Bill Chott

Bill Chott (July 23 1969), born in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American actor and comedian.

Early life

During his school years, Chott appeared in numerous plays and musicals.Fact|date=February 2008 He continued appearing when he was in college, with starring roles in both comedic and dramatic plays and musicals. Leaving St. Louis in 1992, he headed to Chicago, IL and immediately broke into improvisational theater at Comedy Sportz, IO (formerly known as Improv Olympic), and became one of the "creme de la creme" of the Second City comedy troupe, where he studied with people such as Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. He was a student of Del Close, founder of Second City.Fact|date=February 2008

Career

He toured the country with the Second City (alongside Tina Fey and Amy Poehler) which resulted in his appearance at a gig in New York City in 1995 with "The Dana Carvey Show", reuniting him with Carell and Colbert. Working with fellow castmate Robert Smigel, he was cast as the announcer for the animated short "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" which continued on after "The Dana Carvey Show" to "Saturday Night Live".

His movies (in chronological order) include "Galaxy Quest", "Dude Where's My Car", "Dancing at the Blue Iguana", "Brainwarp", "Dante's Inferno", "Wild Girls Gone", and "The Ringer", his most notable character being "Thomas" the love-struck Special Olympian from "The Ringer".

His television appearances (in date order) include "The Dana Carvey Show", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Freaks and Geeks", "Popular", "ER", "She Spies", "Crossballs", "Weekends at the DL", "CSI", "Wizards of Waverly Place", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "MONK".

His voice work includes "The Ambiguously Gay Duo", "Invader Zim", and Curious George (PBS series).

Besides voice-overs, commercial work, television and film, Chott continues to perform improv in various shows around the globe at various improv or comedy festivals and events. He also teaches improv classes in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159273/ Bill Chott] at the IMDb
* [http://www.theimprovtrick.com/ theimprovtrick.com]