Andrew Daly

Andrew "Andy" Daly (born August 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for starring as Forrest MacNeil on the Comedy Central series Review. He is also known for his recurring role as Terrence Cutler in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down and for his two seasons as a cast member on Mad TV from 2000 to 2002. He has also made regular appearances on television programs such as Silicon Valley, Modern Family, The Life and Times of Tim, Crossballs, Delocated, Reno 911!, and Comedy Bang! Bang!.
==Early life==
Daly was born in Mount Kisco, New York, and was raised in New Jersey. He graduated in 1989 from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and then attended Ithaca College, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Drama.
After college, Daly moved to New York City where he performed, along with Andy Secunda, in the sketch comedy duo The Two Andys, which appeared at the 1999 Aspen Comedy Festival. He was also a part of the Mainstage company at Chicago City Limits, NY's longest running show, as an improvisational actor.
When the Upright Citizens Brigade relocated to New York from Chicago in 1996, Daly was one of the first New Yorkers to study improvisation with the group and performed in many of the earliest shows produced by the UCB. He was a member of the long-form improvisation group The Swarm, which was assembled and directed by Amy Poehler.
==Career==
===Television===
During the late 90s, Daly appeared frequently in sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and lent his voice to Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" cartoons on Saturday Night Live.
In 2000, Daly joined the cast of MADtv. He was a featured player in the show's 6th season, appearing in 13 episodes. He returned as a full cast member the following season. His recurring characters were Dr. Adrian Ganzer ("Come on Down") and Scott Oglevee (Real Mother****ing Talk) and he did impressions of Bill Maher, Carrot Top, Charlie Rose, Dick Cheney, Don Knotts, Jesse Helms, Pat Sajak, Matt LeBlanc, Rick Schroder, and Tony Blair.
Daly left Mad TV in 2002 and next appeared on television in the main cast of Comedy Central's Crossballs. He later played several different characters on Reno 911!, recurring as "Brad the Friendly Homeowner". He also worked as a correspondent on The Showbiz Show with David Spade for all three seasons.
In 2007, Daly appeared as a Benjamin Franklin impersonator in an episode of The Office entitled "Ben Franklin".
In 2008, he became an advocate on Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and appeared in that show's second season as well. He also hosted the pilot of TBS' revival of Match Game which never aired and was replaced in favor of the short-lived late night talk show Lopez Tonight. Also in 2008, Daly joined the cast of the HBO series Eastbound & Down.
In 2009, Daly guest starred as Detective Dick Tracy in an episode of The Closer entitled "Tapped Out".
He has made recurring appearances on HBO's The Life and Times of Tim, Adult Swim's Delocated, and IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang!.
Daly appeared in the NBC sitcom The Paul Reiser Show, which was a midseason replacement for the 2010–11 television season. The show was cancelled after only two episodes.
He has made a guest appearance in the animated series Adventure Time.
Starting in 2014, Daly has guest starred in the ABC sitcom Modern Family as Principal Brown.
Daly starred in the Comedy Central series Review, a remake of the Australian series Review with Myles Barlow. He appeared in the television series The Spoils Before Dying.
===Movies===
Daly has appeared in numerous films, most notably as courtside announcer Dick Pepperfield in the 2008 film Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell.
In 2004 Daly appeared in the movie Christmas with the Kranks, in an uncredited role as a shopper who is bribed by Jamie Lee Curtis' character Nora Krank into giving her a Christmas ham.
In 2010, Daly co-starred as Mayor Brown in the 3D live action/CGI film version of Yogi Bear. He also had a role in the 2010 film She's Out of My League as Fuller.
He had a small role in the 2011 film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon as a mailroom worker.
In 2016, he played a main role as the principal in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life.
===Stand-up comedy===
Daly does many different characters in his stand-up. In 2007, a character named "Jerry O'Hearn" was featured on the Comedy Death-Ray compilation album. In 2008, Daly released the critically acclaimed Nine Sweaters, a comedy album compiled from a nine-week residency at Comedy Death-Ray's Tuesday night shows, on AST Records.
In December 2010, Daly performed stand-up on The Benson Interruption on Comedy Central.
===Podcasting===
Daly has made a number of appearances on podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, Superego, How Did This Get Made?, improv4humans, WTF with Marc Maron, The Nerdist Podcast, and Never Not Funny. In 2014, he began hosting the limited-run Earwolf podcast The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project.
==Personal life==
Daly lives in Los Angeles and is married to actress Carri Levinson. They have 3 daughters. His father is Edward Daly.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1999	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue 	Murgatroid (voice) 	
2004	Christmas with the Kranks 	Husband 	
2006	School for Scoundrels 	Classmate 	
2007	Dante's Inferno 	Various (voice) 	
2007	What Love Is 	Wayne 	
2007	Wild Girls Gone 	Fred 	
2008	Semi-Pro 	Dick Pepperfield 	
2008	What Happens in Vegas 	Curtis 	
2008	Tenure 	Warren 	
2009	Post Grad 	Lloyd Hastings 	
2009	The Informant! 	Marty Allison 	
2010	She's Out of My League 	Mr. Fuller 	
2010	Freak Dance 	Gentleman Weed Fiend	
2010	Life as We Know It 	Scott 	
2010	Yogi Bear 	Mayor Brown 	
2011	High Road 	Mr. Doobin 	
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon 	Mailroom Worker 	
2011	Butter 	Radio Announcer 	
2012	Big Miracle 	Don Davis 	
2013	A Haunted House 	Steve 	
2014	Jason Nash Is Married 	Marty Denman 	
2014	A Better You 	Neighbor 	
2016	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life	Principal Dwight 	
2017	Table 19 	Luke Pflaffler 	
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1996 	Spin City 	Payroll Guy 	Episode: "The High and the Mighty"
1999 	Upright Citizens Brigade 	Bathtub Friar 	Episode: "Infested with Friars"
2000 	TV Funhouse 	Joseph of Arimathea (voice) 	Episode: "Christmas Day"
2000–02	MADtv 	Various 	38 episodes
2004 	Crossballs 	Various 	15 episodes; also writer
2005–09	Reno 911! 	Various 	5 episodes
2005 	Drake & Josh 	Movie Goer 	2 episodes
2006–07	Entourage 	Chris 	2 episodes
2007 	American Body Shop 	EPA Inspector 	Episode: "Fluids"
2007 	The Office 	Gordon (Ben Franklin) 	Episode: "Ben Franklin"
2008–12	The Life & Times of Tim 	Various (voice) 	18 episodes
2009 	The Closer 	Richard Tracy 	Episode: "Tapped Out"
2009–12	Eastbound & Down 	Principal Terrence Cutler 	10 episodes
2010 	Greek 	Tom Hilgendorf 	Episode: "Your Friends and Neighbors"
2010 	Players 	Rick 	Episode: "The Intervention"
2010–12	Delocated 	Bryce Grieke 	6 episodes
2011 	The Paul Reiser Show 	Brad 	7 episodes
2011 	Good Vibes 	Lord Clive Goodspeed / MTV Executive (voice)	2 episodes
2012 	Are You There, Chelsea? 	Marty Mills 	Episode: "Boots"
2012 	Regular Show 	Darryl (voice) 	Episode: "Access Denied"
2012 	Last Man Standing 	Mr. Peckem 	Episode: "Tree of Strife"
2012–16	Comedy Bang! Bang! 	Various 	7 episodes
2013 	Drunk History 	Teddy Roosevelt 	Episode: "Wild West"
2013–14	Kroll Show 	Luke / Host 	2 episodes
2013–14	The League 	Ethan Coque 	2 episodes
2013–16	Modern Family 	Principal Prince Brown 	6 episodes
2014 	Enlisted 	Rodney Spratz 	Episode: "Rear D Day"
2014 	Playing House 	Gary Beecher 	Episode: "Totes Kewl"
2014 	Bad Teacher 	Dale 	Episode: "The 6th Grade Lock-In"
2014 	Major Crimes 	Mr. Baird / Richard Tracy 	Episode: "Frozen Assets"
2014 	Mr. Pickles 	Doctor / Driver (voice) 	Episode: "Coma"
2014–16	Bob's Burgers 	Ray / Samuel Summerbottom (voice) 	2 episodes
2014–17	Adventure Time 	King of Ooo / Wyatt (voice) 	12 episodes
2014–16	Silicon Valley 	Doctor 	5 episodes
2014–17	Review 	Forrest MacNeil 	22 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer
2015 	Aqua Teen Hunger Force 	Presbobot / The Flesh Train (voice) 	2 episodes
2015 	The Spoils Before Dying 	Artie Mann 	3 episodes
2015 	Rick and Morty 	Krombopulos Michael (voice) 	Episode: "Mortynight Run"
2015–17	Black-ish 	Dr. Evan Windsor 	3 episodes
2015 	Wander Over Yonder 	Andy the Watchdog (voice) 	Episode: "The Eye on the Skullship"
2015–16	Grandfathered 	Bruce 	3 episodes
2016 	American Dad! 	Memphis Stormfront (voice) 	Episode: "Anchorfran"
2016 	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Don Dimello 	Episode: "Make Partner Part 2"
2016 	Lady Dynamite 	Dr. Achter 	Episode: "A Vaginismus Miracle"
2016 	Another Period 	Charlton Wimbledon 	Episode: "Trial of the Century"
2016 	Future-Worm! 	Mr. Zarlid (voice) 	Episode: "Bubble Dad/Future Danny and the Ghost Pirates of Tau Ceti/Porthole to the Lizard"
2016 	Mary + Jane 	Edward Gregory 	Episode: "420"
2017 	Trial & Error 	Thom Hinkle 	2 episodes
==References==
==External links==
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*Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Profile
*Audio interview with Andy Daly on public radio program The Sound of Young America
*Onion A.V. Club Random Roles interview with Andrew Daly.
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