Dave Anthony
Dave Anthony | |
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Born |
David Sean Anthony August 26, 1967 |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Comedian, actor, screenwriter, podcaster |
Children | 1 |
Dave Sean Anthony (born August 26, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and podcaster.
Early life
Anthony was raised in Marin County near San Francisco, California.[1] He attended Marin Catholic High School. He is open about his childhood and growing up with a neglectful, alcoholic father and a mother who was raised by alcoholics and was emotionally unavailable.[2] He cites his neglected childhood as the source of his mental health and anger problems,[2] and based his 2015 comedy tour and subsequent album Hot Head[3] around this topic.[4]
Career
Anthony is best known in recent years for the comedy podcast The Dollop, which he co-hosts with comedian Gareth Reynolds, which presents an event or person, usually from American history, selected for its humorousness or peculiarity.[5] The podcast is on the All Things Comedy Network.
He was also the creator, producer, and editor of Walking the Room, a podcast that he co-hosted with comedian Greg Behrendt from 2010 to 2014.[6] They hosted a show together on the Comedy World Radio Network in 2001[7] and collaborated again on The Greg Behrendt Show in 2006–2007.[8][9] Anthony regularly appears as a guest on various other podcasts, including FOFOP where he has been given the endearing name of "Guest Charlie Number One".
Anthony has had numerous roles in television, films, and commercials, and has been a guest on various late night shows including Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Late Late Show, where he appeared as himself doing stand up comedy.[1] He has acted in various television programs including The Office, Arrested Development, Maron, Hello Ladies, Boston Legal , Veep, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, Comedy Bang Bang, and Entourage.[10][1][11] He was a guest panelist twice on @midnight. He was a recurring character on Maron on IFC, where he played an exaggerated role based on himself.[12]
Anthony has written extensively for different mediums. He was a contributing writer for SuicideGirls[13][14] and the Comedy Film Nerds[11] websites, and had a blog called Stop All Monsters.[15] Anthony is also a television writer. He has written on AMC's Talking Dead, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Pretend Time, and The Greg Behrendt Show He wrote on Maron for three seasons. He also directed one episode, as well as appearing as an recurring actor. [16] He was nominated for a WGA Award in 2015 for a Maron episode he wrote titled "Racegate."[17]
Anthony has performed stand-up all over the world, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2015, where the Herald Sun gave his show Hot Head a 4 star review and called it "Hugely Enjoyable."[18] In 2015, he also appeared on the nationally televised Cracker Night as part of Sydney Comedy Festival 2015.[19] He has released two comedy albums, Hot Head and Shame Chamber.[20] He frequently performs around Southern California.
Anthony wrote a book with fellow The Dollop podcast co-host Gareth Reynolds based on the podcast titled "The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History."[21]
Plagiarism allegations
On July 9, 2015, the history website and podcast Damn Interesting posted an open letter titled "A Special Note to the Writers at The Dollop", accusing Anthony of plagiarizing Damn Interesting's original content for use on The Dollop.[22][23]
Personal life
Anthony currently resides near Los Angeles, California,[1] with his wife Heather, who is a psychologist,[2] and their son.
Filmography
Actor
Program | Date | Character |
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Veep | 2016 | Reporter |
Hidden America with Jonah Ray | 2016 | Gary |
Director's Cut | 2016 | Richard Speck |
Comedy Bang Bang | 2015 | Pranked Guy |
Hello Ladies | 2014 | Dave |
Maron | 2013–2016 | Self |
The Office | 2011 | Businessman |
Men of a Certain Age | 2011 | Customer |
Crocodile Tears (Funny or Die short) | 2011 | Director |
Entourage | 2009 | Showrunner #2 |
Recount | 2008 | Florida Stay Reporter |
Magnetic Poles (short) | 2006 | Matteo |
Las Vegas | 2006 | Jason |
Boston Legal | 2005 | Technician |
Scare Tactics | 2003 | Dave / Meteor Man / Repo Man |
Self
Program | Date | Details |
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My Favorite Murder | 2016 | Guest on live episode from LA Podcast Festival[25] |
The Dollop | 2014–Present | [26] |
FOFOP | 2013–present | [27] |
The Naughty Show | 2012 | |
Never Not Funny | 2011 | [28] |
Sklarbro Country | 2011 | [29] |
TOFOP | 2011 | [30] |
WTF with Marc Maron | 2010 | [31] |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2004 | |
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2002 | |
Late Friday | 2001 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "About - Dave Anthony". IFC. AMC Networks. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 Gilmartin, Paul. "Dave Anthony". Mental Illness Happy Hour. mentalpod.com.
- ↑ "Hot Head on Bandcamp".
- ↑ Ward, Michael (5 April 2015). "Dave Anthony in Hot Head". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "The Dollop - An American History Podcast". The Dollop. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds.
- ↑ "Walking The Room". Walking The Room. Walking The Room. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ Simon, Perry Michael. "LinkedIn". Perry Michael Simon. LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "The Greg Behrendt Show". Internet Movie Data Base. IMDB. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ↑ "Greg Behrendt Show - Waffleman". YouTube. The Greg Behrendt Show. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ↑ "Dave Anthony". Internet Movie Data Base. IMDB. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- 1 2 Graham Elwood, Chris Mancini (1 Jun 2012). The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies. Morgan James Publishing. p. 272. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Dave Anthony". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ "Fearthereaper". SuicideGirls. SuicideGirls. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Dave Anthony". Earwolf. E.W. Scripps. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ Anthony, Dave. "Stop All Monsters". blogspot.
- ↑ "Dave Anthony". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ "Previous Nominees & Winners". The Writers Guild Awards. The Writers Guild Awards. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ↑ "Herald Sun Hot Head Review". Herald Sun. April 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Cracker Night Sydney Comedy Festival".
- ↑ "Shame Chamber Spotify".
- ↑ "Amazon United States of Absurdity".
- ↑ "Dollop Exhibits". Damn Interesting. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Updated: A Special Note to the Writers at The Dollop". www.damninteresting.com. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
- ↑ "The Dollop Sources".
- ↑ http://www.feralaudio.com/36-live-la-podcast-festival-2016/
- ↑ https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/11/04/earful-dave-anthony-makes-history-hilarious-with-the-dollop/
- ↑ http://daveanthonycomedy.com/fofop/
- ↑ Never Not Funny
- ↑ Walking The Countryside, episode #32 of Sklarbro Country on Earwolf
- ↑ Tofop | Podcast
- ↑ WTF with Marc Maron Podcast