Rob Corddry Biography

Summary

"Robert William 'Rob' Corddry" (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work as a former correspondent on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart". More recently, Corddry co-starred in the comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine"; his web series, "Childrens Hospital", has been picked up for television and began airing the original webisodes on Adult Swim on July 11, 2010. Followed by newly produced season two episodes which will begin airing on August 22, 2010.

Early life

Corddry was born and raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Robin and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official. He is the older brother of actor Nate Corddry. Corddry is an Eagle Scout from Troop 19, located in Weymouth. After graduating from Weymouth North High School in 1989, Corddry went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. According to an interview in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Corddry planned to study journalism when he arrived in fall 1989. He stuck with the major for just two days. English became his official major instead, but by his sophomore year, he focused much of his attention on drama classes and plays including "Torch Song Trilogy", "Ten Little Indians", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Reckless". While at UMass, Corddry pledged Theta Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. He graduated in 1993.

Corddry moved to New York City in January 1994. His early paying jobs included working as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and handing out menus for a Mexican restaurant. He eventually landed acting jobs, including a year-long tour with the National Shakespeare Company. He trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing regularly with the sketch comedy group 'Naked Babies' and spent two years with the sketch comedy group Third Rail Comedy. Corddry's first notable television appearances were on "Upright Citizens Brigade" on Comedy Central from 1998-2000.

The Daily Show

In spring of 2002, he was asked to audition for "The Daily Show" and was accepted. His pieces for "The Daily Show" frequently included references to Boston, Massachusetts, which he considers to be his hometown.

He had since become one of "The Daily Show"s popular correspondents, where he was well known for his cocky attitude during interviews. Since the departure of Stephen Colbert, who left to host his own show, "The Colbert Report", and Corddry taking over the hosting duties of 'This Week in God', Corddry had the most correspondent screen time, becoming a featured part of the show. When he took over 'This Week in God,' he mentioned that he is an Episcopalian.

On October 4, 2005, his younger brother Nate Corddry made his first appearance as a "Daily Show" correspondent. On January 12, 2006, Corddry's wife Sandra appeared with him on a "Daily Show" segment; they welcomed their first child, daughter Sloane Sullivan Corddry, on July 3, 2006.

On February 9, 2006 Corddry hosted an episode of "The Daily Show" due to the absence of Jon Stewart (jokingly because the show's regular host was 'in the shop', but in fact because of the birth of Stewart's second child).

On August 15, 2006, Corddry said 'I've got like a week and a half left, all bets are off', and then on August 21, 2006, Stewart remarked that Corddry's last day on "The Daily Show" would be August 24, 2006. Corddry appeared throughout the week, once filing a report from inside a toilet bowl supposedly on board an aircraft transporting John Mark Karr, and another dressed up in a 1970s fashion; Stewart remarked, 'It's his last week, and really, we're trying to come up with terrible things for him to have to do.'

During that last show on August 24, Corddry aired a self-produced tribute to his four years on the show, going out, as Stewart said, with a 'poop joke'.

Corddry left "The Daily Show" to work on other projects, including "The Winner", a 2007 TV series.

On September 10, 2007, Corddry made a guest return to "The Daily Show" as the senior public restroom correspondent, in regard to the Senator Larry Craig bathroom scandal.

On October 17, 2007, Corddry made a cameo appearance as himself at a rehab center that Samantha Bee was filming a report in.

On June 12, 2008, Corddry appeared again as the 'Senior Lipizzaner Correspondent,' reporting on Bush's trip to Slovenia. The skit ended by him asking 'You think you gonna do more Lipizzaner stories soon, or..? Because if not, I'd love to come home, you know? See my family--hear my wife is pregnant, so...' He added that he'd 'been gone two years, give or take.' Jon made him stay.

On March 5, 2009, Corddry appeared again, discussing his own career since "The Daily Show" in parody of Mark Cooper's descent from an executive to a janitor. It was revealed that he had distracted Jason Jones and stolen his piece, as he had come back to beg for his old job back. He repeatedly referred to himself as 'millions of Americans' when making self-deprecating jokes and begging for his job back.

Film roles

Corddry's played the title character in "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story" (2004) and Mac, Ben Stiller's best friend in "The Heartbreak Kid". He has also made guest appearances in "Old School" (2003, credited as Robert Corddry), "Blades of Glory", "Semi-Pro", "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry", "Failure to Launch" and "The Ten".

He also appeared in "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" as Ron Fox, a neurotic and racist agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security, in "W." as Ari Fleischer, and also in "What Happens in Vegas...". In 2010, he co-starred in the John Cusack film "Hot Tub Time Machine". Upcoming projects include a leading role in the Ben Karlin- and Jon Stewart-produced film, "The Donor".

Other work

Corddry hosted the 10th annual Webby Awards ceremony on June 12, 2006. He starred as the main character in the Fox mid-season comedy "The Winner" from March 4, 2007 until the series' cancellation. He described the show to Stuff Magazine as 'sort of like a fucked-up "Wonder Years".'

Corddry has appeared in a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode entitled 'The Seder' as a sex offender who moves into Larry David's neighborhood. He also appeared in two episodes of Fox's "Arrested Development" as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays 'Frank Wrench', an obsessively by-the-books detective on a fictional television series "Wrench". Corddry has also done some voice work as the animated Devil on Cartoon Network's "Weighty Decisions" (alongside fellow "Daily Show" correspondent Ed Helms). He also appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's "Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy" series. He also appeared in a Cartoon Network promotional ad in 2001 as an anger management therapist to the Townsville Villains of the cartoon series Powerpuff Girls.

Corddry's voice appears in the History Channel production WWII in HD. He is the voice of WWII soldier & jazz musician Roscoe 'Rockie' Blunt.

Corddry wrote, directed, and starred in the web series "Childrens' Hospital" for The WB on its online network at TheWB.com. After talks fell through with Comedy Central, Turner's Adult Swim picked up the series and will begin airing brand new episodes starting August 22, 2010.

On March 29, 2010, he was a co-guest host of WWE Raw with fellow cast member Clark Duke from "Hot Tub Time Machine".