Rob Corddry Biography

Robert William "Rob" Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2002-2006) and for his starring role in the comedy film Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). He is also the creator and star of the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital and won his first and second Emmy Awards in September 2012 and September 2013. Corddry currently co-stars in the HBO series Ballers.

Early life

Corddry was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He is the son of Robin (ne Sullivan) and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official. He is the older brother of actor Nate Corddry. He also has a younger sister, Laura Corddry, who is an administrator at Southern New Hampshire University. Corddry and his brother are both Eagle Scouts from Troop 19, located in Weymouth.

After graduating from Weymouth North High School (1989), Corddry went to the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1989-93). According to an interview in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Corddry initially planned to major in journalism; but he stuck with it for just two days. English became his official major; but, by his second year, he focused much of his attention on Drama classes and plays including Torch Song Trilogy, Ten Little Indians, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, and Reckless. While at UMass, Corddry pledged the Theta Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity.

In January 1994, Corddry moved to New York City. His early paying jobs included working as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and handing out menus for a Mexican restaurant. He eventually landed acting jobs, including a year-long tour with the National Shakespeare Company. He trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing regularly as a member of the sketch comedy group "The Naked Babies" (with John Ross Bowie, Brian Huskey, and Seth Morris); and he spent two years with the sketch comedy group "Third Rail Comedy". Corddry's first notable television appearances were on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade (1998-2000).

The Daily Show

In Spring 2002, he was asked to audition for The Daily Show and was accepted. His pieces for The Daily Show frequently included references to Boston, Massachusetts, which he considers to be his hometown. On October 4, 2005, his younger brother Nate Corddry made his first appearance as a Daily Show correspondent. On January 12, 2006, Corddry's wife Sandra appeared with him on a Daily Show segment; they welcomed their first child, daughter Sloane Sullivan Corddry, on July 3, 2006. On February 9, 2006 Corddry hosted an episode of The Daily Show due to the absence of Jon Stewart (jokingly because the show's regular host was "in the shop", but in fact because of the birth of Stewart's second child).

On August 15, 2006, Corddry said "I've got like a week and a half left, all bets are off", and then on August 21, 2006, Stewart remarked that Corddry's last day on The Daily Show would be August 24, 2006. Corddry appeared throughout the week, once filing a report from inside a toilet bowl supposedly on board an aircraft transporting John Mark Karr, and another dressed up in a 1970s fashion; Stewart remarked, "It's his last week, and really, we're trying to come up with terrible things for him to have to do."

During that last show on August 24, Corddry aired a self-produced tribute to his four years on the show, going out, as Stewart said, with a "poop joke".

<poem>Stewart: That was a very fitting tribute, Rob. We're gonna miss you on the show. Corddry: Why thank you, Jon. But wherever I go and whatever I do, there'll always be a part of me here. Stewart: Wow...that's a really sweet thing to say. Corddry: No no no, I'm not kidding. It's in the second floor men's room, actually. That's what you get for not giving me a proper send off. Stewart: You're really gonna go out on a poop joke? Corddry: I have to stay true to myself, Jon.</poem>

Corddry cites Stewart as a profound influence on his comedy, crediting Stewart for teaching him how to focus on an idea in order to find the humor in it, and says that his The Daily Show pedigree earned him the clout to make Childrens Hospital.

Among the projects Corddry worked on after leaving The Daily Show was The Winner, a 2007 TV series.

Corddry has since made appearances on the show, both as a guest and as a correspondent. He was a guest on Jon Stewart's final episode.

Film roles

Corddry's played the title character in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004) and Mac, Ben Stiller's character's best friend in The Heartbreak Kid. He has also made appearances in Old School (2003, credited as Robert Corddry), Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Failure to Launch and The Ten.

He also appeared in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay as Ron Fox, a neurotic and racist agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security, in W. as Ari Fleischer, and also in What Happens in Vegas. In 2010, he co-starred in the John Cusack film Hot Tub Time Machine and in 2013 he co-starred in Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies as the zombie M.

Other work

Corddry hosted the 10th annual Webby Awards ceremony on June 12, 2006. He starred as the main character in the Fox mid-season comedy The Winner from March 4, 2007 until the series' cancellation. He described the show to Stuff Magazine as "sort of like a fucked-up Wonder Years."

Corddry has appeared in a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode entitled "The Seder" as a sex offender who moves into Larry David's neighborhood. He also appeared in two episodes of Fox's Arrested Development as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays "Frank Wrench", an obsessively by-the-books detective on a fictional television series Wrench. Corddry has also done some voice work as the animated Devil on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions (alongside fellow Daily Show correspondent Ed Helms). He also appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy series. He also appeared in a Cartoon Network promotional ad in 2001 as an anger management therapist to the Townsville Villains of the cartoon series Powerpuff Girls.

Corddry's voice appears in the History Channel production World War II in HD. He is the voice of World War II soldier and jazz musician Roscoe "Rockie" Blunt.

Corddry wrote, directed, and starred in the web series Childrens Hospital for The WB on its online network at TheWB.com. After talks fell through with Comedy Central, Turner's Adult Swim picked up the series and began airing new episodes August 22, 2010.

On March 29, 2010, he was a co-guest host of WWE Raw with fellow cast member Clark Duke from Hot Tub Time Machine.

Corddry played an important role in proliferating Justin Halpern's Twitter account Shit My Dad Says. An early enthusiast of the quotes made by Halpern's father, Rob tweeted a link to Shit My Dad Says which "jump-started" the phenomenon, helping expose Halpern's Twitter feed to a larger audience.

Corddry also has starred in three commercials for the Holiday Inn in both 2010 and 2011. He appeared in three episodes of Community playing a lawyer, Alan Connor, an old acquaintance of Jeff Winger, who is also a lawyer.

In August 2011, Corddry appeared on episode 29 of the podcast Back to Work, distributed by the 5by5 podcast network, where he was interviewed by Merlin Mann about his writing and acting career.

In 2012, Corddry began a recurring role on the third season of Happy Endings, playing "The Car Czar", Jane's new boss at the car dealership. He also had a recurring role on the short-lived FOX series Ben and Kate, as Buddy, the boorish owner of the bar where Kate and BJ work, also BJ's on-and-off boyfriend.

As recently as October 2013, Rob appeared again as a recurring guest on "The Jason Ellis Show". A talk show featured exclusively on SiriusXm Satellite Radio, Corddry accepted an invitation to host his own show airing on the soon to be launched "Jason Ellis Channel".

Since 2015, he has starred in the HBO comedy-drama series Ballers.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Old School	Warren
2004	Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story	Bobby Dukes
2006	Wedding Daze	Kyle
2006	Unaccompanied Minors	Sam Davenport
2006	Failure to Launch	Gun Salesman
2006	Arthur and the Invisibles	Seides (voice)
2007	The Ten	Duane Rosenblum
2007	The Heartbreak Kid	Mac
2007	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	Jim the Protestor
2007	Blades of Glory	Bryce
2008	What Happens in Vegas	Jeff "Hater" Lewis
2008	W.	Ari Fleischer
2008	Semi-Pro	Kyle
2008	Lower Learning	Billings
2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Ron Fox
2009	The Winning Season	Terry
2009	Taking Chances	Mayor Cleveland Fishback
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Lou Dorchen
2010	Operation: Endgame	Chariot
2011	Cedar Rapids	Gary
2011	Butter	Ethan Emmett
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Warren
2013	Hell Baby	Jack
2013	Escape from Planet Earth	Gary Supernova (voice)
2013	Warm Bodies	M/Marcus
2013	In a World...	Moe
2013	Pain & Gain	John Mese
2013	Rapture-Palooza	Mr. House
2013	The Way, Way Back	Kip
2014	Jason Nash Is Married	Dan Morrison
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	First AD	Cameo
2014	Sex Tape	Robbie
2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Lou Dorchen
2016	Office Christmas Party	Jeremy
2017	How to Be a Latin Lover	Quincy
2017	The Layover		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998-2000	Upright Citizens Brigade	Various	6 episodes
1998-2002	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Various
2002-2006	The Daily Show	Correspondent	249 episodes
2004	O'Grady	The Bob (voice)	Episode: "Vacation"
2006	American Dad!	Therapist (voice)	Episode: "Roger Codger"
2006	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Rick Leftowitz	Episode: "The Seder"
2006	Arrested Development	Moses Taylor	2 episodes
2007	MADtv	Johnny	Episode #12.16
2007	The Winner	Glen Abbott	6 episodes
2008-2016	Childrens Hospital	Dr. Blake Downs / Cutter Spindell / Rory Spindell	Also creator, writer, director, executive producer
2008	The Mighty B!	Doctor / Vet (voices)	Episode: "Bee Patient"
2009	Party Down	Gary	Episode: "Brandix Corporate Retreat"
2009	Law & Order	Jim Leary	Episode: "Human Flesh Search Engine"
2010-2014	Community	Alan Connor	3 episodes
2011	Little in Common	Dennis Weller	Pilot
2011	Running Wilde	Jack Gray	Episode: "Jack's Back"
2011	Glen Martin DDS	Randy (voice)	Episode: "Videogame Wizard"
2011	The Life & Times of Tim	Sausage Salesman (voice)	Episode: "The Sausage Salesman"
2012	Family Guy	Ben Jennings (voice)	Episode: "Livin' on a Prayer"
2012-2013	Happy Endings	Lon 'The Car Czar' Sarofsky	3 episodes
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV	Agent Coyote Daniels	Episode: "Robot Town"
2012-2013	Ben and Kate	Buddy	3 episodes
2013	Spy	Tim	Pilot
2013	Burning Love	Lorenzo Blimperson	Episode: "Puppet Show"
2013-2015	Newsreaders		Co-creator, writer, executive producer
2014	Trophy Wife	Sensei Rick	Episode: "Foxed Lunch"
2014	Hawaii Five-0	Tony Gibson	Episode: "Ho'i Hou"
2014	Robot Chicken	Various voices	2 episodes
2014	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Rob Corddry Wears Tan Dress Shoes & Red Socks"
2015-present	Ballers	Joe	Series regular
2016	Teachers	Sam	Episode: "Hall of Shame"
2016	Animals.	Earring (voice)	Episode: "Rats."
2016	Workaholics	Eric	Episode: "The Nuttin' Professor"
2016	Speechless	Billy DiMeo	Episode: "T-h-a-Thanksgiving"
2016	Mr. Neighbor's House		Executive producer; TV special

Video game

Year	Title	Role
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Billy Knight (voice)

Awards and honors

In 2009, Corddry was nominated for a Streamy Award Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series for Children's Hospital; in 2011, it won Best Sketch/Alternative Comedy in the first annual Comedy Awards.