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Bob Clendenin
BornApril 14, 1964
Newark, Ohio

Robert Treman "Bob" Clendenin[1] (born April 14, 1964) is an American actor known for portraying Carl Dawson in the TBS series 10 Items or Less, Roy in the failed pilot turned Internet series Nobody's Watching, and currently as Dr. Tom Gazelian on the ABC-TV comedy Cougar Town.

Education

Clendenin graduated from Cornell University in 1986 and earned his Master of Fine Arts from Penn State University in 1990. He has subsequently built an acting career defined by roles as oddball side characters in sitcoms.[2]

Career

Television career

Among his more notable recurring roles on television, he appeared as oncologist (and sexual deviant) Dr. Paul Zeltzer in the comedy series Scrubs, and the aptly named Slow Roger in My Name Is Earl. He appeared as characters in numerous shows including Popular, Charmed, Ugly Betty, That '70s Show, Felicity, Weeds, Gilmore Girls, NYPD Blue, Desperate Housewives and The League. He also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager as a Vidiian surgeon, Space: Above and Beyond, That 70's Show, Roswell, and on several episodes of The Closer.

Film career

His film appearances include the 2009 film Star Trek, as a ship yard worker who interacts with Kirk, as well as playing one of the space nerds in the movie Dude, Where's My Car? (credited as Robert Clendewin).

Voice Over Career

Clenendin also appeared in the 2011 Rockstar video game L.A Noire also in a commercials for Jack In The Box, GoDaddy, and State Farm. He starred as devil-may-care Ted in the 2008 film short Daryl From OnCar. This short was produced for WGA-affiliated StrikeTV, a site created to benefit crew affected by the writer's strike of Nov. 5, 2007 - Feb. 12, 2008.

Recent Roles

He currently has a role on Cougar Town as Tom, a comedically bizarre neighbor who has a crush on the main character, Jules Cobb - played by Courteney Cox - and took on a role among the regular cast in season four.

References

  1. ^ Bob Clendenin Biography (1964-)
  2. ^ Brad Herzog (August 31, 2010). "That Guy: Actor Bob Clenendin '86 has forged a career as the walk-on weirdo of TV and film". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-06.

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