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Bob Odenkirk is an American film producer, director, comedian, and writer. Born in Berwyn, Illinois, on October 22, 1962, he began his professional career in 1987. He has received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and an Emmy Award. Additionally, he has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Odenkirk is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and speaks English and Spanish. He attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Marquette University, and Ithaca College. His published works include *McSweeney's Issue 57*, *Zilot and Other Important Rhymes*, and *Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama*. He has two children and a sibling named Bill Odenkirk.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- McSweeney's Issue 57
- Zilot and Other Important Rhymes 8c Signed Solid Prepack
- Zilot & Other Important Rhymes
- Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
- Load of Hooey
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Film & TV
Acting · Berwyn, Illinois, USA
Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker best known for his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022). For the latter, he has received five nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer on Better Call Saul since its premiere, he has also…
Known for
- Normal — Ulysses Richardson2026
- Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu — Self2026
- TFI Unplugged — Self2026
- The Room Returns! — Johnny2025
- Nobody 2 — Hutch Mansell2025
- Downey Wrote That — Self2025
- No One Cares About Crazy People — Self - Narrator (voice)2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- The People's Joker — Bob the Goon (voice)2024
- Wish Me Luck — Accountant2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1962
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,917
- Total plays
- 23,026
Robert "Bob" Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. Odenkirk is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show and currently for his recurring role as corrupt lawyer Saul Goodman in AMC's hit series Breaking Bad. Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, and was raised in nearby Naperville. He is the son of Barbara and Walter Odenkirk, who was employed in the printing business. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 59,180x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,171x
- The Complete Genome Sequence of
<i>Escherichia coli</i>
K-12
· 1997 · cited 5,919x
- <i>Stan</i>
: A Probabilistic Programming Language
· 2017 · cited 5,830x
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert John Odenkirk , ( 1962-10-22 ) October 22, 1962 (age 63) , Berwyn, Illinois , U.S.
- Education
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor screenwriter comedian producer
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Naomi Yomtov ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
- Relatives
- Bill Odenkirk (brother)
- Awards
- Full list
- Website
- bobodenkirk .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert John Odenkirk (/ˈoʊdənkɜːrk/; born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, comedian, and producer. His accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards (out of 18 nominations), three Critics' Choice Television Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.
Odenkirk started his career writing for Saturday Night Live (1987–1991), going on to write and act in The Ben Stiller Show (1992), winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1989 and 1993. He also wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1994) and acted in a recurring role as Agent Stevie Grant in the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1998). He created and starred in the seminal HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998) with David Cross. Odenkirk and Cross reteamed for the Netflix sketch series W/ Bob & David (2015).
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