Nick Bakay
Nick Bakay | |
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 Nick Bakay | |
| Born | October 8, 1959 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, actor, voice actor, comedian and sportscaster Signed with the William Morris Agency |
| Spouse(s) | Robin Bakay, (1994-present) |
| Website | http://www.nickbakay.com/ |
Nick Bakay (born October 8, 1959[1] in Buffalo, New York) is an American writer, actor, voice actor, comedian and sportscaster.
Career
Bakay is best known as the voice of Salem Saberhagen on the US TV sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (where he also served as a writer) and the cartoon series Sabrina, the Animated Series, and as the voice of Norbert on Angry Beavers.
Bakay is also an avid sport writer and commentator. He writes a weekly column for NFL.com called "Nick Bakay's Manly House of Football", as well as occasional columns for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. He appears on Sportscenter on ESPN Wednesday and Thursday mornings during NFL season, and has frequently done segments on "NFL Total Access" on NFL Network. Bakay also has guest hosted many episodes of Up Close and Talk2, as well as contributed to Jim Rome Is Burning and several other sports shows.
Early in his career he wrote the storylines for the Evil Clown Comics series which appeared in National Lampoon magazine. From 1993-1994, he was a writer for the comedy sketch series In Living Color, and appeared as Stu Dunfy, the host of the fictional game show The Dirty Dozens. He worked at Comedy Central, writing and appearing on numerous shows.[2]
Beginning in 2000, Bakay worked as a producer on the CBS hit comedy, The King of Queens, where he also wrote and acted in several episodes.
In 2006, Bakay created, wrote, and voiced a cartoon for Comedy Central called "The Adventures of Baxter & McGuire", which was recently nominated for an Emmy in the best broadband comedy category.[3]
Currently, he serves as a producer and does voice over work for the FOX comedy, "'Til Death".[4]
Guest appearances
He has guest starred on many TV sitcoms, including That 70's Show, and Seinfeld. In the Seinfeld episode ("The Smelly Car"), Bakay plays Elaine's boyfriend who in the beginning of the episode is so great because he "pillages and plunders," but later on, he can't bear being with Elaine because of the intense body odor she acquired from being in Jerry's car. In the That 70's Show episode "Ski Trip", he plays Gus, a gay truckdriver attracted to Kelso.
He has also reprised his role as "Salem" on the TV series The Simpsons and Boy Meets World. Bakay was the sidekick on two late night talk shows, Night After Night with Allan Havey and Dennis Miller's short-lived show. He was also the voice of Norbert on the hit Nick show, The Angry Beavers He also made an appearance as a priest in the show King of Queens.
Personal life
Bakay attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and later Southern Methodist University. Bakay met his wife Robin working at Comedy Central, where she was writing and producing on-air promos. He married her in February 1994, and now lives with her in West Hollywood along with a dog and two cats, one of whom is named Salem.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048169/
- ^ a b "About Robin". nickbakay.com. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ "Daytime Emmy Broadband Nominees". emmyonline.org. 2007-4-31. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "About Nick". nickbakay.com. Retrieved 2007-07-15.