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Kyle Bornheimer

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Kyle Bornheimer
Born (1975-09-10) September 10, 1975 (age 49)[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2004–present
SpouseShannon Ryan
Children2[2]

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

Life and career

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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

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Spokane James
Devils are Dreaming Arden
2005 An Alright Start Doug
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 Fun Clark
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

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Monk Uniform Cop Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Kid"
2004 The O.C. Norman Episode: "The Risky Business"
2005 How I Met Your Mother Austin Episode: "Okay Awesome"
2005 Medium Waiter Episode: "Too Close to Call"
2006 Will & Grace Waiter Episode: "Cop to It"
2006 Lovespring International Derek Gardner Episode: "Burke Makes a Friend"
2006 Weeds Chuck Episode: "Crush Girl Love Panic"
2006 The Unit Officer Jones Episode: "Off the Meter"
2007 The Office Ad Company Representative Episode: "Local Ad"
2008 Girlfriends Jason Episode: "What's Black-a-Lackin'?"
2008–09 Worst Week Sam Briggs Main role; 16 episodes
2008 Breaking Bad Ken Episode: "Cancer Man"
2008 Jericho Chris Calley Episode: "Condor"
2009 Party Down Mark Defino Episode: "James Rolf High School Twentieth Reunion"
2010 Better Off Ted Pete Episode: "The Long and Winding High Road"
2010 Chuck Hunter Perry Episode: "Chuck Versus the Final Exam"
2010 Royal Pains Spencer Fisher Episode: "Spasticity"
2010 Romantically Challenged Perry Gill Main role; 6 episodes
2010–11 Perfect Couples Dave Main role; 11 episodes
2012 Bent Dan Episode: "Tile Date"
2013 Arrested Development Shannon Ryan Episode: "A New Start"
2013 Family Tools Jack Shea Main role; 10 episodes[7]
2014 Those Who Kill Paul Cavallo 5 episodes
2014–21 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Sgt. Teddy Wells Ramos 7 episodes
2014 Workaholics Girthquake Episode: "Fry Guys"
2014 Justified Jack Anderson Episode: "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 Dantrick 4 episodes
2015 Playing House Dan 5 episodes
2016 Angel from Hell Brad Main role; 13 episodes
2016 Better Call Saul Ken Episode: "Switch"
2016 The Mindy Project J.J. Episode: "Mindy Lahiri is DTF"
2016–17 Casual Jack Briggs 14 episodes
2016 Westworld Clarence Episode: "The Original"
2016 American Housewife Bruce Episode: "Power Couple"
2017 Angie Tribeca Scott Episode: "If You See Something, Solve Something"
2017 Modern Family Scotty Episode: "Lake Life"
2017 Will & Grace Lenny Episode: "11 Years Later"
2018 Love Ken Cruikshank 2 episodes
2018 Speechless Eddie Episode: "A-C-- ACTION"
2018 Drunk History Ghost Army Soldier Episode: "World War II"
2019 Heartstrings Landon Episode: "These Old Bones"
2020–2022 Avenue 5 Doug Recurring role
2020 Amazing Stories Michael Harris Episode: "Dynoman and the Volt!!"
2020 Broke Barry 4 episodes
2022 High School Patrick 7 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Celebrity Birthdays: Sept. 10". Wisconsin State Journal. 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. ^ "Star's lack of mechanical skill not an act". Dispatch.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ "The Curtainbix Theatre Company - Kyle Bornheimer". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  4. ^ Snierson, Dan (March 16, 2007). "Half-Minute Man". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  5. ^ "'Better Call Saul': 19 'Breaking Bad' Characters We've Seen (Photos)". TheWrap. 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  6. ^ Petski, Denise (21 June 2017). "'Love': Kathy Baker & Kyle Bornheimer Set To Recur In Netflix Comedy Series". Deadline.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. ^ West, Kelly (May 15, 2012). "The Family Tools Preview: J.K. Simmons And Kyle Bornheimer Star In ABC's Midseason Comedy". TV BLEND. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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