David Koechner

Also known as David Michael Koechner

American actor and comedian

Film & TV

Acting · 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…

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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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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.