Mr. Spinnoli on Teachers
I adore playing Mr. Spinnoli on Teachers — so beleaguered and so broken (see Kevin in the Unscripted presentation for another specimen of this genus).
Key & Peele: Racist Bartender on “Apologies” Sketch
White bar patrons try to make their feelings about racism as clear as possible. This was the genesis of my typecasting as a racist bartender. (My part’s at the very end, but the sketch, by Rebecca Drysdale, is well worth sitting through.)
The Awful Truth: Gun Crazy and Sibling Rivalry
For a season, I was a correspondent on “The Awful Truth.” I can’t believe the things we were able to get away with in pre-9/11 America. (That’s Rob Huebel inside the gun suit.)
Strangers with Candy: Captain Stack
When writing and producing became more reliable sources of income than acting, most of my parts came from the shows I was writing/producing on.
Don’t Just Sit There
Here’s a small sampling of the roles I played on the Nickelodeon show “Don’t Just Sit There” from 1989-91. I began as an actor in bars, performing sketch comedy for people more interested in drinking and eating. This partly explains a style that could be charitably described as “attention-getting” and less charitably as “scenery chewing.” It only took two decades to tone this down (an ongoing process).