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David Michael Koechner is an American character actor (film, television and stage), comedian and musician. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, he began taking small parts in films such as Man on the Moon and Wag the Dog. While filming the country mockumentary Dill Scallion, Koechner befriended Dave 'Gruber' Allen, forming The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show. The act became a hit at Hollywood clubs such as Largo, and the duo were invited to open for Tenacious D. After a breakout role as Champ Kind in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, he began appearing frequently with larger supporting roles in many high profile comedic films, including Talladega Nights, Snakes on a Plane, Waiting..., The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Extract and Thank You for Smoking, in addition to recurring guest appearances on Anchorman co-star Steve Carell's The Office as Todd Packer. On 17 January 2007, Koechner's Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show premiered on Comedy Central, giving him a starring role and full creative control. Koechner's first leading role as Coach Lambeau Fields in Fox Atomic's sports comedy, The Comebacks opened on 19 October 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Koechner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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David Michael Koechner is an American character actor (film, television and stage), comedian and musician. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, he began taking small parts in films such as Man on the Moon and Wag the Dog. While filming the country mockumentary Dill Scallion, Koechner befriended Dave 'Gruber' Allen, forming The Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show. The act became a hit at Hollywood clubs such as Largo, and the duo were invited to open for Tenacious D. After a breakout role as Champ Kind in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, he began appearing frequently with larger supporting roles in many high profile comedic films, including Talladega Nights, Snakes on a Plane, Waiting..., The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Extract and Thank You for Smoking, in addition to recurring guest appearances on Anchorman co-star Steve Carell's The Office as Todd Packer. On 17 January 2007, Koechner's Naked Trucker & T-Bones Show premiered on Comedy Central, giving him a starring role and full creative control. Koechner's first leading role as Coach Lambeau Fields in Fox Atomic's sports comedy, The Comebacks opened on 19 October 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Koechner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bones
Saturday Night Live
American Dad!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
King of the Hill
Psych
Chuck
Hannah Montana
Regular Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hell's Kitchen
The Graham Norton Show
The Office
Twin Peaks
Justified
Monk
The Middle
Phineas and Ferb
Mad About You
Future Man
TripTank
Drunk History
Tacoma FD
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show
Reno 911!
Pushing Daisies
Freaks and Geeks
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Gary Unmarried
Krapopolis
All Hail King Julien
Real Time with Bill Maher
Ask the Storybots
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Tosh.0
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
Close Enough
The Jeselnik Offensive
Kath & Kim
The Goldbergs
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
CHiPS
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Yours, Mine & Ours
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Still Waiting...
Sex Drive
Reno 911!: Miami
Unaccompanied Minors
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Run Ronnie Run
Drillbit Taylor
Paul
Get Smart
Hit & Run
Wag the Dog
Dirty Work
Extract
The Dukes of Hazzard
Another Period
My Boss's Daughter
Regular Show: The Movie
Vicious Fun
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Piranha 3DD
Krampus
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
A Haunted House
Final Destination 5
Bless This Mess
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
A Week Away
Superior Donuts
Let's Go to Prison
Waiting...
The Right One
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
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