28 Facts About Rob Corddry

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Robert William Corddry was born on February 4,1971 and is an American actor and comedian.

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Rob Corddry is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and for his starring role in the film Hot Tub Time Machine.

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Rob Corddry is the creator and star of Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital and has been awarded four Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Rob Corddry previously starred in the HBO series Ballers and the CBS comedy The Unicorn.

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Rob Corddry is the son of Robin and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official.

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Rob Corddry is the older brother of actor Nate Corddry.

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Rob Corddry's early paying jobs included working as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and handing out menus for a Mexican restaurant.

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Rob Corddry eventually landed acting jobs, including a year-long tour with the National Shakespeare Company.

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Rob Corddry trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing regularly as a member of the sketch comedy group "The Naked Babies" ; and he spent two years with the sketch comedy group "Third Rail Comedy".

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On October 4,2005, his younger brother Nate Rob Corddry made his first appearance as a Daily Show correspondent.

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On February 9,2006 Rob Corddry hosted an episode of The Daily Show due to the absence of Jon Stewart.

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Rob Corddry cites Stewart as a profound influence on his comedy, crediting Stewart for teaching him how to focus on an idea in order to find the humor in it, and says that his The Daily Show pedigree earned him the clout to make Childrens Hospital.

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Rob Corddry has since made appearances on the show, both as a guest and as a correspondent.

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Rob Corddry's played the title character in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story and Mac, Ben Stiller's character's best friend in The Heartbreak Kid.

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Rob Corddry has made appearances in Old School, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Failure to Launch and The Ten.

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Rob Corddry hosted the 10th annual Webby Awards ceremony on June 12,2006.

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Rob Corddry starred as the main character in the Fox mid-season comedy The Winner from March 4,2007 until the series' cancellation.

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Rob Corddry appeared in two episodes of Fox's Arrested Development as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays "Frank Wrench", an obsessively by-the-books detective on a fictional television series Wrench.

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Rob Corddry has done some voice work as Gordon the animated Devil on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions.

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Rob Corddry appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd n Eddy series and a 2001 promotional ad as an anger management therapist to the Townsville Villains of the cartoon series The Powerpuff Girls.

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Rob Corddry's voice appears in the History Channel production World War II in HD.

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Rob Corddry is the voice of World War II soldier and jazz musician Roscoe "Rockie" Blunt.

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Rob Corddry wrote, directed, and starred in the web series Childrens Hospital for The WB on its online network at TheWB.

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Rob Corddry has starred in three commercials for the Holiday Inn in both 2010 and 2011.

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Rob Corddry appeared in three episodes of Community playing a lawyer, Alan Connor, an old acquaintance of Jeff Winger, who is a lawyer.

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In 2012, Rob Corddry began a recurring role on the third season of Happy Endings, playing "The Car Czar", Jane's new boss at the car dealership.

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Rob Corddry had a recurring role on the short-lived FOX series Ben and Kate, as Buddy, the boorish owner of the bar where Kate and BJ work, BJ's on-and-off boyfriend.

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On December 3,2019, it was revealed that Rob Corddry would be a host of the revived Top Gear America, which debuted on Motor Trend in January 2021.