Friedlander, Judah

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FRIEDLANDER, Judah

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent—The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Leverage Management, 3030 Pennsylvania Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404.


Career: Actor and comedian. Performed stand–up comedy at various venues throughout the United States, including appearances at Laugh Factory, Los Angeles. Appeared in commercials.


Awards, Honors: Independent Spirit Award nomination, Independent Features Project/West, best supporting actor, 2004, for American Splendor.


CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Pharmacy clerk, Meet the Parents, Universal, 2000.

Wrestling fan, Endsville, Stick Figure Productions, 2000.

Ron, Wet Hot American Summer, USA Films, 2001.

Scrappy Zoolander, Zoolander, Paramount, 2001.

Student, How High, Universal, 2001.

Julio, Showtime, Warner Bros., 2002.

Drunk man, The Janitor, Clean Kill Productions, 2003.

Duffy Dyer, The Trade, Lantern Lane Entertainment, 2003.

Maintenance man, Bad Meat, Chill–O–Vision, 2003.

Toby Radloff, American Splendor, Fine Line, 2003.

Dustin, Along Came Polly, Universal, 2004.

Ice cream man, Starsky & Hutch, Warner Bros., 2004.

Jimmy, Pizza, Pinkcat Productions, 2004.

Anthony, Duane Hopwood, Elevation Filmworks, 2005.

Beer guy, Feast, Five Course Films/LivePlanet/Miramax, 2005.

Duane, Southern Belles, 2005.

Earl, The Unseen, 2005.

Hesh, Live Free or Die, Sound Pictures/Two Lane Pictures, 2005.

Simon, Darwin Awards, 3 Ring Circus Films, 2005.


Some sources an cite appearance as Ron Gerard in Palindromes, Extra Large Pictures/Wellspring Media, 2004.


Film Work:

Sound editor, Who Is Chris Rock?, Syncopation Studios, 1989.

Television Appearances; Series:

Panelist, Best Week Ever, VH1, 2004—.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Mervin, Spring Break Lawyer (also known as I'm a Spring Break Lawyer), MTV, 2001.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Best Summer Ever, VH1, 2004.

Himself, Best Year Ever, VH1, 2004.

Himself, Spinal Tap Goes to 20, 2004.


Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Voice, The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1, 2001.

Himself, The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel, 2004.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

Techie, "Karp's Night Out," LateLine, NBC, 1999.

Techie, "Pearce on Conan," LateLine, NBC, 1999.

Techie, "Svadharma," LateLine, NBC, 1999.

Jerry Scive, "The Beat Goes On," The Beat, UPN, 2000.

Man, "About Last Night," Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC, 2000.

Guest, Late Friday, NBC, 2001.

Guest, Premium Blend, Comedy Central, 2001.

Himself, Comic Remix, Comedy Central, 2002.

Himself, Festival Pass with Chris Gore, Starz!, 2002.

"Trading Trailers," O2 Be, 2002.

Guest, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, multiple episodes, beginning c. 2002.

Editor, "King Rat," Wanda at Large, Fox, 2003.

Guest, The New Tom Green Show, MTV, 2003.

Donald, "The Blind Date," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2004.


Appeared in episodes of other series, including Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC; and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Comedy Central. Appeared in "Functional Family," an unaired episode of The Beast, ABC.


Television Appearances; Pilots:

Voice, Channel Surfing, MTV, 2004.


RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Dave Matthews Band, "Everyday," 2001.


OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Judah Friedlander Official Site,http://www.judahfriedlander.com, February 4, 2005.

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