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David Koechner

David Koechner
David Koechner
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: 2000s
Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
First Major Screen Credit: Saturday Night Live: Season 21 (1995)
22 Videos for David Koechner
Extract (2009) Barnyard (2006) Thank You for Smoking (2005)
My One and Only (2009) Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) Let's Go to Prison! (2006) Waiting... (2005)
Get Smart (2008) Snakes on a Plane (2006) Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
Semi-Pro (2008) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Balls of Fury (2007) Unaccompanied Minors (2006) A Guy Thing (2002)
Reno 911!: Miami (2007) Daltry Calhoun (2005) Run Ronnie Run! (2002)
The Comebacks (2007)
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Biography:

Though he would remain one of the comedy world's best-kept secrets through the later half of the 1990s, improvisational comic-turned-actor David Koechner later made a successful transition from SNL and Late Night With Conan O'Brien funnyman to supporting feature player roles when word of his talent spread, thanks to stellar supporting parts in such wide-release films as A Guy Thing and Anchorman.

The Tipton, MO, native studied political science at the University of Missouri, with a subsequent career in the family business (manufacturing turkey coops) narrowly averted by a post-college move to Chicago. It was there that Koechner attempted to master his comic skills under the tutelage of improv master Del Close, with further studies at the Windy City's {~ImprovOlympic} cementing the skills of the up-and-coming talent.

A subsequent stint at Chicago's {~Second City Theater} led to Koechner's lucky break when he was whisked away by SNL creator Lorne Michaels to become a player in the long-running weekly comedy mainstay. Though he would remain with SNL for merely one season, Koechner continued to impress on the small screen as a performer on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the 1996-1997 season.

As his reputation continued to grow due to appearances on such popular shows as Mad About You and Dharma & Greg, Koechner also made an impression in features thanks to small but memorable roles in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Man on the Moon, and My Boss's Daughter.

Though he would continue to work in minor capacity on the small screen, Koechner seemed to be focusing on features at this point in his career, with a turn as a chauvinistic sportscaster in the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy Anchorman offering what was perhaps his most substantial feature performance to date.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.