Andy Dick facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Andy Dick
Dick at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Freaky Deaky
Birth name	Andrew Thomlinson
Born	(1965-12-21) December 21, 1965 (age 59) Charleston, South Carolina, US
Medium	Stand-up television film radio
Years active	1986–present
Subject(s)	Improv sketch comedy
Spouse	Ivone Kowalczyk ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1990)​
Children	3

Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson; December 21, 1965) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work in sketch comedy and improvisational theater. Dick has had a long career as a stand-up comedian, performing across the United States. He has also acted in many television shows and movies.

Dick's first regular role on TV was in The Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he was a main character on the NBC show NewsRadio and had a supporting role on Less than Perfect. He also had his own sketch comedy series on MTV called The Andy Dick Show.

Early Life and Schooling

Andy Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on December 21, 1965. He was adopted at birth by Allen and Sue Dick and named Andrew Roane Dick. His father was in the U.S. Navy, so his family moved around a lot. He lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, and even Yugoslavia before settling in Chicago in 1979.

During his high school years, Dick was active in theater. He was even elected homecoming king in his senior year. He graduated from Joliet West High School in Joliet, Illinois, in 1984. After high school, he joined the famous comedy group The Second City in Chicago. He also took comedy classes at the iO Theater, where he learned about improvisational theater, also known as improv.

Career in Entertainment

Television Roles

Dick holding a piñata with a cutout of Tom Green for The 1 Second Film in December 2004

Andy Dick's television career began with the sketch comedy show The Ben Stiller Show from 1992 to 1993. From 1995 to 1999, he played reporter Matthew Brock on the popular NBC show NewsRadio. He also played Owen Kronsky on the ABC show Less than Perfect.

In 2001, he created and starred in The Andy Dick Show for MTV. This show ran for three seasons. He also had a guest role on Star Trek: Voyager as a holographic doctor.

In 2013, Dick competed on the 16th season of Dancing With the Stars. He was partnered with professional dancer Sharna Burgess, and they finished in seventh place.

Movie Appearances

One of Dick's early movie roles was in the 1994 war comedy In the Army Now. He also had a small part in Reality Bites, which was directed by his friend Ben Stiller. In 1999, he played one of the bad guy's helpers in the movie Inspector Gadget.

Throughout the 2000s, he appeared in many comedies. He played a motel clerk in Road Trip (2000) and had a cameo as a masseuse in Zoolander (2001). He also played a teacher in the movie Old School (2003). In 2006, he appeared in Employee of the Month as an optician.

Voice Acting

Andy Dick has also worked as a voice actor for animated movies and TV shows. In 1998, he voiced the character Nuka in Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. He later voiced the same character again in a 2016 episode of the TV series The Lion Guard.

He was the voice of Boingo the bunny in the animated movie Hoodwinked! (2005) and its sequel. He also voiced Mambo in Happily N'Ever After (2007). On television, he voiced characters in shows like Dilbert, Hey Arnold!, and Clone High.

Selected Filmography

Film

Television

See also

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