2005–2007
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Himself; Correspondent 40 episodes
2007 Law & Order Tony Bicks Episode: "Remains of the Day"
30 Rock Angry Father Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
Flight of the Conchords Waiter Episode: "The Actor"
2008 The Return of Jezebel James Darryl Episode: "Needles and Schlag"
2009 The Office Roger Prince Jr. Episode: "Prince Family Paper"
Dollhouse General Store Proprietor Episode: "True Believer"
Snake 'n' Bacon Homicide Detective Animation
2010 Mayne Street Team Owner Episode: "Brownian Motion and Straight as an Arrow"
How I Met Your Mother Curtis Episode: "Natural History"
Our Show Neal TV movie
2011 Hot in Cleveland Jasper Episode: "LeBron Is Le Gone"
United States of Tara Mr. Kern Episode: "Train Wreck and Crackerjack"
Curb Your Enthusiasm Waiter Episode: "The Hero"
2011–2012 Community Murray Recurring role
2012 The Book Club The Author Episode: "Dirty Jobs and Enemies of the State"
The League OB Doctor Episode: "Training Camp"
2013 Grimm Graydon Ostler Episode: "A Dish Best Served Cold"
2013–2014 Legit Steve Nugent Series regular
2013–2015 Newsreaders Clint Schliff / Vic Traymore 2 episodes
2013–2019 Veep Congressman Roger Furlong Recurring role
2014 Californication Dr. Dan Episode: "Smile"
Major Crimes Carl Lembeck Episode: "Cutting Loose"
Gotham Davis Lamond / The Balloonman Episode: "The Balloonman"
Bad Judge Mr. Lewis Episode: "Knife to a Gunfight"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Lt. Andrew Miller Episode: "The Mole"
2014–2022 The Goldbergs Mr. Woodburn Recurring role
2015 Sin City Saints Dan Episode: "Urine God's Hands Now"
Battle Creek Barclay Spades Episode: "Gingerbread Man"
The Mindy Project Dr. Adrian Bergdahl Recurring role
2015–2019 Life in Pieces Tim Hughes Series regular
2016 TripTank Various voices 2 episodes
2017 Man Seeking Woman Ruffala Episode: "Popcorn"
Tarantula Lucas (voice) 9 episodes
2019–2020 Puppy Dog Pals Various voices 4 episodes
2020 The Boss Baby: Back in Business Scary Sweary CEO Baby (voice) Animation
Space Force John Blandsmith Recurring role
Teen Titans Go! Sheriff (voice) Episode: "The Night Begins to Shine"
Tales from the Loop Ed 3 episodes
2021 Impeachment: American Crime Story
Kenneth Starr
2021-2022 Made for Love Herringbone Series regular
2023 Barry FBI Agent Curtis Episode: "you're charming"

Other work

Year Film Role Notes
2005 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Additional voices (voice: English version) Video game

References

  1. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (2023-11-18). "Famous birthdays list for November 18, 2023 includes celebrities Chloe Sevigny, Nasim Pedrad". cleveland. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  2. ^ 'Daily Show' dude got serious about acting at FSU.
  3. ^ Lara, Roland. "Chicago Smart-Ass Makes Good". chicagoist.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  4. ^ "California Shakespeare Theater". www.calshakes.org. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Dan Bakkedahl - Episode 210". Castbox.

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