Nate Corddry

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Nate Corddry
Born
Nathan Harris Corddry

(1977-09-08) September 8, 1977 (age 47)
Alma mater Colby-Sawyer College
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Jess Russell
(m. 2021)
Relatives Rob Corddry (brother)

Nathan Harris Corddry (born September 8, 1977) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Adam Branch in the NBC drama series Harry's Law and for his role as Gabriel in the first two seasons of the CBS sitcom Mom . He has also guest starred on series such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent , The Daily Show , United States of Tara , 30 Rock , and New Girl . He also played Private First-Class Loudmouth in the HBO miniseries The Pacific and Tom Jeter in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip . In 2019, Corddry played engineer Larry Wilson in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. In 2021, Corddry had a recurring role in the TV adaptation of Paper Girls playing Larry Radakowski.

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Life and career

Corddry was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to Robin (née Sullivan) and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official. [1] [2] After graduating from Weymouth High School in 1995, [3] he went to Colby-Sawyer College, where he majored in Communications.

On October 4, 2005, Nate joined The Daily Show as a correspondent. Nate and Rob Corddry appeared together in various pieces on the show, including a segment called "Brother vs. Brother" on February 21, 2006. In this segment they formally debated each other on the issue of Big Brother, but their debate quickly turned into immature name-calling, cheap shots by Rob, and an inevitable breaking up of the fight by Jon Stewart. [4]

Corddry also appeared on Guiding Light . In 2005, he appeared in a television commercial for Radio Shack. He has also done commercial work for Coors Brewing Company, Verizon Communications, Xbox, Dunkin' Donuts, and NYCremembers.org.[ citation needed ]

Corddry trained at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and recently spent almost a year traveling on the road as an actor in the Broadway touring production of The Graduate. [5]

In 2006, Corddry was cast in the Aaron Sorkin comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip alongside Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet, which began airing in September 2006 and was canceled in May 2007. The show was a weekly drama set behind the scenes of a fictitious Saturday Night Live -esque television program called Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Corddry played a character named Tom Jeter who was a writer and performer for the show-within-a-show. [6]

Corddry played the recurring role of Gene Stuart on the Showtime series United States of Tara . He played the Chief of Staff in the live-action film version of Yogi Bear , released 17 December 2010. He co-starred in the legal comedy-drama series Harry's Law which was canceled after its second season. Corddry voice-acted "Zed" in the Disney XD series Tron: Uprising .

In February 2014, Nate Corddry and his brother were featured alongside Breaking Bad actor Matt L. Jones in the CollegeHumor-produced video for the Guided by Voices single, "Planet Score". [7]

In 2020, Corddry appeared as a guest on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

In 2023, Corddry graduated from Harvard Extension School with a Masters Degree in English.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Arthur and the Invisibles Seides
2006 Suburban Girl Jason
2007 The Nanny Diaries Calvin
2008 Morning Departure Short film
2009 The Ugly Truth Josh
2009 The Invention of Lying News Reporter
2010 6 Souls Stephen Harding
2010 Yogi Bear Chief of Staff
2012 Girl Most Likely Larry Feinstein
2013In Lieu of FlowersTony
2013 The Heat Michael Mullins
2014 St. Vincent Terry
2016 Ghostbusters Leif (Graffiti Artist)
2017 The Circle Dan
2019 Standing Up, Falling Down Adam
2022Family SquaresKevin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Ricky GergisEpisode: "Probability"
2003 Guiding Light Computer NerdEpisode: "#1.14113"
2005–2006 The Daily Show Himself (correspondent)9 episodes
2006–2007 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Tom Jeter22 episodes
2008 Childrens Hospital Dr. Jason Mantzoukas/Dr. Nate Corddry4 episodes
2009 United States of Tara Gene Stuart10 episodes
2009 30 Rock BrianEpisode: "Sun Tea"
2010 The Pacific Pvt. 'Loudmouth'Episode: "Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika"
2010 The Wonderful Maladys Neil MaladyTelevision film
2011–2012 Harry's Law Adam Branch34 episodes
2012 Childrens Hospital Prosecuting AttorneyEpisode: "Childrens Lawspital"
2012–2013 Tron: Uprising Zed14 episodes
2013 New Girl EdgarEpisode: "Pepperwood"
2013–2015 Mom Gabriel22 episodes
2015 Difficult People Brian WalshEpisode: "Devil's Three-Way"
2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! LancelotEpisode: "Aubrey Plaza Wears a Velvet Off-the-Shoulder Gown with Flowers in Her Hair"
2017 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel RandallEpisode: "Mrs. X at the Gaslight"
2019 Fosse/Verdon Neil Simon Miniseries
2019 Mindhunter Art Spencer4 episodes
2019–2022 For All Mankind Larry Wilson17 episodes
2020 Perry Mason Matthew DodsonMiniseries
2020 The George Lucas Talk Show HimselfEpisode: "Stu-D2 1138 on the Binary Sunset Sith"
2022 Paper Girls Larry Radakowski6 episodes
2022 High School David3 episodes
2023 Barry Matt IsersonEpisode: "a nice meal"
2024 Sugar David Siegel8 episodes

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