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Robert John "Bob" Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He co-created and co-starred in the HBO sketch comedy series ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', and is best known for his role as shady lawyer Saul Goodman (James Morgan McGill) on the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' and its spin-off series ''Better Call Saul''. From the late 1980s to 1990s, Odenkirk worked as a writer for television shows ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''Get a Life'', ''The Ben Stiller Show'' and ''The Dennis Miller Show''. In the mid-1990s, he and David Cross created the Emmy-nominated sketch comedy program ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', which ran for four seasons and ultimately became a cult success.〔 In the early 2000s, Odenkirk discovered the comedy duo Tim & Eric and produced their television series ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' and ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' He directed three films, ''Melvin Goes to Dinner'' (2003), ''Let's Go to Prison'' (2006) and ''The Brothers Solomon'' (2007). ==Early life== Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois and raised in nearby Naperville. He is one of seven siblings born to Walter, who was employed in the printing business, and Barbara Odenkirk,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=144048&apid=0 )〕 Roman Catholics of German and Irish descent. His parents divorced in part due to Walter Odenkirk's alcoholism, which would influence Bob's decision to avoid alcohol as much as possible. He would later say that he grew up "hating" Naperville because "it felt like a dead end, like Nowheresville. I couldn't wait to move into a city and be around people who were doing exciting things."〔 Walter Odenkirk died of bone cancer in 1995.〔〔 Odenkirk attended Naperville North High School and Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then transferred to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, "honing his sketch-writing and performance skills with live shows on both colleges' radio stations."〔 He began his foray into comedy writing as a radio DJ for WIDB (Carbondale, Illinois), his local college station at SIU-Carbondale. He worked at WIDB with newsman Greg Weindorf and traffic man Matt "The Agitator" Helser now of ''Dirty Laundry Podcast'' fame. He created a late-night (midnight to 4am) radio comedy show called "The Prime Time Special" with many recurring characters. "It often had us in stitches" said then WIDB Program Director, Victor Lentini. After three years of college, Odenkirk decided to try writing and improv in Chicago. First studying with Del Close, Odenkirk attended "The Players Workshop of the Second City" where he met Robert Smigel, and they began a collaboration that would last for years and take Odenkirk to ''Saturday Night Live''.〔 He also performed at the Improv Olympic alongside notable comedians Chris Farley and Tim Meadows. Odenkirk said his strongest comedic influence was ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', primarily due to its combination of cerebral and simple humor. Other influences included radio personality Steve Dahl, ''SCTV'', Steve Martin's ''Let's Get Small'', Woody Allen, The Credibility Gap, and Bob and Ray.〔 He visited Chicago's Second City Theater at the age of fourteen. His younger brother is comedy writer Bill Odenkirk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Odenkirk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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