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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…
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 · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 50
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5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,086x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,608x
- The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.
· 1986 · cited 62,983x
- Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
· 1981 · cited 60,990x
- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
· 2009 · cited 58,024x
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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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- David Koechner.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- David Koechner
- date of birth
- 1962-08-24
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
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- 154634
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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.