Andy Daly

Early life

Daly was born in Mount Kisco, New York and grew up in New Jersey. He graduated in 1989 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and then attended Ithaca College, where he received a bachelor's degree in drama.

Career

After college, Daly moved to New York City, where he performed, along with Andy Secunda, in the sketch comedy duo The Two Andys, which appeared at the 1999 Aspen Comedy Festival. He was also a part of the Mainstage company at Chicago City Limits as an improvisational actor.

When the Upright Citizens Brigade relocated to New York from Chicago in 1996, Daly was one of the first New Yorkers to study improvisation with the group and performed in many of the earliest shows produced by the UCB. He was a member of the long-form improvisation group The Swarm, which was assembled and directed by Amy Poehler.

Television

During the late 1990s, Daly appeared frequently in sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and lent his voice to Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons on Saturday Night Live.

In 2000, Daly joined the cast of MADtv. He was a featured player in the show's sixth season and returned as a full cast member the following season.

He next appeared on television in the main cast of Comedy Central's parody news show Crossballs and later played several different characters on Reno 911!, recurring as "Brad the Friendly Homeowner". He also worked as a correspondent on The Showbiz Show with David Spade for all three seasons and as an advocate on both seasons of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.

In 2007, Daly appeared as a Benjamin Franklin impersonator in an episode of The Office entitled "Ben Franklin".

In 2008, Daly joined the cast of the HBO series Eastbound & Down as Terrence Cutler. That same year, Daly was also the host of a Match Game revival which never aired.

He made frequent appearances on HBO's The Life and Times of Tim, Adult Swim's Delocated, and IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! as well as Adventure Time, for which he provided the voices of Wyatt and The King of Ooo. He is also the voice of Krombopulos Michael on Rick and Morty, and Two-Face on Harley Quinn.

Daly appeared in the NBC sitcom The Paul Reiser Show, which was a midseason replacement for the 2010–11 television season. The show was cancelled after two episodes.

Starting in 2014, Daly had guest starred in the ABC sitcom Modern Family as Principal Brown and has also played recurring roles on ABC's Blackish, HBO's Silicon Valley and Veep, and NBC's Trial & Error.

From 2014 to 2017, Daly starred in, executive produced, and wrote episodes of the Comedy Central series Review, which he co-adapted from the Australian series Review with Myles Barlow.

From 2016 to 2019, Daly appeared in commercials for CarMax.

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Film

Daly has appeared in numerous films, most notably as courtside announcer Dick Pepperfield in the 2008 film Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell.

In 2004, Daly appeared in the movie Christmas with the Kranks as a shopper who is bribed by Jamie Lee Curtis' character Nora Krank into giving her a Christmas ham.

In 2010, Daly co-starred as Mayor Brown in the 3D live action/CGI film version of Yogi Bear and appeared in She's Out of My League as Fuller.

He had a small role in the 2011 film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon as a mailroom worker.

In 2016, he played Principal Dwight in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life which was directed by Steve Carr.

Stand-up comedy

Daly does many different characters in his stand-up. In 2007, a character named "Jerry O'Hearn" was featured on the Comedy Death-Ray compilation album. In 2008, Daly released the critically acclaimed Nine Sweaters, a comedy album compiled from a nine-week residency at Comedy Death-Ray's Tuesday night shows, on Aspecialthing Records.

In December 2010, Daly performed stand-up on The Benson Interruption on Comedy Central.

Podcasting

Daly has made a number of appearances on podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, Superego, How Did This Get Made?, The Nerdist Podcast, Office Ladies, and Never Not Funny. In 2014, he began hosting the limited-run Earwolf podcast The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, which continued in 2018 with a second season of 8 episodes. He currently hosts the podcast Bonanas for Bonanza. He is well known for his character Dalton Wilcox, which he has played on Comedy Bang! Bang! (the TV show and podcast), Bonanas for Bonanza, The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, Conan, and other shows.

Personal life

Daly lives in Los Angeles and is married to actress Carri Levinson. They have two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

References

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2. "About - Andy Daly". andydaly.com.
3. (May 16, 2010). "NBC Unveils 2010–11 Primetime Schedule Accented by Five New Comedies, Seven New Dramas and New Alternative Program". The Futon Critic.
4. Monllos, Kristina. (July 8, 2016). "CarMax Campaign Goes for Earnest Humor With New Spokesman Andy Daly". Adweek.
5. (2018-03-01). "Earwolf is bringing back The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project for a second demented season".
6. ""Comedy Bang! Bang!" Rainn Wilson Wears a Short Sleeved Plaid Shirt & Colorful Sneakers (TV Episode 2013) - IMDb".
7. "Bonanas for Bonanza podcast on Earwolf".
8. "The Wit and Wisdom of the West with Dalton Wilcox, episode #1 of Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project on Earwolf".
9. (March 30, 2017). "Dalton Wilcox Is The Poet Laureate Of The West {{!}} CONAN on TBS".
10. "About Me".
11. (September 17, 2021). "Match Game '08 Pilot with Norm MacDonald, Sarah Silverman, Super Dave Osborne, Rashida Jones & more!".
12. (June 4, 2020). "Match Game 2008 Pilot 1 - Rare Game Show".
13. Hurley, Laura. (2024-12-17). "I Didn't Know I Needed Night Court's Dan Fielding Dressed As A Southern Belle, And The Behind-The-Scenes Stories About John Larroquette Are Hilarious".