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David Koechner is an American comedian, television actor, screenwriter, and film actor. Born in Tipton, Missouri, in 1962, he is a male citizen of the United States. He is educated at the University of Missouri and was a student of Del Close. His professional work period began in 1986.
Koechner resides in Los Angeles and speaks English. He has five children. His ancestral home is in Germany. He is recognized for his work in acting, with credits listed in the acting department.
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Film & TV
Tipton, Missouri, USA
David Michael Koechner is an American character actor (film, television and stage), comedian and musician. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, he began taking small parts in…
Known for
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence2026
- Dashing Through the Snow — Frankie the Slay Bell2025
- Half Baked: Totally High — Diesel2024
- It's Florida, Man. — Uncle Matt2024
- Match Struck — Unknown Man2023
- Dotty and Soul — Brannigan2023
- Ganymede — Pastor Royer2023
- JEREMY2023
- Underdeveloped — Brent Arnold2023
- Krapopolis — Poseidon (voice)2023
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- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 50
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Key facts
- Born
- David Michael Koechner , ( 1962-08-24 ) August 24, 1962 (age 63) , Tipton, Missouri , U.S.
- Other name
- Dave Koechner
- Occupations
- Actor, comedian
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Spouse
- Leigh Koechner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2020 )
- Website
- www .david-koechner .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tipton
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Del Close
- Image
- David Koechner.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- David Koechner
- date of birth
- 1962-08-24
- ancestral home
- Germany
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- social media followers
- 154634
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Encyclopedic overview
David Michael Koechner (/ˈkɛknər/ KEK-nər; born August 24, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. His prominent roles include Champ Kind in the Anchorman film series (2004–2013) and Todd Packer in The Office (2005–2013).
Koechner first became involved in performing when he began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at ImprovOlympic, before joining the Second City Northwest. Koechner relocated to New York City in 1995, doing sketch comedy as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1995–1996) and as a sketch regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the mid-1990s. In 1997, Koechner moved to Los Angeles and started working regularly in various film and television comedies, making his first film appearances with small roles in the films such as Wag the Dog, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Man on the Moon.
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