Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

writer, actor, producer

Bob Odenkirk was born on Oct 22, 1962 in USA. Bob Odenkirk's big-screen debut came with The Ben Stiller Show - Season 1 directed by John Fortenberry in 1992, strarring Various Characters. Bob Odenkirk is known for Nobody directed by Ilya Naishuller, Bob Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell and Aleksey Serebryakov as Yulian Kuznetsov. Bob Odenkirk has got 16 awards and 74 nominations so far. The most recent award Bob Odenkirk achieved is Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. The upcoming new tvshow Bob Odenkirk plays is Lucky Hank - Season 1 which will be released on Mar 16, 2023.

Robert John Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, to Barbara (Baier) and Walter Odenkirk, who worked in printing. His ancestry includes German and Irish. He grew up in Naperville, IL, the second of seven children. He worked as a DJ for WIDB, his college radio station at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Three credits shy of graduation, he moved to Chicago. He began work there in local improv workshops. He also did open-mic stand-up comedy for several years. In Chicago, he became friends with Robert Smigel, who would later help him become a writer for Saturday Night Live (1975).In 1987, Bob was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live (1975) and in 1989 he went on to win an Emmy for his writing work. He worked on the show from season 13 to 20 (1987-1995). However, he had trouble getting his work on the air, so he began work as a writer for Get a Life (1990) starring Chris Elliott. The show was quickly canceled, but he was soon hired as writer for The Dennis Miller Show (1992). On that show he made his acting debut and was noticed by Ben Stiller, who later hired him as a writer and actor for The Ben Stiller Show (1992). The show only lasted for 13 episodes, but Bob won another Emmy for his writing.After The Ben Stiller Show (1992) was canceled, Bob made recurring appearances (1993-1998) on The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Stevie Grant, Larry's hyperactive agent. He also wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) during 1993-94. During this time Bob hooked up with fellow The Ben Stiller Show (1992) writer David Cross, also a stand-up comedian. They started doing sketch-comedy shows together in Los Angeles. In 1995, they got their own show on HBO (Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)). The show lasted for four seasons and 30 episodes.After Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995) ended, Bob wrote Run Ronnie Run (2002) and directed three feature films (Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003), Bienvenue en prison (2006) and The Brothers Solomon (2007)), and appeared in . After 1998, he also made many guest appearances on TV shows like Voilà! (1997), 3e planète après le soleil (1996), Larry et son nombril (2000), Ed (2000), Tout le monde aime Raymond (1996), Less Than Perfect (2002), Arrested development - Les nouveaux pauvres (2003), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Weeds (2005). From 2009 to 2013, he appeared on 43 episodes of Breaking Bad (2008) as Saul Goodman, a shyster lawyer, and, starting in 2015, he reprised that role as the main character in Better Call Saul (2015).

  • Birthday

    Oct 22, 1962
  • Place of Birth

    Naperville, Illinois, USA
  • Also known

    Боб Оденкерк, 밥 오든커크, 鲍勃·奥登科克, Robert John Odenkirk

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Awards

16 wins & 74 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2022
Best Actor in a Network/Cable Television Series
Winner - Saturn Award
Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
2022
Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama
Winner - HCA Award
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