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| Born | Andrew Dick |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Children | Lucas (b. 1988) Jacob (b. 1994) Meg (b. 1997) |
Andrew Dick (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and voice artist best known for his roles on the sitcoms NewsRadio, The Andy Dick Show and Less Than Perfect and provided voiceovers in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Hoodwinked!, and Happily N'Ever After.
Early life
Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was adopted at birth by Allen and Sue Dick. His parents were Holocaust survivors from Poland.
In 1980 he attended Lassiter High School which was being temporarily housed at George Walton High School in Cobb County, Georgia.
Dick graduated from Joliet West High School (Joliet, Illinois) in 1984. He was in numerous productions during high school, was well known as the class clown, and was elected homecoming king his senior year in the fall of 1983. Even in high school, Dick tended to use his name as a joke. One day while dressed in the Joliet West gold athletic sweats he pulled on a pair of red shorts over his sweats and used a red towel as a cape matching his shorts. He presented himself at school as "Super Dick." He's good friends with theatre personality Anthony Rapp, who has known him since childhood.
He attended Columbia College Chicago and is registered as one of the school's "distinguished alumni".
Career
He was a cast member on the sketch comedy program The Ben Stiller Show, which aired on the FOX Network from September 1992 to January 1993.
He also starred as the son of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in a Get Smart TV remake.
He was a regular cast member (portraying Matthew, the clumsy and clueless production assistant) on the sitcom NewsRadio for the duration of its run on NBC (1995–1999).
In 1998, Dick lent his voice to the character Nuka in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
In 1999, he provided a voice of Dilbert's assistant on the Dilbert animated series.
In 2000, Dick made a cameo role in the motion picture Dude, Where's My Car?. He also had an appearance in the teenage comedy film Road Trip, playing the motel clerk.
In 2001, Dick created a show on MTV called The Andy Dick Show; the series ended in 2003 after three seasons. He also starred in a satirical reality television show on the same channel called The Assistant in 2004. The show spoofed themes and scenes from The Apprentice, The Bachelor, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Survivor, among others.
Dick is the lead singer of his band Andy Dick and the Bitches of the Century. They have appeared together on television. They released a self-titled album in 2002.
In earlier live shows, Dick had Rodleen Getsic perform as his opening act. Each night she would play the song she wrote for him called "Fucker".
Dick also appeared in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager as the Mark II Emergency Medical Hologram in "Message in a Bottle".
Dick provides the voice of Maurice from the radio station WCTR's segment "Gardening with Maurice" in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In 2005, Dick was featured in the documentary The Aristocrats (film). He provided the voice of Aunt Beth in the 2006 video game Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.
Dick competed in the eighth season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. He finished in last place, behind Robin Tunney, Christopher Meloni, Macy Gray, and Joy Behar. He played for the PETA Animal Emergency Fund.
Recently, Dick wrote and directed his first feature film, Danny Roane: First Time Director. He portrayed the character "Owen Kronsky" on the ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect, until its cancellation on June 6, 2006. He also starred in Jessica Simpson's music video for her song "A Public Affair".
In 2004, while dining at Swingers Diner in Los Angeles, Dick became a producer of The 1 Second Film by donating $111.11 to the non-profit collaborative film project. Later that year at the Toronto Film Festival comedian Tom Green became a producer by donating $120, effectively outbidding Dick, which sparked an ongoing bidding war in which Green and Dick battle for top billing in the film's credits, in which anyone can be listed for a minimum donation of 1 dollar, and both will be prominently featured in The 1 Second Film's feature-length making-of documentary which will accompany the 90 minutes of producer credits.
He provided the voice of Boingo Bunny for the 2006 animated movie Hoodwinked!
As of October 2006, Dick has hosted his own radio program, The Shit Show, on Howard Stern's Sirius channel Howard 101 every Thursday night at midnight eastern.
On May 16, 2007, Dick was roasted on The Howard Stern Show by Artie Lange, Lisa Lampanelli, Reverend Bob Levy, Sal Governale, Shuli, Colin Quinn, Benjy Bronk, Dave Atell, Greg Fitzsimmons, and Yucko the Clown.
Personal life
Relationships
Dick is openly bisexual. He says both straight and gay people have told him "C'mon, you know you're just gay." However, he says: "There is such a thing as bisexual. People want black and white. And I enjoy being bisexual." From 1986 to 1990, he was married to Ivone Kowalczyk, with whom he has a son, Lucas (b. 1988). He also has a son, Jacob (b. 1994), and a daughter, Meg (b. 1997), from his relationship with Lina Sved.
Dick is a supporter of animals rights and PETA.
Public incidents
In 2005, Dick stirred controversy in Edmonton, Alberta, at Yuk Yuk's comedy club when he dropped his pants and exposed his tiny genitals to the audience. Amidst the uproar he was ushered off the stage and the second night was cancelled.
On December 2, 2006, he angered an audience at the Improv Club in Los Angeles by shouting "You're all a bunch of niggers!" following an improvised set with comedian Ian Bagg. This was a direct reference to Michael Richards' use of the same epithet to insult hecklers two weeks earlier. He later issued an apology through his publicist:
- "I chose to make a joke about a subject that is not funny, in an attempt to make light of a serious subject, I have offended a lot of people, and I am sorry for my insensitivity. I wish to apologize to Ian, to the club and its patrons and to anyone who was hurt or offended by my remark."
On February 2, 2007, he was forcibly removed during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, after repeatedly touching guest Ivanka Trump without her permission. After rubbing Trump's legs and touching her hair, Jimmy Kimmel begged him to behave himself. When Dick asked Trump to "give him a big, fat, sloppy kiss right on the lips" and grabbed her arm, Kimmel called in two security guards. Kimmel and the guards were forced to literally drag an uncooperative Dick off-set. There is speculation that the incident was staged. On May 2, 2007, he made another appearance on Kimmel, which began by showing the clip of him being dragged out of his previous appearance, and then wheeled out, Hannibal Lecter-style, on a dolly. Although he exchanged some dialogue and playful "touching" with Kimmel's other guest, Danica Patrick, the show passed without incident.
In August 2007 Dick was cited by Columbus, Ohio police for urinating on a sidewalk and a building. During his weekend in Columbus he was reported to be intoxicated during his stand up performances and groped patrons at a comedy club. Upon his return to Los Angeles, LA County deputies were called to his residence to respond to a complaint that Dick was throwing beer bottles into his neighbor's yard. On August 29, 2007 Dick slapped the face of and tore the shirt of a reporter outside a Los Angeles nightclub.
Drug use
On May 15, 1999, Dick drove his car into a telephone pole in Hollywood. He was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs and hit-and-run driving. He later pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession and two other misdemeanor charges: marijuana possession and possession of "a smoking device." After Dick completed an 18-month drug diversion program, a judge dismissed the felony and misdemeanor drug charges against him.
In 2006, after a widely-publicized appearance at the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner where Dick licked the faces of Farrah Fawcett, Carrie Fisher, and Patton Oswalt, Dick groped and bit the hand of New York Post reporter Mandy Stadtmiller backstage. Dick, who holds that Stadtmiller "slanted" the incident, returned to rehab after the roast.
Conflicts with other actors
News reports of events leading up to David Strickland’s death, at the age of 29, suggest that he had chosen to stop taking the lithium he was prescribed to control his bipolar disorder. He spent the last three days of his life on an alcohol and drug binge with Dick.
Comedian and actor Jon Lovitz has long blamed Andy Dick for reintroducing Phil Hartman's wife Brynn to cocaine (after 10 years of sobriety) just five months before she would murder her husband and commit suicide. On July 11, 2007 Dick had a run-in with Lovitz at the Laugh Factory. The club's owner, Jamie Masada, said, "Jon picked Andy up by the head and smashed him into the bar four or five times, and blood started gushing out of his nose. Dick had on a previous occasion said to Lovitz he would "put the 'Phil Hartman hex' on you - you’re the next one to die." Lovitz told Page Six, "All the comedians are glad I did it because this guy is an asshole."
Dick later refuted this story July 25, 2007, on Tom Green Live, saying that Masada was not there to witness the assault, that in fact he had never even met Masada. Dick said the confrontation happened in the outer lobby, nowhere near the bar, and that the most Lovitz did was grab Dick by the lapel and throw him against the wall, a statement which Lovitz also confirmed on Larry King Live along with the fact that he had thrown Dick into a table.
Filmography
- The Ben Stiller Show (1992–1993)
- In the Army Now (1994)
- Get Smart (1995)
- NewsRadio (1995–1999)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- Best Men (1997)
- Bongwater (1997)
- The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998)
- Inspector Gadget (1999)
- Road Trip (2000)
- Dude, Where's My Car (2000)
- Zoolander (2001)
- The Andy Dick Show (2001–2002)
- Old School (Uncredited) (2003)
- The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
- Less Than Perfect (2002–2006)
- Hoodwinked! (2006)
- Employee of the Month (2006)
- The 1 Second Film (in production) (2009)
References
- According to his 2003-09-21 appearance on Loveline, his biological mother's last name was Thomlinson, but he has never carried this surname.
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/
- http://www.salon.com/ent/int/1998/09/22int.html
- KFC-cruelty.com: Andy Dick speaks out about Animal Abuse
- Dick Causes Storm In Club
- (2006). "Andy Dick apologizes for racial slur" USA Today (accessed December 6, 2006)
- http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/05/andy_dick_bothers_ivanka_trump_aamp_is_f
- Ticket for urinating marks comic's odd visit
- "Comic's Worst Gross-Out Ever" The New York Post, August 16, 2006
- "What Makes Andy Dick Tick?" The Washington Post, October 8, 2006
- Interviewed by Howard Stern, October 16, 2006
- http://entertainment.bodogbeat.com/jon-lovitz-opens-can-of-whoop-ass-on-andy-dick-85451.html
External links
- Official website
- Andy Dick at IMDb
- Template:MySpace
- Andy Dick's producer profile for The 1 Second Film
- Andy Dick on Tom Green Live
- Biography at E! Online
- Andy Dick at Memory Alpha