Dan Bakkedahl

Dan Bakkedahl
Bakkedahl at the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Born	(1969-11-18) November 18, 1969
Alma mater	Florida State University
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Irene Bakkedahl ​ (m. 2003)​
Children	2

Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American actor and improvisational comedian. He is best known for starring as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces, as Congressman Roger Furlong on the HBO series Veep, and as Steve Nugent in the FX comedy series Legit. From 2005 to 2007, he was a correspondent for three seasons on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He additionally has recurring roles on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, the HBO Max comedy series Made for Love, and the Netflix comedy Space Force.

Early life and education

Bakkedahl grew up in Stuart, Florida. He is a 1988 graduate of Martin County High School. He is of part Norwegian descent. Bakkedahl attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, before completing his studies at Florida State University, where he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity. His brother is Florida State's Attorney Tom Bakkedahl.

Career

After college, Bakkedahl toured for a year with the Repertory Theater of America. After moving to Chicago, he made a name for himself at the Improv Olympic performing in the influential two-man improv show ZUMPF with his teacher Miles Stroth. Dan went on to perform at the Second City mainstage, eventually writing Doors Open on the Right, Second City’s 90th revue. In Chicago, he is often noted for having left the Second City mainstage due to artistic differences.

Bakkedahl continues to perform regularly at comedy venues such as the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Magnet Theater, Second City and Improv Comedy Lab in Los Angeles. He is also a member of the advisory council of the California Shakespeare Theater.

Bakkedahl's first major television work was on Comedy Central's The Daily Show where he served as a correspondent from 2005 to 2007. After leaving The Daily Show in 2007, he has since moved to Los Angeles and went on to have supporting roles in the films such as Observe and Report, The Heat, and This Is 40. He also appeared in the Snake 'N Bacon animated special on Adult Swim, which aired on May 10, 2009. In early 2010, he co-starred in the comedy pilot Our Show on NBC.

From 2010 through 2011, Bakkedahl appeared in a series of commercials for T-Mobile cellular phones, where he plays a human likeness of AT&T's 3G network.

Bakkedahl has made guest appearances on shows such as 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Newsreaders, and The United States of Tara, as well as appearing in recurring roles as "Murray the A/C Repairman" in season three of Community and as Congressman Furlong on Veep. In 2015, he began recurring roles The Goldbergs as science teacher Mr. Woodburn and on The Mindy Project as Dr. Adrian Bergdahl.

Bakkedahl starred alongside Jim Jeffries and DJ Qualls in the FX comedy series Legit, which ran for two seasons on FX and FXX. Aftwards, he next starred as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces, which began airing in 2015 and concluded after four seasons in 2019.

Bakkedahl co-stars in the HBO Max comedy series Made for Love, which premiered on April 1, 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	One Man's Ceiling	Gas Man
2005	25 Years of Improv Comedy	Himself
2007	Crime Fiction	Crazy Caller
2008	My First Kidnapping	Rick Sleevning	Short
2009	Observe and Report	Mark
	Welcome to Academia	Valentine
2010	Marriage Drama with Virginia Madsen	Paul	Short
	Voula	Delivery Man	Short
2012	This Is 40	Dentist
2013	The Heat	Agent Garrett Craig
	Four Dogs	Dan
2014	Chu and Blossom	Principal Cochette
	Not Safe for Work	Random Denning Employee
2015	Get Hard	Leo
	Hitman: Agent 47	Sanders
	Trumbo	Roy Brewer
2016	Brave New Jersey	Reverend Ray Rogers
	Another Evil	Joey Lee Dansing
	The Escort	Rick
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Gamblers Anon Leader
	Killing Hasselhoff	Nick
2018	Taco Shop	Nate Holmes
	Action Point	Gregory Knoblach
2019	Corporate Animals	Billy
	The Buddy Games	Shelly
	Sword of Trust	Kingpin
	Married Young	Pharmacist
	Wyrm	Allen
2021	The Starling	Chuck
2023	Sick Girl	Fred Pepper
TBA	Not an Artist	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005–2007	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Himself; Correspondent	40 episodes
2007	Law & Order	Tony Bicks	Episode: "Remains of the Day"
	30 Rock	Angry Father	Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
	Flight of the Conchords	Waiter	Episode: "The Actor"
2008	The Return of Jezebel James	Darryl	Episode: "Needles and Schlag"
2009	The Office	Roger Prince Jr.	Episode: "Prince Family Paper"
	Dollhouse	General Store Proprietor	Episode: "True Believer"
	Snake 'n' Bacon	Homicide Detective	Animation
2010	Mayne Street	Team Owner	Episode: "Brownian Motion and Straight as an Arrow"
	How I Met Your Mother	Curtis	Episode: "Natural History"
	Our Show	Neal	TV movie
2011	Hot in Cleveland	Jasper	Episode: "LeBron Is Le Gone"
	United States of Tara	Mr. Kern	Episode: "Train Wreck and Crackerjack"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Waiter	Episode: "The Hero"
2011–2012	Community	Murray	Recurring role
2012	The Book Club	The Author	Episode: "Dirty Jobs and Enemies of the State"
	The League	OB Doctor	Episode: "Training Camp"
2013	Grimm	Graydon Ostler	Episode: "A Dish Best Served Cold"
2013–2014	Legit	Steve Nugent	Series regular
2013–2015	Newsreaders	Clint Schliff / Vic Traymore	2 episodes
2013–2019	Veep	Congressman Roger Furlong	Recurring role
2014	Californication	Dr. Dan	Episode: "Smile"
	Major Crimes	Carl Lembeck	Episode: "Cutting Loose"
	Gotham	Davis Lamond / The Balloonman	Episode: "The Balloonman"
	Bad Judge	Mr. Lewis	Episode: "Knife to a Gunfight"
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Lt. Andrew Miller	Episode: "The Mole"
2014–2022	The Goldbergs	Mr. Woodburn	Recurring role
2015	Sin City Saints	Dan	Episode: "Urine God's Hands Now"
	Battle Creek	Barclay Spades	Episode: "Gingerbread Man"
	The Mindy Project	Dr. Adrian Bergdahl	Recurring role
2015–2019	Life in Pieces	Tim Hughes	Series regular
2016	TripTank	Various voices	2 episodes
2017	Man Seeking Woman	Ruffala	Episode: "Popcorn"
	Tarantula	Lucas (voice)	9 episodes
2019–2020	Puppy Dog Pals	Various voices	4 episodes
2020	The Boss Baby: Back in Business	Scary Sweary CEO Baby (voice)	Animation
	Space Force	John Blandsmith	Recurring role
	Teen Titans Go!	Sheriff (voice)	Episode: "The Night Begins to Shine"
	Tales from the Loop	Ed	3 episodes
2021	Impeachment: American Crime Story	Kenneth Starr
2021-2022	Made for Love	Herringbone	Series regular
2023	Barry	FBI Agent Curtis	Episode: "you're charming"
2024	Dinner with the Parents	Harvey Langer	Main

Other work

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks	Additional voices (voice: English version)	Video game

External links

• Dan Bakkedahl at IMDb
• Dan Bakkedahl on Twitter
• Dan Bakkedahl at AllMovie
• Dan Bakkedahl at TV Guide
• Dan Bakkedahl at the TCM Movie Database