Clark Duke

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**Clark Bailey Duke** (born May 5, 1985) is an American actor, comedian, and director known for his roles in the films *Kick-Ass*, *Sex Drive*, *Hot Tub Time Machine*, as well as playing Clark Green in *The Office*, Dale Kettlewell in the TV series *Greek*, and Barry in *Two and a Half Men*. Clark is also known for his role in *I’m Dying Up Here* as Ron Shack.

## Life and career

Duke was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, from Glenwood, Arkansas  to Angela and Ronnie Duke. He was raised a Baptist.

Along with best friend Michael Cera, Duke created, wrote, directed and produced the web series *Clark and Michael* in which he plays a fictional version of himself. The pilot episode was directed by Duke as his college thesis film at Loyola Marymount University.

He was a regular on the television series *Greek* as Rusty's Christian dorm roommate Dale. Duke appeared in the film *Superbad* in the small role of 'Party Teenager #1'.

In 1992, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award as an "Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series" for his work on *Hearts Afire*. In February 2008, he starred in *Volume 2* of the web video series *Drunk History* with Jack Black, which can be found on YouTube. Michael Cera had appeared in the previous episode, *Drunk History, Volume 1*.

In 2008, Duke had his first co-starring film role in *Sex Drive*. He co-starred with Eddie Murphy in *A Thousand Words*, which was completed in 2008 but remained unreleased until 2012. He appeared in *Kick-Ass* with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Nicolas Cage, and played Jacob, the nephew of Adam Yates (John Cusack) in *Hot Tub Time Machine*. He voiced Thunk in the 2013 animated film, *The Croods*.

In 2010, he had a cameo in a Kid Cudi music video, "Erase Me".

He also appeared as Clark in the ninth and final season of the American version of *The Office*. He reprised his role from *Kick-Ass* in its sequel *Kick-Ass 2*, released August 2013.

Duke will make his major motion picture directorial debut in 2020 with the film *Arkansas*, about two friends who live in Arkansas and work for a Chicago-based drug kingpin, whom they have never met. Set in his home state, Duke will also co-star along with Liam Hemsworth, Michael Kenneth Williams, Vince Vaughn, John Malkovich, and Vivica A. Fox.

## Personal life

Duke is an avid professional wrestling fan. He can often be seen attending Pro Wrestling Guerrilla events alongside Max Landis. Duke is also a cast member on the second season of *Swerved*, airing on WWE Network.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kois, Dan (August 30, 2007). "Internet-TV Star Clark Duke to Form Band With Kristen Bell", *New York Magazine*. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
2. ↑ "Bio: Clark Duke", *TV Guide*
3. ↑ Rhodes, Joe (July 7, 2007). "Michael Cera Wants to Make You Squirm", *The New York Times*. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
4. ↑ N'Duka, Amanda (October 18, 2018). "Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth & Clark Duke To Star In ‘Arkansas’". https://deadline.com/2018/10/vince-vaughn-liam-hemsworth-clark-duke-arkansas-movie-1202485007/. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
5. ↑ Foutch, Haleigh (February 25, 2020). "Exclusive ‘Arkansas’ Poster Teases the Star-Studded SXSW Mafia Movie". https://collider.com/arkansas-movie-poster-liam-hemsworth/. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
6. ↑ "Young Artist Awards (1993)". IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000716/1993/1.
7. ↑ "Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013)". IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000598/2013/1.
8. ↑ "Behind the Voice Actors Awards (2014)". IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003070/2014/1.

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