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'' and '' The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'', the former of which he won a Primetime Emmy for in 2007. Dorff co-starred as "Mike the Federal Agent" on the first season of the

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series '' Delocated'' with his former '' Late Night'' colleague Jon Glaser. His character was written off the show at the start of season two, as Dorff was in

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writing for ''

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'' at the time, while '' Delocated'' is filmed in

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. Dorff returned to work on '' Delocated'' as a writer in season three. He has recently been a writer for ''Review'' and has made one appearance on the show. Dorff has made guest appearances on television programs such as '' TV Funhouse'', '' Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'', '' Important Things with Demetri Martin'', ''

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'', '' Parks and Recreation'', ''

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'', '' Detroiters,

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'', and ''

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''. In 2019, he portrayed Bill O'Reilly in the film Bombshell. Dorff rose to prominence as a main stage cast member of the famed Second City improv troupe in

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during the mid-to-late '90s. He was part of the "Paradigm Lost" revue alongside

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, Rachel Dratch, and

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. The cast was featured in a documentary about the show's production, ''Second To None,'' produced by

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Recurring characters on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''

*Coked-up Werewolf *Jesus Christ *Mansy the half-man/half-pansy *Joe's Bartender *Todd the Tiny Guy *Crazy Chainsaw Murderer Guy

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