From Chicago, Illinois, where he spent several years in improvisational
theater at The Annoyance Theater and Second City before coming to Los
Angeles in 1994. Has performed several live stage shows in Los Angeles
with sometime collaborator Paul F. Tompkins.
He attended Columbia College Chicago, where he studied acting and comedy alongside other future Mr. Show alumni such as Dino Stamatopoulos, Scott Adsit, and Eric Hoffman.
Spokesman in Spam's "Crazy Tasty" ad campaign.
Winner of the 2022 Santa Monica Film Festival "Best Performance Award" for his role as Allen in the movie Wing Dad.