Clark Duke

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Clark Duke
Clark Duke at WonderCon 2010.jpg
Duke at WonderCon 2010
Born
Arkansas, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1992–1995, 2004–present

Clark Duke is an American actor known for his roles in the films Kick-Ass , Sex Drive , and Hot Tub Time Machine , as well as playing Clark Green in the TV series The Office , Dale Kettlewell in Greek , and Barry in Two and a Half Men . Duke is also known for his role in I'm Dying Up Here as Ron Shack.

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Life and career

Duke was born and raised in Arkansas, [1] the son of Angela and Ronnie Duke. [2] He was raised a Baptist. [1] Duke graduated from Centerpoint High School in 2002. [3]

In 1992, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award as an "Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series" for his work on Hearts Afire .

Along with best friend Michael Cera, Duke created, wrote, directed and produced the web series Clark and Michael in which he plays a fictional version of himself. The pilot episode was directed by Duke as his college thesis film at Loyola Marymount University. [4]

He was a regular on the television series Greek as Rusty's Christian dorm roommate Dale. Duke appeared in the film Superbad in the small role of 'Party Teenager #1'.

In February 2008, he starred in Volume 2 of the web video series Drunk History with Jack Black, which can be found on YouTube. Michael Cera had appeared in the previous episode, Drunk History, Volume 1.

In 2008, Duke had his first co-starring film role in Sex Drive . He co-starred with Eddie Murphy in A Thousand Words , which was completed in 2008 but remained unreleased until 2012. He appeared in Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Nicolas Cage, and played Jacob, the nephew of Adam Yates (John Cusack) in Hot Tub Time Machine . He voiced Thunk in the 2013 animated film, The Croods .

In 2010, he had a cameo in a Kid Cudi music video "Erase Me".

He also appeared as Clark Green in the ninth and final season of the American version of The Office . He reprised his role from Kick-Ass in its sequel Kick-Ass 2 , released August 2013.

Duke made his major motion picture directorial debut in 2020 with the film Arkansas , about two friends who live in Arkansas and work for a Chicago-based drug kingpin, whom they have never met. Set in his home state, Duke co-starred with Liam Hemsworth, Michael Kenneth Williams, Vince Vaughn, John Malkovich, and Vivica A. Fox. [5] [6]

He voiced Brett Hand in the Netflix series Inside Job . [7]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Superbad Party Teenager
2008 Sex Drive Lance Johnson
2010 Kick-Ass Marty
Hot Tub Time Machine Jacob
Journey of Mr. RagerHimself
2012 A Thousand Words Aaron Wiseberger
2013 Identity Thief Everett
The Croods Thunk (voice)
Kick-Ass 2 Marty / Battle Guy
A.C.O.D. Trey
2014 A Merry Friggin' Christmas Nelson
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Jacob
2016 Bad Moms Dale Kipler
2017 The Last Movie Star Doug
2018 Song of Back and Neck Atkins
2020 Arkansas Swin HornAlso writer, director, producer
The Croods: A New Age Thunk (voice)
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1995 Hearts Afire Elliot HartmanMain role
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Frat Boy #1Episode: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"
2006 Clark and Michael ClarkAlso producer
Campus Ladies ActorEpisode: "The Dare"
2007–2011 Greek Dale KettlewellMain role
2008–2020 Robot Chicken Various (voices)7 episodes
2010 WWE Raw Guest host
Childrens Hospital Captain SternEpisode: "Joke Overload"
2012 New Girl CliffEpisode: "Valentine's Day"
2012–2013 The Office Clark GreenStarring Role (Season 9); 20 episodes
2014 Two and a Half Men Barry Foster8 episodes
2015 Mom Jackie Biletnikoff2 episodes
Adventure Time Justin Rockcandy / Jawbreaker GuyEpisode: "The Diary"
SuperMansion GankyEpisode: "They Shoot Omega Pets, Don't They?"
2016 Workaholics Trilly ZaneEpisode: "Going Viral"
2017 Room 104 JarodEpisode: "Pizza Boy"
2017–2018 I'm Dying Up Here Ron ShackMain role
2019 Veronica Mars Don6 episodes
2021–2022 Inside Job Brett HandMain role
2023 Young Rock Brian GewirtzEpisode: "Going Heavy"
Music video
YearSongArtistNotes
2010 Erase Me Kid Cudi with Kanye West
Answer to Yourself The Soft Pack

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1993 Young Artist Award Outstanding Actor Under 10 in a Television Series Hearts Afire Nominated [8]
2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series The Office Nominated [9]
2014Behind the Voice Actors AwardsBest Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film The Croods Nominated [10]

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References

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