Kyle Bornheimer

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Kyle Bornheimer
Born (1975-09-10) September 10, 1975 (age 48) [1]
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2004–present
SpouseShannon Ryan
Children2 [2]

Kyle Bornheimer (born September 10, 1975) is an American actor and comedian known for his roles on the sitcoms Worst Week , Brooklyn Nine-Nine , Casual , and Playing House .

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Life and career

Bornheimer attended St. Monica Grade School and Marian High School, graduating in 1994.[ citation needed ] Bornheimer is a founding member of The Curtainbox Theatre Company. [3]

With a string of national commercials, Bornheimer established an "always on TV" reputation with 30-second spots for such national accounts as Geico, Staples, Coors Light, Imodium, Stanley and T-Mobile. [4]

He landed the lead of Sam Briggs on the sitcom Worst Week . He starred with Alyssa Milano on the TV sitcom Romantically Challenged . The series premiered on ABC on April 19, 2010, but ABC officially canceled the series on May 16, 2010.

In Breaking Bad , he played Ken, an obnoxious stockbroker who gets his car blown up by Walter White in the Season 1 episode "Cancer Man", and later reprised his role as the character in the prequel Better Call Saul , as the victim of a prank pulled by Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler in the Season 2 episode "Switch". [5] Bornheimer has also been featured in episodes of Better Off Ted , The Office , Brooklyn Nine-Nine , and Party Down . More recently, Bornheimer starred in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples opposite Olivia Munn, David Walton, and Hayes MacArthur and in the ABC sitcom Family Tools with J.K. Simmons and Leah Remini.

In 2016, Bornheimer appeared on the CBS sitcom Angel from Hell . His feature film credits include She's Out of My League , You Again , and Bachelorette . He also made two appearances in Judd Apatow's Netflix series Love . [6]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Spokane James
Devils are DreamingArden
2005An Alright StartDoug
2007 Blades of Glory Rink PA Nationals
2010 For Christ's Sake Tony
She's Out of My League Dylan Kettner
You Again Tim
2012 Bachelorette Joe
2013 The Big Wedding Andrew
2014 Veronica Mars Hedge Fund Guy
2015 The D Train Randy
The Last Time You Had FunClark
2016 Me Him Her Steve
Rules Don't Apply Concerned Orderly
2017 Little Evil Victor
2019 Marriage Story Ted
2020 Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Crispin Flavius
Onward Wilden Lightfoot / Narrator (voice)
The Lovebirds Brett

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Monk Uniform CopEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Kid"
2004 The O.C. NormanEpisode: "The Risky Business"
2005 How I Met Your Mother AustinEpisode: "Okay Awesome"
2005 Medium WaiterEpisode: "Too Close to Call"
2006 Will & Grace WaiterEpisode: "Cop to It"
2006 Lovespring International Derek GardnerEpisode: "Burke Makes a Friend"
2006 Weeds ChuckEpisode: "Crush Girl Love Panic"
2006 The Unit Officer JonesEpisode: "Off the Meter"
2007 The Office Ad Company RepresentativeEpisode: "Local Ad"
2008 Girlfriends JasonEpisode: "What's Black-a-Lackin'?"
2008 Worst Week Sam Briggs16 episodes
2008 Breaking Bad KenEpisode: "Cancer Man"
2008 Jericho Chris CalleyEpisode: "Condor"
2009 Party Down Mark DefinoEpisode: "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion"
2010 Better Off Ted PeteEpisode: "The Long and Winding High Road"
2010 Chuck Hunter PerryEpisode: "Chuck Versus the Final Exam"
2010 Royal Pains Spencer FisherEpisode: "Spasticity"
2010 Romantically Challenged Perry Gill6 episodes
2010–11 Perfect Couples Dave11 episodes
2012 Bent DanEpisode: "Tile Date"
2013 Arrested Development Shannon RyanEpisode: "A New Start"
2013 Family Tools Jack Shea10 episodes [7]
2014 Those Who Kill Paul Cavallo5 episodes
2014–21 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Sgt. Teddy Wells Ramos7 episodes
2014 Workaholics GirthquakeEpisode: "Fry Guys"
2014 Justified Jack AndersonEpisode: "Whistle Past the Graveyard"
2015 Agent Carter Ray Krzeminski Episodes: "Now is Not the End", "Bridge and Tunnel", "Time and Tide"
2015–16 Comedy Bang! Bang! Pat Dantrick4 episodes
2015 Playing House Dan5 episodes
2016 Angel from Hell BradMain cast, 13 episodes
2016 Better Call Saul KenEpisode: "Switch"
2016 The Mindy Project J.J.Episode: "Mindy Lahiri is DTF"
2016–17 Casual Jack Briggs14 episodes
2016 Westworld ClarenceEpisode: "The Original"
2016 American Housewife BruceEpisode: "Power Couple"
2017 Angie Tribeca ScottEpisode: "If You See Something, Solve Something"
2017 Modern Family ScottyEpisode: "Lake Life"
2017 Will & Grace LennyEpisode: "11 Years Later"
2018 Love Ken Cruikshank2 episodes
2018 Speechless EddieEpisode: "A-C-- ACTION"
2018 Drunk History Ghost Army SoldierEpisode: "World War II"
2019 Heartstrings LandonEpisode: "These Old Bones"
2020–2022 Avenue 5 DougRecurring role
2020 Amazing Stories Michael HarrisEpisode: "Dynoman and the Volt!!"
2020 Broke Barry4 episodes
2022 High School Patrickseries regular

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