Bob Odenkirk

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Recent Role:
Saul Goodman (Season 3+) on Breaking Bad
Gender:
Male
Born:
10-22-1962
Birthplace:
Naperville, Illinois
Birth Name:
Robert Odenkirk
AKA:
Vance Hammersly
Bob Odenkirk grew up in small suburb outside Chicago--Naperville. Bob is one of 7 siblings, born to Walter (a businessman who died in 1995) and Barbara (a homemaker). His younger brother is Bill Odenkirk, who has produced several hit TV series.

Bob graduated from Columbia College in 1984 with a major in radio and TV.

Bob was waiting tables in New York, when a friend of his, Robert Smigel, got a job at Saturday Night Live. Smigel began passing Bob's work around and eventually Bob was hired as a writer for SNL (1987-1991). There he shared an



More office with a featured player, Ben Stiller. Later, Stiller and Bob would work together on Stiller's short-lived sketch show for Fox.

Anyways, Bob Odenkirk later came to be half the creator, writer, and star of the hit sketch show: Mr. Show(the other half would be...the amazing Mr. David Cross). Mr. Show is commonly recognized as Mr. Odenkirk's "claim to fame." Aside from all that he is also an actor, screen writer, performer, and a stand-up comic.

Bob is married to a talent scout, named Naomi.

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    Bob has to be one of the most relatively unknown comedic geniuses in the world. hide show

    It's amazing how everyone somehow latched onto the much less charismic David Cross instead of Bob after thier show Mr. Show with Bob and David. What made the show work so well is how outgoing and in your face Bob is to help thier two styles mix in a more balenced way. Bob isn't always in your face like in the show. He has range, he has a variety of interesting characters that he's done in a wide variety of movies and shows. He's an all around better actor. On top of that he's also an superb writer. He does alot of writing/production for the cult hit "Tom Goes To The Mayer". He's contributed to many vessels of comedy. Hopefully one day people will give him some props on the same level as David Cross.

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