Adam DeVine Biography

Adam Patrick DeVine (born November 7, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and voice actor. He is a star and co-creator of the Comedy Central series Workaholics, as well as Adam DeVine's House Party. He played the role of Bumper Allen in the musical films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2.

Early life

DeVine was born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Dennis and Penny DeVine. He graduated from Millard South High School in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2002. In June 1995, when he was 11 years old, DeVine was hit by a cement truck while walking across the street, resulting in multiple fractures to both his legs that required multiple surgeries over three years; it took two years for him to learn to walk again.

He attended Orange Coast College, along with friend and fellow cast member Blake Anderson. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he began working as a stand up comedian and actor.

Career

In 2006, DeVine and friends Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck formed the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy. Although they toured together live, the group found greater success on websites such as Myspace and YouTube. The G4 series Attack of the Show! featured "Wizards Never Die", a music video by Mail Order Comedy (as The Wizards), in April 2008. Purple Magic, a music album by The Wizards containing 14 tracks, was released on April 1, 2009. Comedy Central's original series Workaholics premiered on April 6, 2011, and stars DeVine, Anderson, and Holm and co-stars Newacheck, all of whom also serve as series creators and executive producers.

DeVine had small roles in Mama's Boy (2007) and National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2009). He had a recurring role on the television series Samantha Who?. He also appeared on an episode of the Fox show Traffic Light (2011). In season 4 of Community (2013), he played a small role as William Winger, Jr., Jeff's half-brother. In the first episode of Arrested Development fourth season, he played an airport ticket attendant alongside his Workaholics co-stars. He co-starred as Bumper Allen in the 2012 musical comedy film Pitch Perfect. For this performance, he won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain and earned one nomination for Choice Movie Breakout. He reprised the role of Bumper in the film's sequel Pitch Perfect 2 (2015).

DeVine has appeared in the SimCity video game trailers as The Mayor. DeVine is the voice artist for the character Pizza Steve in the Cartoon Network animated series Uncle Grandpa, which premiered on September 2, 2013. He stars in his own Comedy Central series, Adam DeVine's House Party, which debuted in October 2013. He also appears in a recurring role in seasons 5, 6 and 7 of the ABC network sitcom Modern Family as Andy, the Pritchett family's nanny. In 2016, he starred alongside Zac Efron, playing brothers, in the comedy film Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. In June 2016, it was announced that Devine, Anderson, Holm and Newacheck are working on a film with Seth Rogen as producer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Mama's Boy	Alhorn
2009	Ratko: The Dictator's Son	Chris
2011	National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus	Ephor 1
2012	Pitch Perfect	Bumper Allen	Teen Choice Award for Best Villain Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout
2014	Neighbors	Beer Pong Guy #1	Cameo
2015	The Final Girls	Kurt
2015	Pitch Perfect 2	Bumper Allen	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Rebel Wilson) MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Rebel Wilson)
2015	The Intern	Jason
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	Julian (voice)
2016	Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates	Mike Stangle
2016	Why Him?

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006-08	Crossbows & Mustaches	Steve Wolf / Steve Jobs	10 episodes Also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2007	Nick Cannon Presents: Short Circuitz	Teen	Episode: "1.1"
2007	The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	Toby	Episode: "Dykes Like Us"
2008	Special Delivery	Himself	Episode: "Strike a Pose"
2008	420 Special: Attack of the Show! from Jamaica	Bull Doozer	TV movie
2008	The Dude's House	Himself	3 episodes Also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2008	Frank TV	Waiter / Jack Gerber	2 episodes
2008	5th Year	Himself	5 episodes
2009	Better Off Ted	Josh	Episode: "Win Some, Dose Some"
2009	Samantha Who?	Tyler	2 episodes
2011	Traffic Light	Tobey	Episode: "Stealth Bomber"
2011-present	Workaholics	Adam DeMamp	66 episodes Also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2012	Tron: Uprising	Galt (voice)	Episode: "Identity"
2013	Community	Willy Jr.	Episode: "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations"
2013	Arrested Development	Starsky	Episode: "Flight of the Phoenix"
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Nick	Episode: "Sarah Silverman Wears a Black Dress with a White Collar"
2013	Super Fun Night	Jason	Episode: "Pilot"
2013-present	Modern Family	Andy Bailey	21 episodes
2013-present	Adam DeVine's House Party	Himself	18 episodes Also creator, writer, executive producer
2013-present	Uncle Grandpa	Pizza Steve / Henry / Additional Voices	26 episodes
2014	Sanjay and Craig	Raska Boosh (voice)	Episode: "Kerplunk'd!"
2014	American Dad!	Christoff (voice)	Episode: "Honey, I'm Homeland"
2014-present	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	Boone Wiseman (voice)	21 episodes
2015	Steven Universe	Pizza Steve (voice)	Episode: "Say Uncle"
2015	Sin City Saints	Matty	Episode: "You Booze, You Lose"
2015	Drunk History	Pavel Belyayev	Episode: "Space"