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Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

American actor


Birthday
Monday
He is born 62 years, 0 months and 23 days ago
Birthplace
Berwyn, United States
Nationality: american États-Unis
Birth sign: Libra
Chinese birth sign: Tiger

Robert John Odenkirk (; born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his role as Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill on Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022). For the latter, he has received six nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer on Better Call Saul since its premiere, he has also received six nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.

Odenkirk wrote for television series Saturday Night Live (1987–1991) and The Ben Stiller Show (1992), winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1989 and 1993. He also wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1994) and acted in a recurring role as Agent Stevie Grant in The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1998). He is also known for the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998), and Netflix series W/ Bob & David (2015) which he co-created and co-starred in with fellow comic David Cross. He starred as Bill Oswalt in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2014), and the title role in the AMC series Lucky Hank (2023).

Odenkirk made his directorial feature debut with Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) followed by Let's Go to Prison (2006), and The Brothers Solomon (2007), and also wrote Run Ronnie Run! (2002), and Girlfriend's Day (2017). He took supporting roles in films such as Alexander Payne's comedy-drama Nebraska (2013), Steven Spielberg's political drama The Post (2017), and Greta Gerwig's romance drama Little Women (2019). He took the leading role in the action film Nobody (2021), which he also produced. He also lent his voice in the Pixar animated film Incredibles 2 (2018).

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