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Todd Barry (born March 26, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor.〔Zinoman, Jason (March 21, 2012). (How a Master of Stand-Up Sells the Joke. ) ''New York Times''〕 ==Life and career== Barry was born in The Bronx, New York, and grew up in Florida.〔(Todd Barry Bio ) Accessed June 21, 2011.〕 He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in English in 1986.〔(Todd Barry Alumni Page ) Accessed July 22, 2014.〕 Before starting in stand-up comedy, he first worked as a drummer in the indie rock band The Chant from 1984 to 1985. In 1999, his ''Comedy Central Presents'' aired. He wrote, directed and starred in the short film ''Borrowing Saffron'' (2002), which co-starred H. Jon Benjamin. He has made a variety of guest appearances on shows like ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'', ''Home Movies'', ''Wonder Showzen'', ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'', and ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''. He also voices a recurring character on Squidbillies. In 2004 Todd Barry was featured in an animated series called ''Shorties Watchin' Shorties''.〔(Todd Barry Bio ) Accessed July 2, 2011.〕〔(Todd Barry Shortie's ) Accessed July 2, 2011.〕 In 2008, he played Wayne in Darren Aronofsky's ''The Wrestler''. Over the course of six years he made 16 appearances on ''Dr. Katz'', appearing as himself in the first two appearances. He then played the recurring character "Todd the video store clerk" and appeared in most episodes in the show's final year. He also played a character in the television pilot ''Saddle Rash'' along with Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin and Mitch Hedberg. In "The Third Conchord", the twelfth and final episode of the first season of ''Flight of the Conchords'', Barry played Todd, a bongo playing megalomaniac, who tries to introduce the song, "Doggy Bounce," to the Conchords' repertoire, and a new band name: The Crazy Dogggz. In 2010, Barry had a recurring role as a fictionalized version of himself in the second season of the live-action Adult Swim series ''Delocated''. He also has a recurring role playing himself in FX's ''Louie''. In 2012, Barry released the album and special ''Super Crazy'' on Comedy Central Records. In 2014, Barry was featured on Season 3, Episode 4 of Jerry Seinfeld's web show ''Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee''.〔http://www.crackle.com/c/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee〕 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「Todd Barry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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