Andrew Daly (born April 15, 1971) is an American actor, writer, and comedian who is best known for his character Dick Pepperfield in the 2008 film Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell, and for his multiple appearances on Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.
Daly was part of the cast of MADtv from 2000 until 2002. He was part of the main cast of Crossballs on Comedy Central in 2004 and worked as a correspondent on The Showbiz Show with David Spade for all 3 seasons. He has also been cast as Terrence Cutler in the HBO comedy series Eastbound and Down, due to premiere in the spring of 2009.
Early life
Daly was born in Mount Kisco, New York and raised in New Jersey. He graduated from Ithaca College and studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Andrew also invented the party game Mustache-TV, which he markets through the website mustachetv.net.
Career
Television
Daly joined the cast of MADtv during season 6 as a featured player, then became a repertory player in the following season. He appeared as Bill Maher in Politically Incorrect sketches, *NSYNC member Chris Kirkpatrick and Dick Cheney, among many other impersonations.
He is now the new host of Match Game.
Characters
Impressions
Daly appeared on the episode "Ben Franklin" of The Office as a Benjamin Franklin impersonator.
In 2008, he was one of the various advocates on 6 episodes of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.
In June 2008, Daly hosted the pilot of TBS' revival of Match Game [1].
Film
Daly appeared in Christmas with the Kranks and Semi-Pro
Stand-up comedy
Daly does many characters in his stand-up. In 2007, one character, "Jerry O'Hearn," was featured on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray (album). In 2008 Daly released, Nine Sweaters, a comedy record from compiled a nine-week residency at Comedy Death-Ray's Tuesday night shows for AST Records.
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