Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

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Born 1962-10-22 Berwyn, Illinois, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 3.2
Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker best known for his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022). For the latter, he has received five nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer on Better Call Saul since its premiere, he has also received six nominations for...
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Robert John Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker best known for his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022). For the latter, he has received five nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. As a producer on Better Call Saul since its premiere, he has also received six nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. He is also known for the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995–1998), which he co-created and co-starred in with fellow comic David Cross. In 2015, he and Cross reunited, along with the rest of the Mr. Show cast, for W/ Bob & David on Netflix.

Odenkirk wrote for television series Saturday Night Live (1987–1991) and The Ben Stiller Show (1992), winning Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1989 and 1993. He also wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–1994) and acted in a recurring role as Agent Stevie Grant in The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1998). In the early 2000s, Odenkirk discovered the comedy duo Tim & Eric. He produced their television series Tom Goes to the Mayor (2004–2006) and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007–2010). His feature directorial credits include the films Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003), Let's Go to Prison (2006), and The Brothers Solomon (2007).

The success of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul led to acting work in high-profile projects such as Nebraska (2013), the first season of Fargo (2014), Steven Spielberg's The Post (2017), Pixar's Incredibles 2 (2018), Little Women (2019) and, as the lead, the action film Nobody (2021), which he also produced.

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TFI Unplugged poster
TFI Unplugged
as Self
2026-04-17
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025-01-16
Lucky Hank poster
Lucky Hank
as William Henry 'Hank' Devereaux, Jr.
2023-03-19
The Bear poster
The Bear
as Uncle Lee
2022-06-23
The Drew Barrymore Show poster
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self - Guest
2020-09-14
Undone poster
Undone
as Jacob Winograd
2019-09-12
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
2019-09-09
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson poster
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
as Man in Diner
2019-04-23

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