Harland Williams

Harland Reesor Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, artist, musician and radio personality. 
==Personal life==
Harland Reesor Williams was born on November 14, 1962, in Toronto, Ontario, to Lorraine Mary (née O'Donnell), a social worker, and John Reesor Williams, a lawyer who served as a member of the Ontario legislature from 1975 to 1985.http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20140707.93345765/BDAStory/BDA/deaths He is the middle child of five with two older and two younger sisters.
Harland holds dual citizenship with Canada and the United States.
He is an author and illustrator of his own series of children's books involving a little brontosaurus named Jimbo. Williams' love of art drove him to create the series, in which the curious, young dinosaur embarks on a series of amazing adventures and learns important life lessons in the process. The artistically inclined Williams had refined his passion for drawing and painting at Canada's Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Finding a creative outlet in poetry and painting while working as a forest ranger for five years after dropping out of Sheridan College, Williams set his goals to leave the forest as a stand-up comic and actor, soon moving to Los Angeles to pursue his newfound calling.
Williams is cousin to Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn, and together they have a hobby band called The Cousins.
==Career==
Williams is known for his movie roles, which include Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, There's Something About Mary, Half Baked, RocketMan, Sorority Boys, Down Periscope and Employee of The Month. Williams was featured as a security guard in the music video for Barenaked Ladies "Falling for the First Time". He has performed his stand-up comedy routines on Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, HBO, Comedy Central and at comedy clubs throughout the country. 
 
His improvisational skills led to him winning the award for 'Best Improviser' on an episode of NBC's prime time series Thank God You're Here in 2007.
Williams's ventures include voicing 'Monster' on Nickelodeon's new animated series Robot and Monster and starring as Warwick the Warlock in Disney's direct-to-DVD movie Spooky Buddies.
He has a free, bi-weekly podcast called The Harland Highway. The Harland Highway can be downloaded on iTunes or streamed live from your mobile device on Stitcher Radio. His podcast is unique in that instead of focusing on interviews and similar content, it is made up of unique pop culture commentary, as well as improvisation by Williams, featuring a diverse lineup of recurring characters.
 
Rocker Parry Gripp of the rock band Nerf Herder wrote a song in homage to Williams, entitled "I Wanna Be Your Harland Williams".
He has appeared on Tom Green's House Tonight and on the Adam Carolla Podcast numerous times. He is known for his performance of bird sounds on Carolla's show.
In August 2012 he began filming in Vancouver a 13-part CityTV comedy series called Package Deal, in which he stars.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
1994	Dumb and Dumber 	State Trooper 	
1996	Down Periscope 	E.T. "Sonar" Lovacelli 	
1997	RocketMan 	Fred Z. Randall 	
1997	Wag The Dog 	Pet Wrangler 	
1997	Space Ghost Coast to Coast 	Himself 	1 episode
1998	Half Baked 	Kenny Davis 	
1998	There's Something About Mary 	Hitchhiker (uncredited) 	
1998	Dog Park 	Callum 	
1998	Ned's Newt 	Newton (voice) 	
1998	Mr. Headmistress 	Tucker 	
1999	Superstar 	Slater 	
2000	The Whole Nine Yards 	Special Agent Steve Hanson 	
2000	Big Money Hustlas 	Officer Harry Cox 	
2000	Becoming Dick 	Richard Breggs 	
2001	Freddy Got Fingered 	Darren 	
2002	Back by Midnight 	Sheriff Hubbard 	
2002	Sorority Boys 	Doofer/Roberta 	
2003	Family Tree 	Jake 	
2003	Gary & Mike 	Mike Bonner (voice) 	
2003	Kart Racer 	Zee 	
2005	Lucky 13 	Bleckman 	
2005	Because of Winn-Dixie 	Policeman 	
2005	Robots 	Lug (voice) 	
2006	Employee of the Month 	Russell Porpis-Gunders 	
2006	Surf School 	Rip 	
2006	Ergo Proxy 	Head Dog Cop (voice) 	1 episode
2007	Meet the Robinsons 	Carl (voice) 	
2007	The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning 	Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane 	
2008	Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation 	Derek 	
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 	Giraffe (voice) 	
2009	Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face 	Elmore P. Fudge 	
2009	My Life in Ruins 	Big Al Sawchuck 	
2011	Spooky Buddies 	Warwick the Warlock 	
2011	Lloyd the Conqueror 	Vulcan 	
2011	Dahmer Vs. Gacy 	God 	
2011	Robot Chicken 	Professor Cornelius Q. Quibblefingers (voice)	1 episode; also writes 4 episodes
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Apple (voice) 	
2012	Comedy World 	Frederick 	
2012	Robot and Monster 	Monster (voice) 	Main Role
2014	Back in the Day 	Skunk 	
2015	Jake and the Never Land Pirates 	Captain Frost (voice) 	
2015	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 	Helper Hue (voice) 	
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