Diedrich Bader

Diedrich Bader
Bader in March 2017
Born	Karl Diedrich Bader (1966-12-24) December 24, 1966 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Dulcy Rogers ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	2

Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor and voice actor. He has appeared as a series regular in television sitcoms The Drew Carey Show, American Housewife, and Outsourced, along with notable recurring roles in Better Things and Veep. His film credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Office Space, EuroTrip and Napoleon Dynamite. He is also a voice actor for multiple animated series; some of his roles include Bruce Wayne / Batman on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Harley Quinn and JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, and Bojack Horseman. His other voice roles include the android Zeta in The Zeta Project, Warp Darkmatter in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the Fiskerton Phantom in The Secret Saturdays and his recurring role as Hoss Delgado in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

Early life

Karl Diedrich Bader was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on Christmas Eve, 1966, the son of Gretta Bader (née Margaret Marie Lange; 1931–2014), a sculptor, and William B. Bader (1931–2016), a foundation executive and political activist. His patrilineal great-grandfather was Edward Lawrence Bader, who was mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

When Bader was two years old, his family moved to Paris, but he returned to the U.S. to attend Groveton High School. He graduated from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended college at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Career

Bader at the 2010 Comic-Con

After a few guest roles on popular television series such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, Diagnosis: Murder and Cheers, Bader's first major role was in the 1993 series Danger Theatre, playing The Searcher. He moved into cinema acting for the 1993 film version of The Beverly Hillbillies, but returned to TV, playing Oswald on The Drew Carey Show starting in 1995.

Bader has had roles in animated features and TV series such as Ice Age, The Simpsons, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, South Park and The Penguins of Madagascar. He appeared in the 1999 film Office Space as Peter's neighbor Lawrence, and in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite as Rex, the owner of a Taekwondo dojang. He performs in the 2004 film Eurotrip as a thief. In 2010, Bader took the role of Charlie on the television series Outsourced. In 2012, he reprised his role as Rex in the animated TV series Napoleon Dynamite. He played the Russian Cosmonaut Yuri in Disney's Space Buddies. Bader has lent his voice to several different Batman cartoons, portraying both heroes and villains: Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, The Batman, and starring as the title character in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Bader also voices Guy Gardner in Green Lantern: The Animated Series.

In 2016, Bader starred in the "It's the Obvious Choice" series of Time Warner Cable television commercials and currently stars as Greg Otto in ABC sitcom American Housewife. From 2014 to 2019, Bader had a recurring role on HBO sitcom Veep. Since 2016, Bader has had a recurring role as best friend, Rich, on Better Things.

Personal life

Bader has been married to actress Dulcy Rogers since 1997. Together they have two children, Ondine and Sebastian.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Longarm	Randy	Television film
1988	Desert Rats	Mort	Television film
1989	The Preppie Murder	Peter	Television film
1990	Arduous Man		Short film
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies	Jethro Bodine / Jethrine Bodine
1994	Teresa's Tattoo	Higgins
1996	The Assassination File	Scott McDonough	Television film
1999	Office Space	Lawrence
2000	Certain Guys	Ronald
2000	Couple Days... A Period Piece	Josh
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Miramax Security Guard Gordon
2002	The Country Bears	Officer Cheets
2003	Evil Alien Conquerors	My-ik
2004	Napoleon Dynamite	Rex
2004	EuroTrip	Mugger
2004	Dead & Breakfast	Chef Henri
2005	Untitled Oakley & Weinstein Project	Lt. Peter Fontaine	Television film
2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Joel
2006	Cattle Call	Glenn Dale
2007	Cook Off!	Del Crawford
2007	Sunny & Share Love You	Mr. Jami
2007	Balls of Fury	Randy Daytona's Concubine Companion
2008	Skip Tracer	Parker Tuffey	Television film
2008	Meet the Spartans	Traitoro
2009	Space Buddies	Yuri	Direct-to-video
2009	Calvin Marshall	Fred Deerfield
2010	Vampires Suck	Frank Crane
2012	Atlas Shrugged: Part II	Quentin Daniels
2012	Sassy Pants	Dale Pinto
2013	Playdate	Mitchell	Direct-to-video
2013	The Starving Games	President Snowballs
2013	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary
2014	Muffin Top: A Love Story	Michael Nicholson
2015	All She Wishes	Patrick O'Dea
2019	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot	Relentless Security Guard

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Tactical Crewman	Episode: "The Emissary" (Credited as "Dietrich Bader")
1990–1991	Cheers	Waiter, Paul	2 episodes (Credited as "Dietrich Bader")
1990	21 Jump Street	Paul Edward Novack	Episode: "Last Chance High"
1990	Quantum Leap	Dillon	Episode: "Rebel Without a Clue"
1991	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Frank Schaeffer	2 episodes (Credited as "Dietrich Bader")
1993	Danger Theatre	The Searcher	Main role
1995	Frasier	Roz's date, Brad	Episode: "The Innkeepers"
1995–2004	The Drew Carey Show	Oswald Lee Harvey	Main role
2004–2005	Center of the Universe	Tommy Barnett	Main role
2007	7th Heaven	Theodore Alan "Al" Bonaducci	Episode: "Nothing Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven"
2007	Monk	Chance Singer	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Naked Man"
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Simon	Episode: "The TiVo Guy"
2008	Reno 911!	Tommy Hawk	Episode: "Bounty Hunter Tommy Hawk"
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Bud Parker	Episode: "Two And a Half Deaths"
2009	Drop Dead Diva	Wallace Haft	Episode: "The Chinese Wall"
2009	CSI: Miami	Myles Martini	Episode: "Dead on Arrival"
2009–2010	Bones	Andrew Hacker	3 episodes
2010	Medium	Fred Rovick	Episode: "Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up?"
2010	Chuck	Del	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Beard"
2010–2011	Outsourced	Charlie Davies	Main role
2011	Psych	Eli	Episode: "The Tao of Gus"
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV	Riddle Terrorist	Episode: "Sabbath-tage"
2012–2013	The Exes	Paul	Recurring role
2013	Save Me	Elliot Tompkins	Recurring role
2013	Arrested Development	Gunner	Episode: "Off the Hook"
2013	Baby Daddy	Winston Douglas	Episode: "Never Ben in Love"
2013	Raising Hope	Gary	Episode: "Murder, She Hoped"
2014	Two and a Half Men	Dirk	Episode: "Dial 1-900-Mix-A-Lot"
2014–2019	Veep	Bill Ericsson	Recurring role
2016–present	American Housewife	Greg Otto	Main role
2016–present	Better Things	Rich	Recurring role
2017	Bill Nye Saves the World	Smallpox	Episode: "Do Some Shots, Save the World"
2017	Playing House	Simon	Episode: "Reverse the Curse"
2020	Space Force	General Rongley	Recurring role

Voice roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Bartok the Magnificent	Vol	Direct-to-video
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	Warp Darkmatter / Agent Z	Direct-to-video
2001	Recess: School's Out	Guard #2
2002	Ice Age	Oscar
2002	The Country Bears	Ted Bedderhead
2005	Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama	Lars	Television film
2005	Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone	John
2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Surprise Party	Uncle Dave Beech	Video short
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Olaf, Unhygienix	English dub
2006	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Christmas Wishes	Uncle Dave Beech	Video short
2007	Surf's Up	Tank "The Shredder" Evans
2007	Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever	Uncle Dave Beech	Video short
2008	Open Season 2	Rufus	Direct-to-video
2008	Underfist: Halloween Bash	Hoss Delgado	Television film
2008	Bolt	Veteran Cat
2010	The Search for Santa Paws	Comet	Direct-to-video
2011	Spooky Buddies	Hound	Direct-to-video
2012	Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups	Comet	Direct-to-video
2012	Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon	Brad Adams / Blue Falcon II	Direct-to-video
2013	Superman: Unbound	Steve Lombard	Direct-to-video
2014	JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2014	Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy	Mrs. Vanders	Direct-to-video
2015	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League	Guy Gardner / Green Lantern, Gardner Grant / Greenzarro	Direct-to-video
2015	Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness	H.A.M.	Direct-to-video
2016	Pup Star	Kano	Direct-to-video
2017	Surf's Up 2: WaveMania	Tank "The Shredder" Evans	Direct-to-video
2017	Tangled: Before Ever After	Stan the Guard	Television film
2018	Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2018	Duck Duck Goose	Bing
2020	Superman: Red Son	Lex Luthor	Direct-to-video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Gargoyles	Jason Canmore	3 episodes
1998–1999	Hercules: The Animated Series	Adonis	Main role
1999	Olive, the Other Reindeer	Zoo Director	Holiday special
1999–2000	Pepper Ann	Additional voices	3 episodes
1999–2009	King of the Hill	Doctor, Dirk, Ray Roy	3 episodes
2000	The Simpsons	Sheriff	Episode: "Kill the Alligator and Run"
2000–2002	Baby Blues	Kenny, Various Characters	Main role
2000–2001	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Warp Darkmatter, Targo, Doorman, Natron	Recurring role
2001–2002	The Zeta Project	Zeta, Infiltration Unit 7	Main role
2001	Batman Beyond	Zeta	Episode: "Countdown"
2001	The Legend of Tarzan	Stanley Obrowski	Episode: "Tarzan and the Silver Screen"
2001–2003	Lloyd in Space	Harvulian 'Boomer' Standervault	Recurring role
2002	Teamo Supremo	Dehydro	3 episodes
2002–2007	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	Hoss Delgado, Zombie, Pat the Baker, Caddy #2, Narrator, Floss	Recurring role
2005	South Park	Bat Dad, Tom Nelson	Episode: "The Losing Edge"
2006	Korgoth of Barbaria	Korgoth, Henchman #1	Television short
2006–2008	The Batman	Number 1, Captain Slash, Shadow Thief / Carl Sands	3 episodes
2008–2013	Phineas and Ferb	Vance Ward, Albert DuBois, Tom Totally, Additional voices	Recurring role
2008–2010	The Secret Saturdays	Fiskerton, Dr. Henry Ceveyo, Maboul, Cody, Nāga	Main role
2008–2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Batman / Bruce Wayne / Matches Malone, Kilowog, Ace, Owlman, Solomon Grundy, Punch, Gorilla Boss, Damian Wayne / Future Batman, Lord Death Man, Creepy Usher, Caveman Batman, Pirate Batman, Batmanicus, Robot Batman, Musketeer	Main role 65 episodes
2009–2012	The Penguins of Madagascar	Rat King	Recurring role
2009	The Goode Family	Jeff, Lane	Episode: "After-School Special"
2010	Ben 10: Alien Force	Simian, Lu	Episode: "Birds of a Feather"
2010–2011	Mad	Announcer, Parker Selfridge, Batman, Hannibal, Iron Man	4 episodes
2011	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	Simian	Episode: "Simian Says"
2011–2014, 2016	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Hundun, Pig Waiter, Villager # 1	Recurring role
2012	Napoleon Dynamite	Rex, Shasta, Male Judge	Main role
2012–2013	Pound Puppies	Banjo Player, Worker, Champ, Shop Keeper	2 episodes
2012–2013	Green Lantern: The Animated Series	Guy Gardner	3 episodes
2012, 2014	Gravity Falls	Dundgren	2 episodes
2013	Chosen	Daniel Easton	3 episodes
2013–2017	Ultimate Spider-Man	Kraven the Hunter, Man-Mouse, HYDRA Soldier, Moon Knight	Recurring role
2013	Farm League	Batmongoose
2013–2014	Monsters vs. Aliens	The Missing Link, Soldier #2, Alien TV, Amoeba #2	Recurring role
2013–2015	Turbo FAST	Hardcase, Gulpy, Race Announcer	Recurring role
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Bigfoot, Announcer	Episode: "A Foot Too Big"
2014	Ben 10: Omniverse	Simian, Alien Citizen	2 episodes
2014–2016	All Hail King Julien	Abner, Andy Fairfax, Trevor	Recurring role
2015	Transformers: Rescue Bots	Jules Verne	Episode: "The Last of Morocco"
2015	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo	Scott McDoon, Waiter, Chef	Episode: "All Paws on Deck"
2015	Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special	Villain	Holiday special
2016–2017, 2019-2020	BoJack Horseman	Judah Mannowdog, Blimp Pilot	Recurring role
2016–present	Milo Murphy's Law	Martin Murphy, Additional voices	5 episodes
2016	We Bare Bears	Todd Eagle, Additional voices	Episode: "Baby Bears on a Plane"
2016–2017	Justice League Action	Booster Gold, Uthool, H.I.V.E. Master	4 episodes
2017	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Cupid	Episode: "Second First Date"
2017	Michael Jackson's Halloween	Franklin Stein	TV Special
2017–present	Wacky Races	Peter Perfect	Main role
2018	Big Hero 6: The Series	Bluff Dunder, Felony Carl, Various characters	Recurring
2019–present	Harley Quinn	Bruce Wayne / Batman, No Pinkie Pete, Trainer, Goon
2019	Amphibia	Frog Jordan

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Hoss Delgado
2007	Surf's Up	Tank "The Shredder" Evans
2009	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Hoss Delgado, Fiskerton
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame	Batman, Kilowog
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Spitfire
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Maximus

External links

• Diedrich Bader at IMDb
• Diedrich Bader on Twitter