Andy Dick

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Andy Dick
Dick holding a piñata with a cutout of Tom Green for The 1 Second Film in December 2004.
Born	Andrew R. Dick December 21, 1965 (1965-12-21) (age 42) Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Occupation	comedian, actor, voice artist, musician, producer
Years active	1992 – present
Spouse(s)	Ivone Kowalczyk (1986–1990)

Andrew R. "Andy" Dick^[1] (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, musician and producer.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Television 2.2 Films 2.3 Voiceover work 2.4 Music 2.5 Producer 3 Personal life 3.1 Relationships 3.2 Public incidents 3.3 Drug use 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

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Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer.^[2] As a child, he lived in Connecticut and Pittsburgh. In 1980, he attended Lassiter High School, which was being temporarily housed at George Walton 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, where he is registered as one of its "distinguished alumni".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

[edit] 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.

He also starred as the son of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in a Get Smart TV remake.

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 has 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-1980's. 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.^[3][4]

[edit] Films

In 2000, he made a cameo role in the motion picture Dude, Where's My Car?.^[5] That same year, he also appeared in the teenage comedy film Road Trip, playing a motel clerk.

In 2002, he was featured in the band Ash's music video Envy as a taxi cab driver.

In 2005, Dick was featured in the documentary The Aristocrats.

Recently, he wrote and directed his first feature film, Danny Roane: First Time Director and also appeared in the film Employee of the Month.

[edit] 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 provided a voice of Dilbert's assistant on the Dilbert animated series. He also was the voice of recurring character "Monkey Man" on the Nickelodeon TV series "Hey Arnold."

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 Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

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.

[edit] Music

Dick is the lead singer of his 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".

[edit] 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 Film's feature-length making-of documentary which will accompany the 90 minutes of producer credits.

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Relationships

Dick is openly bisexual. He said:

It makes other people sensitive. Straight people say, "C'mon, you know you're just gay," and gay people say, "C'mon, you know you're just gay," and everybody just wants to make me gay! There is such a thing as bisexual. People want black and white. And I enjoy being bisexual. I enjoy being with men and I enjoy being with women, but tonight I will be with one of each and I'll be on the outside on the sidelines watching, having fun. Something happened to me sexually when I was a child that tweaked my reality.^[6]

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. Recently, he has started talking to his birth father over the phone as well as his biological half-sister.^[7]

He is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. He and his band, Bitches of the Century, have played for the PETA Animal Emergency Fund.^[8]

[edit] Public incidents

On December 4, 2004, Dick was arrested for indecent exposure when he "mooned" friends at a local McDonald's. He claims that "getting arrested isn't too bad, since I'm a bisexual, I don't have a problem with angry men having sex". Bail was posted the next morning.

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 cancelled.^[9]

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.^[10] 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 without her permission. 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 were forced to literally drag an uncooperative Dick off-set. ^[11] 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. Although he exchanged some dialogue and playful "touching" with Kimmel's other guest, Danica Patrick, the show passed without incident.

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.^[12]

[edit] Drug use

On May 15, 1999, Dick drove his car into a telephone 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.^[13] Dick, who holds that Stadtmiller "slanted" the incident,^[14] returned to rehab after the roast.^[15]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

[edit] Television

• The Ben Stiller Show (1992 – 1993)
• NewsRadio (1995 – 1999)
• The Andy Dick Show (2001 – 2002)
• Less Than Perfect (2002 – 2006)
• The Assistant (2004)
• Star Trek: Voyager (Message in a Bottle) (1998)
• The Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson (2004)
• The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner (2005)
• The Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav (2007)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Q&A With Andy Dick - AllYourTV.com
• Andy Dick at the Internet Movie Database
• Andy Dick at MySpace
• Andy Dick's producer profile for The 1 Second Film
• Andy Dick on Tom Green Live
• Biography at E! Online
• Andy Dick article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Andy Dick as Harlan McCraney, Presidential Speechalist - Comedy Central's Last Laugh
• Andy Dick in Castaway Dick - The MTV Movie Awards

Persondata
NAME	Dick, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Thomlinson, Andrew
SHORT DESCRIPTION	comedian
DATE OF BIRTH	December 21, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH