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Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Brown
Age: 52 Years Old
Birth: November 23, 1971
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky
Role: Otis
Boil
Sheep
Occupation: Actor
Comedian
Podcat Host
Writer
Producer
Years Active: 1991 - present
SeasonsAppeared: All Seasons
FirstAppearances: Barnyard (film)
LastAppearances: Aliens!!!

Chris Hardwick is an American comedian, actor, teleivsion, and podcost host, writer, and producer. He is mainly known for playing Otis the Cow on Back at the Barnyard

Early life

Christopher Ryan Hardwick was in in Louisiville, Kentucy, on November 23, 1971, the osn of Bill Hardwick and Sharon Hills. He attend St. Benedict at Auburndale and then Reis Jesuit High school in Aurora, Colorado., and spent is Senior year at Loyola High School in Los Angeles.

Career

Hardwick was a DJ on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM during the mid-1990s. In the fall of 1998, he starred in the UPN comedy Guys Like Us; the show aired 12 episodes before it was cancelled in January 1999. Hardwick voiced Alexander Hamilton in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd and Otis the Cow in the Barnyard series (originally voiced by Kevin James in the film Barnyard). He provided the voice for Green Arrow/Oliver Queen on The Batman and Lego Dimensions, Glowface in The X's, and Sokka in The Legend of Korra, as well as voice work for The Minstrel Show from the rap group Little Brother, and narration for the introduction video for the Flash animation game George Plimpton's Video Falconry. Between May 2013 and July 2016, he voiced "Craig the Snake" on Sanjay and Craig. He also voiced the character Vaughn in Telltale Games's Tales from the Borderlands, reprising his role in the Borderlands 2 DLC Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary and in Borderlands 3.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Beach House Ross
1997 Courting Courtney Tim
1998 Win a Date Evrett Short film
1998 Beach House Ross
1998 Art House Weston Craig
2000 Jack & Diane Jack Short film
2002 Jane White Is Sick & Twisted Burger
2003 House of 1000 Corpses Jerry Goldsmith
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2nd Engineer
2004 Spectres Sam Phillips
2004 Johnson Family Vacation Arson investigator
2005 The Life Coach Milos
2009 The Mother of Invention Drake Wooderson
2009 Halloween II David Newman
2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers Bones Voice, direct-to-video
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Estate Sale Organizer
2013 Booker, Catch! Booker Short film
2015 Me Him Her Culk Didip
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Reporter #3 Voice, cameo
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie Radio DJ Voice, cameo
2018 My Brother Peter! Himself Short film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Thirtysomething Young Man Episode: "Closing the Circle"
1994 Trashed Himself (host) 50 episodes
1995–1998 Singled Out 130 episodes
1996 Boy Meets World Himself Episode: "Singled Out"
Married... with Children Dan Inwood 2 episodes
MADtv Himself 1 episode
1998–1999 Guys Like Us Sean Barker 13 episodes
2001 The Zeta Project Ro's Brother Voice, episode: "Ro's Reunion"
2001–2003 Shipmates Himself (host)
2005 Zoey 101 Garth Berman Episode: "Spring Fling"
2005–2007 The X's Glowface Voice, 20 episodes
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mikey Shoemaker Episode: "Rashomama"
2007 Wired Science Himself (host) 11 episodes
2007–2008 The Batman Oliver Queen / Green Arrow Voice, 3 episodes
2007–2011 Back at the Barnyard Otis the Cow Voice, 52 episodes
2008 Chop Socky Chooks Chuckie Chan Voice, English dub
Comedy Central Presents Himself Episode: "Hard 'n Phirm"
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Alexander Hamilton Episode: "407"
2008–2013 Attack of the Show! Himself 73 episodes
2009–2011 Web Soup Himself (host) 53 episodes
2010 John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show Himself 2 episodes
The Benson Interruption 1 episode
2010–2011 McBusters Morgan Spurlock Voice, 2 episodes
2011–2012 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Additional voices 2 episodes
2011–present Talking Dead Himself (host) Also producer
2012 The Legend of Korra Sokka Voice, episode: "Out of the Past"
Chris Hardwick: Mandroid Himself Stand-up special
2012–2013 The Nerdist Himself (host) 18 episodes
2013 Video Game High School Anchorman Episode: "Loopholes"
Talking Bad Himself (host) 8 episodes
2013–2016 Sanjay and Craig Craig Voice, 60 episodes
2013–2017 @midnight with Chris Hardwick Himself (host) 600 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer
2013–2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself 3 episodes
2014 Garfunkel & Oates Episode: "Rule 34"
Maron Episode: "Marc on Talking Dead"
2015 Family Guy Johnny Lawrence Voice, episode: "Once Bitten"
2016–2017 Talking Saul Himself (host) 4 episodes; also executive producer
Talking Preacher 3 episodes; also executive producer
2016 Chris Hardwick: Funcomfortable Himself Stand-up special
Critical Role Gern Blanston Episode: "Cindergrove Revisited"
Force Grey: Giant Hunters Wil Wee-Tawn Web series
The Jim Gaffigan Show Himself Episode: "No Good Deed: Part 2"
2016–present The Wall Himself (host) Also executive producer
2017 Bunsen is a Beast Officer Steve Stevenson Voice, episode: "Fright at the Museum"
2017 Robot Chicken Himself Voice, episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking"
2017–2017 Talking with Chris Hardwick Himself (host) 15 episodes
2017–2018 America's Got Talent Himself 2 episodes
2019 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Himself Season premiere
2023 Krapopolis Himself Voice, episode: "Big Man on Hippocam



Awards and nominations

Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2009 Kids' Choice Awards Best Burp Back at the Barnyard Nominated
2010 The Streamy Awards Best Guest Star in a Web series Back on Topps Nominated
2014 Spikes Guys's Choice Awards Smartacus Spike TV Winner
2014 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Interactive Program @midnight with Chris Hardwick Nominated
2015 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Interactive Program @midnight with Chris Hardwick Nominated
2015 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media – Social TV Experience @midnight with Chris Hardwick Winner
2016 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media – Social TV Experience @midnight with Chris Hardwick Winner
2016 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Interactive Program Talking Dead Nominated
2016 Behind the Voie Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video GAme Tales from the Borderlands Nominated


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