Michael Blaiklock

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Michael Blaiklock
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Other namesMookie
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1993–present

Michael "Mookie" Blaiklock is an American actor and writer who has starred in the television series Secret Girlfriend and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 .

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Biography

Blaiklock was born and raised in Ashland, Massachusetts. While at Emerson College in Boston, he wrote and performed in the sketch group Swolen Monkey Showcase. [1]

In addition to being a series regular on Secret Girlfriend and Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23, Blaiklock has appeared on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia , The Sarah Silverman Program , Hung , Melrose Place , Desperate Housewives , and in the feature film Fired Up! . [2] [3]

Blaiklock was nicknamed Mookie as a child after NBA basketball player Mookie Blaylock. [4] He is a frequent performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles, often with his sketch group A Kiss from Daddy. [1]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Awkward MomentsShort film
2009 Fired Up! Mookie
2010The TherapistHimselfShort film
2011Dog DNAShort film
2011And They're OffCarl Grahn
2012Guy Talk 2Short film; credited as Mookie Blaiklock
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Nagamaki Host
2017 Cold War Jon ChuppIndependent Feature Film
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Cheap Seats Canadian Violent HuggerEpisode: "Amazing Games: International Toughmen"
2007The Very Funny ShowGuy at partyEpisode: "Future Me"; credited as Michael "Mooky" Blaiklock
2008 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Fat street kidCredited as Michael Blaiklock; episode: "Mac and Dennis: Manhunters"
2008 The Sarah Silverman Program Trevor KaufmanEpisode: "I Thought My Dad Was Dead, But It Turns Out He's Not"
2009 Hung Hammer2 episodes
2009–2010 Melrose Place Travis2 episodes
2009 Secret Girlfriend SamMain cast
2011 Breaking In Chubby ThorEpisode: "Take the Movie and Run"
2011 Desperate Housewives Father BensonUncredited; episode: "Secrets That I Never Want to Know"
2011 Supah Ninjas Burke PrattEpisode: "Snakeskin"
2012–2013 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Eli WebberMain cast; 19 episodes
2012–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various5 episodes
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Danny7 episodes
2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brian HipEpisode: "The Mattress"
2016 Tween Fest Riley2 episodes
2016–2017 Right Now Kapow DogVoice
Web series
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009BrainstormMarty Waxer8 episodes
2010Downers GroveBrett9 episodes; also creator
2010Zombie RoadkillGreg6 episodes
2010–2011The Back RoomOfficer Gutwell2 episodes
2011Minor StarsRobbie3 episodes; also co-creator
2011The Back Room Michael Jackson 2 episodes
2011–2012Inside the Master ClassHimself10 episodes; credited as Mookie Blaicklock
2011Roommate MeetingMookie3 episodes; also creator and executive producer
2012The Back RoomThe EggbeatersEpisode: "Paul F. Tompkins"
2016CuplicatedHusbandShort

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