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Andrew R. "Andy" Dick (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, musician and TV/film producer .
was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer. As a child, he lived in Connecticut and Pittsburgh. In 1980, he attended Lassiter High School, which was being temporarily housed at George Walton Comprehensive High School in Cobb County, Georgia. Dick was in numerous theater productions during high school and was elected homecoming king his senior year, in the fall of 1983.
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Andrew R. "Andy" Dick (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, musician and TV/film producer .
Early life
Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer. As a child, he lived in Connecticut and Pittsburgh. In 1980, he attended Lassiter High School, which was being temporarily housed at George Walton Comprehensive High School in Cobb County, Georgia. Dick was in numerous theater productions during high school and was elected homecoming king his senior year, in the fall of 1983. Even in high school, Dick tended to use his name as a joke; One day, he dressed in a homemade superhero costume and presented himself at school as "Super Dick". He graduated from Joliet West High School (Joliet, Illinois) in 1984. He is a friend of actor Anthony Rapp, who has known him since childhood. After graduating from high school, he joined Chicago's Second City and attended Columbia College Chicago.
Career
Television
Dick started his television comedy career as a cast member on the sketch comedy program The Ben Stiller Show, which aired on the Fox Network from September 1992 to January 1993.
In 1993, on the fourth night of David Letterman's new CBS show, Dick appeared as "Donnie the CBS Page Who Likes to Suck Up", during which he gave a watch to Letterman. The host then handed him a pencil, prompting Dick to cry and then walk backstage to much applause.
In 1994, Dick played the part of Pepé the stylist in the episode "Maggie the Model" on The Nanny.
He also starred as the son of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in a Get Smart TV remake.
In 2001, Dick starred along with Kieran Culkin on the short lived NBC summer television series "Go Fish".
Dick has been a series regular on several sitcoms for their entire duration including NewsRadio on NBC (1995–1999), portraying Matthew Brock, and on the ABC sitcom Less Than Perfect, portraying Owen Kronsky.
In 2001, he created a show on MTV called The Andy Dick Show. The series ended in 2003 after three seasons. In 2004, he starred in a satirical reality television show, also on MTV, called The Assistant. The show spoofed themes and scenes from The Apprentice, The Bachelor, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and Survivor, among others.
He appeared on an episode of Star Trek: Voyager as the Mark II Emergency Medical Hologram in "Message in a Bottle".
Dick competed in the eighth season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. He finished in last place, behind Robin Tunney, Christopher Meloni, Macy Gray, and Joy Behar.
On May 16, 2007, Dick was roasted on The Howard Stern Show by Artie Lange, Lisa Lampanelli, Reverend Bob Levy, Sal Governale, Shuli, Colin Quinn, Benjy Bronk, Dave Atell, Greg Fitzsimmons, and Yucko the Clown.
He took improv comedy classes at iO WEST, a comedy club in Hollywood, California, during the mid-1980s. In 2008, he informed the cast of The Real World: Hollywood they would be doing this as their season-long group assignment, in the third episode of that series, which aired April 30, 2008.
Dick has also made appearances on Comedy Central's The Gong Show hosted by Dave Attell.
Dick's currently appears on VH1's Celebrity Rehab spin-off Sober House.
Films
One of his earliest film roles was a fictional version of himself in video-game-to-film adaptation, Double Dragon.
In 1997, Dick had a supporting role alongside Luke Wilson and Jack Black in Bongwater as Luke Wilson's gay friend who gives him a place to stay after his house burns to the ground. In 1999, Dick played a warm-hearted yet cowardly scientist that helped Dr. Claw in the movie Inspector Gadget.
In 2000, he made a cameo role in the motion picture Dude, Where's My Car?. That same year, he also appeared in the teenage comedy film Road Trip, playing a motel clerk. In 2001, Dick made a cameo in Zoolander as Olga the Masseuse. In 2002, he was featured in the band Ash's music video "Envy" as a taxi cab driver. In 2003, he appeared in Will Ferrell's Old School as a gay sex education teacher, and as a villainous Santa in the movie The Hebrew Hammer. In 2005, Dick was featured in the documentary The Aristocrats. In 2006, he appeared in the film Employee of the Month as Lon, the optician who is strongly near sighted.
His feature film directorial debut was the 2006 film Danny Roane: First Time Director.
In late December 2008, Dick announced on his official website that he had finished writing a script for a film starring his alter-ego Daphne Aguilera titled, Daphne Aguilera: Get Into It.
Voiceover work
In 1998, he lent his voice to the villain Nuka in the Disney direct-to-video animated film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and provided the voice of Boingo Bunny for the 2006 animated movie Hoodwinked!
In 1999, he featured as the voice of Dilbert's assistant in the Dilbert animated series. He also was the voice of recurring character "Monkey Man" on the Nickelodeon TV series Hey Arnold.
In 2002, Dick provided the voice of Mr. Sheepman and various other characters in the short-lived animated series Clone High.
Dick provides the voice of Maurice from the radio station WCTR's segment "Gardening with Maurice" in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and he provided the voice of Aunt Beth in the 2006 video game Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. He also was the voice of Dylan in 'The Reef'.
As of October 2006, Dick has hosted his own radio program, The Shit Show, on Howard Stern's Sirius channel Howard 101 every Thursday night at midnight eastern.
Music
Dick is the lead singer of his comedy band Andy Dick and the Bitches of the Century. They have appeared together on television, and released a self-titled album in 2002. In earlier live shows, Dick had Rodleen Getsic perform as his opening act. Each night she would play the song she wrote for him called "Fucker".
Producer
In addition to the television series he has produced for himself, Dick became a producer of The 1 Second Film by donating $111.11 to the non-profit collaborative film project in 2004, while dining at Swingers Diner in Los Angeles. Later that year at the Toronto Film Festival, comedian Tom Green became a producer by donating $120, effectively outbidding Dick. This sparked an ongoing bidding war in which Green and Dick battle for top billing in the film's credits, in which anyone can be listed for a minimum donation of 1 dollar. Both will be prominently featured in The 1 Second Films feature-length making-of documentary which will accompany the 90 minutes of producer credits.
Personal life
Relationships
Dick is openly bisexual. He once claimed that his straight friends often say, "C'mon, you know you're just gay," as do his gay fans.
From 1987 to 1989, he was dating famed lounge singer Jo-Anne Sparta (formerly Jo-Anne Silvers). Dick was head over heels for Jo-Anne as they lived together briefly with some of his friends. However, Jo-Anne's frequent drug induced swinger episodes lead to alleged sexual relations with over 7 men at a time, which angered Dick. Allegedly, Dick discovered his sexual preference of men at Jo-Anne's urging. They split amicably in 1989. Currently, Ms. Sparta resides in Easton, Maryland and is a director of the Preston Auto group in Preston, MD.
From 1986 to 1990, he was married to Ivone Kowalczyk, with whom he has a son, Lucas (b. 1988). He also has a son, Jacob (b. 1994), and a daughter, Meg (b. 1997), from his relationship with Lina Sved.
He never met his birth father as a child. In the 2000s, he began talking to his birth father over the phone as well as his biological half-sister.
Charity work
Dick is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. He and his band, Bitches of the Century, have played for the PETA Animal Emergency Fund. He also filmed a PETA TV advertisement that urges students to refuse to dissect animals in school.
Drug use and public incidents
In 2005, Dick stirred controversy in Edmonton, Alberta, at Yuk Yuk's comedy club when he dropped his pants and exposed his genitals to the audience. Amid the uproar, he was ushered off the stage and the second night was canceled.
On December 2, 2006, he angered an audience at the Improv Club in Los Angeles by shouting "You're all a bunch of niggers!" following an improvised set with comedian Ian Bagg. This was a direct reference to Michael Richards' use of the same epithet to insult hecklers two weeks earlier. He later issued an apology through his publicist:
- "I chose to make a joke about a subject that is not funny, in an attempt to make light of a serious subject. I have offended a lot of people, and I am sorry for my insensitivity. I wish to apologize to Ian, to the club and its patrons and to anyone who was hurt or offended by my remark."
On February 2, 2007, he was forcibly removed during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, after repeatedly touching guest Ivanka Trump. After Dick rubbed Trump's legs and touched her hair, Jimmy Kimmel begged him to behave himself. When Dick asked Trump to "give him a big, fat, sloppy kiss right on the lips" and grabbed her arm, Kimmel called in two security guards. Kimmel and the guards jokingly dragged Dick off-set. On May 2, 2007, he made another appearance on Kimmel, which began by showing the clip of him being dragged out of his previous appearance, and then wheeled out, Hannibal Lecter-style, on a dolly. He exchanged some dialogue and playful "touching" with Kimmel's other guest, Danica Patrick.
In July 2007 at the Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles, Dick was in an altercation with former NewsRadio costar Jon Lovitz, who claims that, a year earlier, Dick had approached him at a restaurant and said, "I put the Phil Hartman hex on you; you're the next one to die." Lovitz has alleged that Dick gave cocaine to Hartman's wife Brynn, a recovering addict, causing her to relapse and eventually leading to her mental breakdown some five months later. She shot Hartman in their home, then committed suicide.
In August 2007, Dick was cited by Columbus, Ohio, police for urinating on a sidewalk and a building. During his weekend in Columbus he was reported to be intoxicated during his standup performances and groped patrons at a comedy club. Upon his return to Los Angeles, LA County deputies were called to his residence to respond to a complaint that Dick was throwing beer bottles into his neighbor's yard.
On August 29, 2007, Dick slapped a reporter in the face outside a Los Angeles nightclub.
On July 16, 2008, Dick was arrested in Murrieta, California on suspicion of drug possession and sexual battery. He was arrested for allegedly grabbing and pulling down a 17-year-old girl's tank top and bra, thereby exposing her breasts. During a search of his person, police reported finding a small quantity of marijuana and one Xanax tablet (for which Dick did not have a prescription) in his front pants pocket.
Arrest and rehab
On May 15, 1999, Dick drove his car into a utility pole in Hollywood. He was charged with possession of cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs and hit-and-run driving. He later pleaded guilty to felony cocaine possession and two other misdemeanor charges: marijuana possession and possession of "a smoking device." After Dick completed an 18-month drug diversion program, a judge dismissed the felony and misdemeanor drug charges against him.
In 2006, Dick made a widely-publicized appearance at the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner. He licked the faces of Farrah Fawcett, Carrie Fisher, and Patton Oswalt, and groped and bit the hand of New York Post reporter Mandy Stadtmiller backstage. Dick, who holds that Stadtmiller "slanted" the incident, returned to rehab after the roast.
Dick can be seen on Sober House, a 2009 Celebrity Rehab spin-off focusing on a sober living environment. Dick approached Dr. Drew Pinsky to ask for help with his addictions and agreed to enter the Sober Living house. In the penultimate episode, Dick explained that his excessive drinking led to many of the public incidents for which he has become notorious and for which he has ruined many of his relationships. In that episode, he visited a number of the people whose lives he had so affected, such as comedian Mo Collins, to apologize for disclosing information to her husband, information which led to her divorce.
Filmography
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