Rob Corddry
Robert Corddry, raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts, is an American comedian and actor, known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and in the film i>Hot Tub Time Machine. He graduated from Weymouth North High School in 1989, and proceeded to study at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, ultimately graduating with a degree in English. While there, Corddry shifted his attention to Drama, and acted in plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, and Ten Little Indians, to name a few.
After graduating, he moved to New York City and worked menial jobs at restaurants and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, before he began landing acting roles. During his time there, he toured with the National Shakespeare Company, and trained in improv at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Corddry performed often as a member of the group “The Naked Babies” alongside Brian Huskey and Seth Morris. He continued with the sketch comedy group “Third Rail Comedy” before making his first television appearances on Comedy Central’s Upright Citizens Brigade. He began working on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in Spring of 2002, and would inevitably credit Stewart as a profound inspiration for his comedic style.
In 2012, he received his ordination with Universal Life Church Ministries, to officiate the wedding of long time friends, Jesse and Raina, in New York City. In 2004, he played the role of Bobby Dukes in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, and continued to take roles in the films, Warm Bodies, Hell Baby, The Way Way Back, and one of his most recent roles as Bob Howard in the comedy-thriller, Bad Therapy. He reprised his role as Lou in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 in 2015, and co-created the Adult Swim TV Series, Children's Hospital, which has won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
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