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Bob Odenkirk

American actor, comedian and filmmaker

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Born: 1962-10-22
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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1962-10-22

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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/

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 58,098x
The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,176x
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 6,089x
The Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli K-12
· 1997 · cited 5,891x
Stan : A Probabilistic Programming Language
· 2017 · cited 5,640x

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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"}]]}'>m. 1997 )
Relatives: Bill Odenkirk (brother)
Awards: Full list
Website: bobodenkirk .com

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Key dates

Born: 22 October 1962

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Berwyn
Sibling: Bill Odenkirk
Occupation: director
Educated at: Ithaca College
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: agnostic atheism

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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).