Nate Corddry

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Nathan "Nate" Corddry (born September 8, 1977 in Weymouth , Massachusetts ) is an American actor and voice actor . He is the younger brother of Rob Corddry , through whom he also found his way into acting.

life and career

Childhood and Adolescence - High School and College

Nate Corddry was born on September 8, 1977 in the city of Weymouth in the Greater Boston metropolitan area in the US state of Massachusetts to Steven and Robin Corddry (nee Sullivan). With Rob, who also acts as an actor, he has a brother and also a sister, Laura, who is currently working at Southern New Hampshire University . The father, Steven Corddry, was a clerk at the Massachusetts Port Authority , while his mother worked in customer service for The MathWorks company, among other things . Like his older brother, Nate Corddry completed his school education at the local Weymouth North High School , from which he graduated in 1995. There he gained his first experiences as an actor, although in his previous life he had only attended a play, a performance of Cats at the Wang Theater in Boston , as a ten-year-old. This was followed by financial support and a scholarship to study communication sciences at Colby-Sawyer College in the small town of New London in the state of New Hampshire . Here, too, he continued to appear as part of the school's theater troupe and, after completing two years of study, spent a year in the theater program at Northeastern University in Boston. When he was in his junior year, his third year of college, his theater professor Jerry Bliss came up to him and persuaded him to participate in the Williamstown Theater Festival Apprenticeship Program . Subsequently he would appear for many years at the Williamstown Theater Festival ; in his 30s already as a leading actor and no longer as a trainee ( apprentice ). After graduating from college in 2000, he first wanted to attend a graduate school and therefore move to the University of Wisconsin – Madison , for which he had already signed all papers. However, Nate Corddry, who came from the much smaller and privately run Colby-Sawyer College, decided not to complete any further studies at short notice and initially moved to his older brother in New York City , where he had been living since January 1994.

Beginning of his career as an actor

In 2002, when his brother Rob celebrated his breakthrough with The Daily Show after a sluggish career start, Nate Corddry's actual career as an actor in film, television and on stage began. He had his first assignments in 2002 in an episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien or in various appearances in commercials; in 2002 he was featured in such a spot for the Pizza Hut company . After further appearances in each episode of Criminal Intent and Springfield Story , more theater appearances and first engagements on Broadway followed . As a stand-by of Benjamin Braddock , he was on the national tour of the play The Graduate (based on the eponymous film dt. The Graduate ), with actress and Oscar winner Lorraine Bracco there and came here include 2004 in Boston's Colonial Theater on. He later got the male lead in this play when Morgan Fairchild took on the role of Mrs. Robinson and was seen in this in numerous national performances, but also in Canada . Nathan Corddry's real breakthrough as an actor in film and television did not follow until 2006, including one of the leading roles in the short-lived NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip , where he slipped into the role of Tom Jeter and appeared in all 22 Episodes was seen. After the previously confirmed high but later non-existent expectations of the series and the declining audience share, the series was canceled after only one season. Corddry, on the other hand, took over the speaking roles of the Seides , a rebel people riding on mosquitoes , in the English-language dubbed version of Luc Besson's feature film Arthur and the Minimoys that same year together with his brother . He was also seen alongside his brother from 2005 to 2006 in nine episodes of The Daily Show , in which he could be seen again almost ten years later in Jon Stewart's last show.

In 2007 he played a not insignificant role as Jason in Marc Klein's Upper East Side Love with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin and also played a supporting role as Calvin in Shari Springer Berman's and Robert Pulcini's drama Nanny Diaries . In the following years, Corddry, who now lived mainly in Los Angeles , came to various engagements, many of which can be traced back to his series engagement with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip . In 2008, Corddry, now 30 or 31 years old, who has already been used in commercials by Verizon , AT&T and McDonald’s , was featured in William Savage's short film Morning Departure . At the side of his brother, who is around six and a half years older, he was seen in four different episodes of the Childrens Hospital series in 2008 , in which he was used again in an episode in 2012. To his growing breakthrough among others wore from 2009 Showtime - dramedy United States of Tara with him in it as a supporting actor Gene Stuart watched from the second row in all remaining episodes of the first season before his character different again from the series. Further appearances followed in the same year with a guest appearance in Lügen makes inventive or in the role of Josh in The Naked Truth with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler . He also found a guest appearance in an episode of 30 Rock that year, where he met Alec Baldwin again.

Appearances from 2010

The year 2010 was busier again, for example he played the character Pete Campbell in two Mad Men parodies of Funny or Die , mimed the chief of staff in Yogi Bear or played Neil Malady in The Wonderful Maladys , where he met Sarah Michelle Gellar again . He also had another film appearance in 2010 as Mike in the comedy Our Show by Larry Charles . He was also seen as Private Loudmouth in an episode of the ten-part HBO miniseries The Pacific or in the supporting role of Stephen Harding in the horror film Shelter . Another milestone in his career so far was the NBC series Harry's Law , in which he, like Oscar winner Kathy Bates , appeared in all 34 episodes and played the young lawyer Adam Branch . After he could not record another film or television appearance in 2011, he was heard again as a voice actor from 2012. In the original English version of TRON: The Uprising , he spoke the character Zed , a supporting character who appeared in 14 of the 19 episodes up to 2013. He was also seen as Larry Feinstein in 2012 in There Is No Place Like Home , another film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. After a guest appearance on an episode of New Girl , he also broke up on stints as Brandon on the web series Sex Surrogates . William Savage, who had worked with him on his 2008 short Morning Departure , also brought him to the main cast for his feature film In Lieu of Flowers , which premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2013. Under Paul Feig , who already worked several times with his older brother, he also made a guest appearance in the movie and box office hit Taffe Girls .

Current assignments from 2013/14

Also in 2013 he was cast in the CBS sitcom Mom , where he was seen in the lead role of Gabriel . In the series, which was created in cooperation with Chuck Lorre , Eddie Gorodetsky and Gemma Baker , he met Anna Faris , with whom he was in front of the camera in Yogi Bear . After 33 episodes as restaurant manager Gabriel , he left the series in the course of the second season, but was also used in various film productions at the same time. In 2014 he was seen in Theodore Melfi's comedy St. Vincent again alongside Melissa McCarthy or Bill Murray . He also appeared with his brother on an episode of Things Are Going Great For Me with J. Claude Deering , a web show by British filmmaker, actor and comedian J. Claude Deering . In 2015, Nate Corddry was seen in an episode of Julie Klausner's Hulu series Difficult People , as well as in the romantic comedy The Night Is Young , directed by Dave Hill and Matt L. Jones . Two films in which Corddry was involved were also released in 2016. While he can be seen in one of the leading roles in Frankie Shaw's short film Too Legit alongside Zoë Kravitz or Teresa Palmer , he had one of the supporting roles in the drama Equity by director Meera Menon and based on a script by Amy Fox , published three days later . For 2016 there are currently (as of February 2016) further films in post-production or have already been completed. The three films The Circle , Ghostbusters and Katie Says Goodbye , in which Corddry can each be seen in a supporting role, will be released by the end of the year. With the short film You Are Not Alone , on which he appears not only as an actor, but also as a screenwriter and executive producer , work on another film has already been completed; this should also be published in 2016.

German-speaking voice actors

In the course of his career so far, Nate Corddry has had numerous different voice actors in the various German-language dubbed versions of the films and series in which he worked. One of the most frequent voice actors, especially in the recent past, was Roland Wolf . He lent him the voice in There Is No Place Like Home (2012), Taffe Mädels (2013) and St. Vincent (2014). Another well-known voice of Corddry is the widely used Tommy Morgenstern , who gave him the German voice in Harry's Law (2011 to 2012) and Nanny Diaries (2007). Other voice actors who, as far as is known, only appeared once as his German voice are Karlo Hackenberger in Suburban Girl (2007; Synchro from 2009), Robin Kahnmeyer in Lügen macht erfinderisch (2009), Gerrit Schmidt-Foss in Shelter (2010 ) or Nico Mamone in Yogi Bear (2010). Sven Hasper spoke to him in 30 Rock (2009), David Turba took over the voice in Taras Welten (2009), Constantin von Jascheroff spoke the character Private Loudmouth in The Pacific (2010) , while Patrick Schröder spoke for his role in New Girl (2013), Jesco Wirthgen as the voice of Zed in TRON: Der Aufstand (2012 to 2013) and Marius Clarén as the German voice of Gabriel in Mom (2013 to 2015).

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Class Clown - Rob Corddry '93 dishes up funny, fake news on The Daily Show ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 8, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.umassmag.com
  2. ↑ 'Mom' star Nate Corddry credits it all to a Pizza Hut 'bite-and-smile' , accessed February 8, 2016
  3. ↑ The Graduate - Dates: 3-5 December 2004 - Venue: The Center in Vancouver for Performing Arts , accessed February 8, 2016
  4. ↑ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 02, 2004 - The Graduate , accessed February 8, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Corddry, Nate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corddry, Nathan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Weymouth , Massachusetts , United States