Jerry Trainor

Jerry Trainor
Trainor at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in 2012
Born	Gerald William Trainor (1977-01-21) January 21, 1977 San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, voice actor
Years active	2000–present

Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor, widely known for playing Spencer Shay on iCarly. He is also known as Crazy Steve on Drake & Josh and the title character Dudley Puppy on T.U.F.F. Puppy as well as appearing on the web series Hungry Girl TV.

Early life and career

Trainor was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Bill Trainor and Madelyn (née McNenly) Trainor. Trainor studied improv at the Groundlings school in Los Angeles. Trainor also studied theatre at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

His first television role was in Nickelodeon programming block and series 6 to 8 Frozen Zone as popular person Justin. Some of his other television credits include Law & Order, Angel, and Malcolm in the Middle. His first recurring TV role was as Brian "the A.V. guy" on Crossing Jordan. He also has had a number of small roles in films such as the science fiction horror film Donnie Darko and the cheerleader comedy Bring It On Again. He also had a recurring role on the Nickelodeon TV show Drake & Josh and stared in the Nickelodeon show iCarly. He also completed the 2008 music-themed comedy Wreckless Epic, in which he stars.

Trainor was formerly in a World of Warcraft video series called Project Lore. He played the healer Goggins who is a Draenei shaman. He was replaced by Jeff Cannata when he left the show on February 7, 2009.

Trainor stars in the animated series T.U.F.F. Puppy as the voice of Dudley Puppy.

Trainor starred alongside iCarly co-star Jennette McCurdy in the Nickelodeon television movie Best Player. He played Quincy Johnson, a video game enthusiast whose main competition in a video gaming contest is McCurdy's character.

He was nominated for a 2012 Kids Choice Award for "Favorite TV Sidekick".

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Donnie Darko	Lanky Kid	Cameo
	Evolution	Tommy
	Wayside	Tommy	Direct-to-video
2003	Wrong Hollywood Number	Bailey Warren	Short film
2004	Bring It On Again	Smug Guy	Direct-to-video
2007	Pieces of Dolores	Bookstore clerk	Short film
2008	Waking Dreams	Andrew	Direct-to-video
2009	Factory 9	Roland Waters	Direct-to-video
2011	Best Player	Quincy Johnson	TV movie
	TV movie
Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
2001	Malcolm in the Middle	Cadet Edwards	Episode: Evacuation
2002	My Wife and Kids	Star Trek fan	Episode: The Bowling Show
	Angel	Jared	Episode: Supersymmetry
	ER	Darius	Episode: One Can Only Hope
2004–2005	Crossing Jordan	Brian - A.V. Guy	5 episodes (Dead or Alive, Revealed, Blue Moon, It Happened One Night, A Man in Blue)
2004–2007	Drake & Josh	"Crazy" Steve	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2007–2012	iCarly	Spencer Shay	Main role, 108 episodes
2007	Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp	"Crazy" Steve	Nickelodeon TV-Movie
2008	iCarly: iGo to Japan	Spencer Shay	Nickelodeon TV-Movie
2008	Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh	"Crazy" Steve	Nickelodeon TV-Movie
2009	BrainSurge	Himself	Played as a contestant
2010	Victorious	Himself	Episode: Jade Dumps Beck (non-speaking cameo in audience)
2010	The Penguins of Madagascar	Cockroach (voice)	Episode: Stop Bugging Me (voice)
2010–present	T.U.F.F. Puppy	Dudley Puppy (voice)	Main Voice Role (voice acting debut)
2011	iParty with Victorious	Spencer Shay	Nickelodeon TV movie
2011	Kid West	Lemuel Kage
2012	Medazza's Pastel	Matthews Carica (Voice)	Episode: The Only Musical Round (Voice)
2012	Victorious	Spencer Shay	Episode: April Fools Blank (cameo)
2012	Wendell and Vinnie	Vinnie	Pilot created by Jay Kogen for Nick at Nite

External links

• Jerry Trainor at IMDb
• Jerry Trainor on Twitter
• Jerry Trainor at Nick.com