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Bob Odenkirk

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Bob Odenkirk

b. 1962

American actor and screenwriter (born 1962)

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Biography

Robert John Odenkirk is an American actor, screenwriter, comedian, and producer. His accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Critics' Choice Television Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award.

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The story of Bob Odenkirk, told in moments.

1995 Event

Created and starred in Mr. Show with Bob and David alongside David Cross on HBO. It ran four seasons. Hardly anyone watched. It later became one of the most influential sketch shows in comedy history.

2009 Event

Cast as sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad. A recurring role written as comic relief. Vince Gilligan gave him a spinoff. Odenkirk was 46 and had been grinding in comedy for two decades.

2015 Event

Better Call Saul premiered. He played Jimmy McGill's transformation into Saul Goodman over six seasons. The show earned 46 Emmy nominations. Odenkirk got four of them.

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A Load of Hooey

Bob Odenkirk is a legend in the comedy-writing world, winning Emmys and acclaim for his work on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and many other seminal TV shows. This book, his first,...

2014

Jede Menge Mumpitz

In Jede Menge Mumpitz zeigt Bob Odenkirk, dass er seinen schrägen Witz vom Bildschirm aufs Papier übertragen kann. Sein Potpourri aus schwarzem, sanftem und totalem Humor hat nur ein Ziel: Schallendes...

2018

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “essential” (Entertainment Weekly), “hilarious” (AV Club) memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul opens up about the highs and lows of...

2022

Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama: The Sunday Times bestseller

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'A real gem of a book for comedy fans... honest, irreverent and fascinating' Matt Lucas 'This book is a love letter to all his comedy heroes,...

2022

Zilot and Other Important Rhymes

A collection of humorous and heartfelt poetry for children and adults.

2023

Zilot & Other Important Rhymes

A New York Times bestseller! An IndieBound bestseller! A USA Today bestseller! Emmy Award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer, comedian, and actor Bob Odenkirk and his daughter, illustrator...

2023

Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show

Mr. Show fans rejoice! After all these years, Bob and David are finally back together with a collection of hilarious, never-before-seen scripts, sketches, and ideas that may have just been too good...

2013

Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show

"Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, creators of HBO's classic sketch comedy show Mr. Show, present to you this collection of never-before-seen scripts and ideas that Hollywood couldn't find the gumption to...

2014

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m honours and distinctions. This luckiness or safety may to some extent be due to his life attitude he expressed many years before: "I believe that, in general, one of the first principles of every...

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with characteristic courtesy he withheld a paper he had previously written, whic...

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had done honour to all mankind by his genius, and whom it was the special glory ...

agrange's father and tender the congratulations of the republic on the achievements of his son, who "had done honour to all mankind by his genius, and whom it was the special glory of Piedmont to have...

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The Near Future

1999

Komedi Komedi Komedi Dram

2022

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