Billy Gardell

**William** "**Billy**" **Gardell** (born August 20, 1969) is an American actor. He currently acts in the television series _Mike & Molly_. He also made an appearance in several episodes of _My Name Is Earl_. He voiced Santa in _Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas_.

## Early life

Born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, Gardell attended Winter Park High School in Orange County, Florida, during 1985.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|_Avenging Angelo_|Bruno||
|2003|_Bad Santa_|Milwaukee Security Guard||
|2006|_Room 6_|Taxi Driver||
|2006|_You, Me and Dupree_|Bartender Dave||
|2007|_D-War_|Mr. Belafonte||
|2014|_Jersey Boys_|Our Sons Owner||
|2015|_Dancer and the Dame_|Dancer||
|2016|_Undrafted_|Umpire Haze||
|2017|_Once Upon a Time in Venice_|Office Bill||
|2017|_Special Unit_|Captain Wynn||
|2025|_The Electric State_|Garbage Bot|Voice|

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_The King of Queens_|Billy Kelner|Episode: "Block Buster"||
|2000|_Judging Amy_|Lyle Cooper|4 episodes||
|2001|_Cover Me_|Mike Dulgari|Episode: "Vegas Mother's Day: Part 2"||
|2001|_It's Like, You Know_|Eddie|Episode: "Lust for Life"||
|2001–2006|_Yes, Dear_|Billy Colavita|Recurring role, 26 episodes||
|2003|_Lucky_|Vincent Sticcarelli|13 episodes||
|2003|_Gary the Rat_|Jackson Buford Harrison|Voice; 3 episodes||
|2003|_Monk_|Ian Agnew|Episode: "Mr. Monk and the 12th Man"||
|2004|_The Practice_|Manny Quinn|4 episodes||
|2004|_Quintuplets_|Brad|2 episodes||
|2005|_CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_|Charlie Jackson|Episode: "Iced"||
|2006|_Heist_|Billy O'Brien|Main role||
|2006|_Las Vegas_|Sid Turner|Episode: "Delinda's Box" Pt. 1||
|2007|_Alive 'N Kickin_'|Billy|Television film||
|2007–2009|_My Name Is Earl_|Officer Jeff Hoyne|Recurring role, 12 episodes||
|2008|_Comedy Central Presents_|Himself|Episode: "Billy Gardell"||
|2008|_Desperate Housewives_|Roy Harding|Episode: "The Gun Song"||
|2009|_Bones_|Bob Sayles|Episode: "The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"||
|2010–2016|_Mike & Molly_|Mike Biggs|Lead role||
|2011|_Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas_|Santa|Television special; voice role||
|2012|_Family Guy_|Mike Biggs (voice)|Episode: "Ratings Guy"||
|2012–2014|_Sullivan & Son_|Lyle Winkler|3 episodes||
|2013|_Phineas and Ferb_|Mayor Chickenen|Voice; episode: "Love at First Byte"||
|2015|_The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson _|Himself|Guest host||
|2015–2016|_Monopoly Millionaires' Club_|Himself|Host||
|2016|_Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!_|Warden Bowman, Prisoner 1|Voice; episode: "If You Can't Scooby-Doo the Time, Don't Scooby-Doo the Crime"||
|2016|_Girl Meets World_|Coach Bobby Campagnola|Episode: "Girl Meets High School: Part 2"||
|2016|_New Girl_|Jason|Episode: "Es Good"||
|2017|_Sun Records_|Colonel Tom Parker|Main role||
|2017|_Angie Tribeca_|Officer Depot|Episode: "Go Get 'Em, Tiger"||
|2017|_Dice_|Frank Rizanski|2 episodes||
|2017–present|_Funny You Should Ask_|Himself|over 100 episodes||
|2018–2019|_Young Sheldon_|Herschel Sparks|Recurring role, 5 episodes||
|2019–2024|_Bob Hearts Abishola_|Robert "Bob" Wheeler|Lead role||
|2024|_Extended Family_|Bill|Episode: "The Consequences of Sushi"||

## Comedy specials

|Year|Title|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2006|_Throwback_|CD only||
|2011|_Halftime_|Comedy Central special also CD||
|2013|_Billy Gardell Presents Road Dogs_|Showtime special||

## Other websites

- Billy Gardell at dve.com

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Billy Gardell
- **birth name**: William Gardell Jr.
- **birth place**: Swissvale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- **years active**: 2000–present
- **children**: 1