Charlie Finn

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Charlie Finn
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Finn in 2009
Born (1975-09-18) September 18, 1975 (age 48)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Charlie Finn (born September 18, 1975) is an American film, television, and voice actor. [1] Finn is best known for his role as the voice of Spud in American Dragon: Jake Long .

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Early life and education

Finn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois, where he attended Lake Forest High School. Finn majored in English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and was a member of the Texas Delta chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He has been a member of the Lake Forest Players' Club since the early 1990s, and is well known for his recitals of epic Shakesperian soliloquies.

Career

Finn is known for his voice role as Spud in the animated series American Dragon: Jake Long and for co-starring in the sitcoms Life on a Stick and Help Me Help You . He has also appeared in the films Gone But Not Forgotten, Psycho Beach Party , Rolling Kansas , The Dukes of Hazzard and played a small but memorable role as a smart-ass fast-food cashier in Super Troopers . He co-starred in the film Bar Starz in 2008. He provided additional voices in Happy Feet Two . Finn also portrayed Captain 'Black Jack' Bonfield in the "Chicago" episode of Derek Waters' Drunk History on Comedy Central. He also had a small role in an episode of Sports Night . [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The In Crowd Greg
2000 Psycho Beach Party Pea Brain
2001 Super Troopers Dimpus Burger Guy
2002 The Year That Trembled Jim 'Hairball' Morton
2002King's HighwayBruce
2003 Rolling Kansas Kevin Haub
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Royce
2008Bar StarzDouglas
2011 Happy Feet Two Additional voices
2012 The Babymakers Sperm Bank Receptionist
2012 Struck by Lightning Coach Colin Walker
2020Una Great MovieNateCompleted

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Sports Night Corbin DavisEpisode: "Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks"
2000 DAG Steve2 episodes
2002 The Wonderful World of Disney HankEpisode: "Nancy Drew"
2002Deep CoverJackson Lewis1 episode
2002–2003 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Teak3 episodes
2003 Judging Amy Atty. Douglas RaineEpisode: "CSO Hartford"
2005Gone But Not ForgottenJohnTelevision film
2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series SpudEpisode: "Morpholomew: Experiment 316"
2005 Love, Inc. CharlieEpisode: "Three's Company"
2005 Life on a Stick Fred13 episodes
2005–2007 American Dragon: Jake Long Spud / Teenage Worker47 episodes
2006–2007 Help Me Help You Dave14 episodes
2008 Front of the Class RonTelevision film
2009 Castle Ian YankmanEpisodes: "Hedge Fund Homeboys"
2009PullingKarlTelevision film
2011 Franklin & Bash Colin MorrowEpisode: "You Can't Take It with You"
2011Danni LowinskiLazUnsold pilot
2012Middle AgesTelevision film
2013, 2016 Drunk History Mike Veeck / Cpt. 'Black Jack' Bonfield2 episodes
2015Little Things: The Thing About WeedHot GuyTelevision short
2016 Lady Dynamite RussellEpisode: "Enter Super Grisham"

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