Bill Chott

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Bill Chott (July 23, 1969-), born in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American actor and comedian.

[edit] Early life

Throughout his entire school education, Chott appeared in numerous plays and musicals.^{[citation needed]} He continued appearing when he was in college, with starring roles both comedic and dramatic plays and musicals. Leaving St. Louis in 1992, he headed to Chicago, IL and immediately broke into improvisational theater in Comedy Sportz, IO (formerly known as Improv Olympic), and the creme de la creme Second City, where he studied with people such as Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert. He was a student of Del Close, founder of Second City.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

He toured the country with the Second City Touring Troupe which resulted in him appearing in a gig in New York City in 1995 with The Dana Carvey Show, reuniting him with Carell and Colbert. Working with fellow castmate Robert Smigel, he was cast as the announcer for the animated short The Ambiguously Gay Duo which continued on after The Dana Carvey Show to Saturday Night Live.

His movies (in date order) include Galaxy Quest, Dude Where's My Car, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, Brainwarp, Dante's Inferno, Wild Girls Gone, and The Ringer, his most notable character being Thomas the love-struck Special Olympian from The Ringer.

His television appearances (in date order) include The Dana Carvey Show, Third Rock from the Sun, Freaks and Geeks, Popular, ER, She Spies, Crossballs, Weekends at the DL, CSI, Wizards of Waverly Place, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and MONK.

His voice work includes The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Invader Zim, and Curious George (PBS series).

Besides voice-overs, commercial work, television and film, Chott continues to perform improv in various shows around the globe at various improv or comedy festivals and events. He also teaches improv classes in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

[edit] External links

• Bill Chott at the IMDb
• theimprovtrick.com