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Community Season 1
The first season of the television comedy series ''Community'' originally aired from September 17, 2009, on NBC to May 20, 2010, in the United States. The first three episodes aired at 9:30 pm ET before being moved to 8:00 pm ET. The show was picked up for 22 episodes in October 2009, and an additional 3 episodes were ordered later. The show focuses on disbarred lawyer Jeff Winger, and his attempt to get a bachelor's degree at a community college, while he forms a bond with his Spanish study group. Cast Starring * Joel McHale as Jeff Winger * Gillian Jacobs as Britta Perry * Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir * Yvette Nicole Brown as Shirley Bennett * Alison Brie as Annie Edison * Donald Glover as Troy Barnes * Ken Jeong as Señor Ben Chang * Chevy Chase as Pierce Hawthorne Recurring * Jim Rash as Dean Craig Pelton * John Oliver as Dr. Ian Duncan * Dino Stamatopoulos as Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne * Richard Erdman as Leonard Briggs * Erik Charles Nielsen as Garrett Lambert * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel McHale
Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting ''The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed in the films ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004), '' Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'' (2011), '' Ted'' (2012) and '' The Happytime Murders'' (2018). He also starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom '' The Great Indoors'' (2016–2017), hosted a reboot of ''Card Sharks'' (2019–2021), and portrayed the superhero Sylvester Pemberton / Starman on the show '' Stargirl'' (2020–2022). In 2020, he hosted a special aftershow interviewing key subjects from the Netflix documentary series '' Tiger King'' and voiced Johnny Cage in the direct-to-video martial arts film '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'' (2020), a role he reprised in the sequel '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms'' (2021). He also voices X-PO in ''Lego Dimensions'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abed Nadir
Abed Gubi Nadir ( ''‘Ābid al-Qūbī Nādir'') is a fictional character on the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom series ''Community'', created by Dan Harmon and portrayed by Danny Pudi. Talkative, literal, and sometimes overly pedantic, Abed is a student at Greendale Community College and one of the first members of the study group central to the series. He is a pop-culture enthusiast, with extensive knowledge of TV shows and movies, as well as a passion for filmmaking. Because of his knowledge of television tropes, Abed usually serves as the self-aware bridge between ''Community'' and the real world, often pointing out the motifs and precedents taking place in each episode, usually without breaking the fourth wall. Abed's unusual social behavior and special interests insinuate that he is on the autism spectrum, as suggested by Dan Harmon and stated by other characters on the show. He is generally beloved by members of the study group and enjoys a close bond with Troy Barnes (Donald G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Stamile
Lauren Stamile (born September 12, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Nurse Rose on the ABC series ''Grey's Anatomy'', Michelle Slater on the NBC series ''Community'', and CIA Agent Dani Pearce on the USA Network series ''Burn Notice''. Early life Stamile was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the third of five siblings. She is of Italian descent. During her teenage years, she worked in restaurants. She graduated from Cascia Hall Preparatory School.Rita Sherrow"Former Tulsan gets seven-show appearance on 'Grey's Anatomy,'"''Tulsa World'', November 18, 2007. Her father is a physician and her mother is a nurse. She majored in theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and then moved to New York City, New York to pursue an acting career. Career Stamile has appeared in commercials for Old Spice, JC Penney, Summer's Eve, Tassimo, and Volkswagen. She appeared in a 2000 episode of ''The Drew Carey Show'', then co-starred in the WB sitcom ''Off Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Charles Nielsen
Erik Charles Nielsen (born May 8, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. Early life Nielsen was born in West Sayville, New York. He is of Danish descent. Nielsen graduated from Palm Bay High School in 1999. While attending Boston University, he was named the funniest comedian on campus. After continuing to hone his act at The Comedy Studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he moved to Los Angeles, California to do a Ph.D. program at the University of California, Los Angeles, but withdrew before completion. Turning to comedy full-time, he got his first big break at the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Career Nielsen is best known for his recurring role as Garrett Lambert in the television comedy series ''Community'' from 2009 to 2015. His other acting credits include ''Bad Milo'' (2013) and the pilot episode of IFC's ''Maron''. He also starred in ''Erik the Librarian'', a web series created by Brent Forrester. Nielsen has appeared on Just for Laughs, '' Conan'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Erdman
Richard Erdman ( John Richard Erdmann; June 1, 1925 – March 16, 2019) was an American character actor and occasional film and television director. He appeared in more than 160 films and television productions between 1944 and 2017, mostly in supporting roles. He is most known for his roles in the classic films '' Stalag 17'' (1953) and '' Tora! Tora! Tora!'' (1970). In his final years, Erdman found renewed fame through his portrayal of Leonard in the critically acclaimed comedy series ''Community'' (2009–2015). Early life Erdman was born John Richard Erdmann in Enid, Oklahoma. His parents divorced during his childhood. He, a sibling, and their mother moved to Colorado Springs when he was a teenager. He graduated from Palmer High School, where he would perform on stage. During his youth, he worked as a paper boy for the ''Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph''. A stage director named Newton Winburne encouraged him to try his luck in Hollywood. Career Erdman started h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Stamatopoulos
Konstantinos Pollux Alexandros "Dino" Stamatopoulos (born December 14, 1964) is an American writer, producer, and actor. He has worked on TV programs such as ''Mr. Show'', '' TV Funhouse'', ''Mad TV'', '' The Dana Carvey Show'', ''Late Show with David Letterman'', and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. He has also created multiple animated TV shows such as ''Moral Orel'', ''Mary Shelley's Frankenhole'', and '' High School USA!''. As an actor, he is best known for his recurring role as the character Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne on the NBC comedy series ''Community'', on which he also worked as a producer and consulting writer. Early life Stamatopoulos was born into a Greek-American family in Norridge, Illinois as Konstantinos Pollux Alexandros Stamatopoulos. He attended Ridgewood High School in Norridge, where he wrote for his school variety show and was astounded that he could get laughs with the material he had written. While attending Columbia College Chicago, he performed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Duncan (Community)
''Community'' is an American television sitcom created by Dan Harmon. The show, set at the fictional Greendale Community College, ran for 110 episodes and depicts the on-campus exploits of students brought together when they form a study group. The main cast members from the pilot episode are Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, and Chevy Chase. Ken Jeong joined the main cast starting with the second episode, and Jim Rash was promoted to the main cast at the start of the third season. The series also features recurring characters, mainly fellow students or teachers at Greendale. Overview Main characters The show revolves around the on-and-off campus exploits of seven students connected through their study group at Greendale Community College. Jeff Winger Jeffrey Tobias "Jeff" Winger (played by Joel McHale), born c. 1974, is a sardonic, charismatic, and quick-witted ex-lawyer attending Greendale Community College. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oliver (comedian)
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the United States on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' as its senior British correspondent from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for ''The Daily Show'' and was the show's guest host for an eight-week period in 2013. In addition, Oliver co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast ''The Bugle'' (2007–2015) with Andy Zaltzman, with whom Oliver had previously co-hosted the radio series '' Political Animal'', and hosted '' John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'' on Comedy Central from 2010 to 2013. He has also acted on television, most notably in a recurring role as Professor Ian Duncan on the NBC sitcom ''Community'', and in films, notably voice-over work in '' The Smurfs'' (2011), '' The Smurfs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Craig Pelton
''Community'' is an American television sitcom created by Dan Harmon. The show, set at the fictional Greendale Community College, ran for 110 episodes and depicts the on-campus exploits of students brought together when they form a study group. The main cast members from the pilot episode are Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, and Chevy Chase. Ken Jeong joined the main cast starting with the second episode, and Jim Rash was promoted to the main cast at the start of the third season. The series also features recurring characters, mainly fellow students or teachers at Greendale. Overview Main characters The show revolves around the on-and-off campus exploits of seven students connected through their study group at Greendale Community College. Jeff Winger Jeffrey Tobias "Jeff" Winger (played by Joel McHale), born c. 1974, is a sardonic, charismatic, and quick-witted ex-lawyer attending Greendale Community College. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Rash
James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He portrayed the role of Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012. In that same year, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a Golden Globe nomination as one of the writers of ''The Descendants''. Early life Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 15, 1971. Both he and his sister were adopted.Interview with Paul F. Tompkins, 'Speakeasy' He attended Charlotte Latin School. After graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He was a member of The Groundlings, the improv comedy group based in Los Angeles. Career Rash played Mr. Grayson/Stitches in the 2005 film ''Sky High'', Fenton on ''That '70s Show'', and Andrew the "whore house guy" on '' Reno 911!'' He appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Hawthorne
''Community'' is an American television sitcom created by Dan Harmon. The show, set at the fictional Greendale Community College, ran for 110 episodes and depicts the on-campus exploits of students brought together when they form a study group. The main cast members from the pilot episode are Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, and Chevy Chase. Ken Jeong joined the main cast starting with the second episode, and Jim Rash was promoted to the main cast at the start of the third season. The series also features recurring characters, mainly fellow students or teachers at Greendale. Overview Main characters The show revolves around the on-and-off campus exploits of seven students connected through their study group at Greendale Community College. Jeff Winger Jeffrey Tobias "Jeff" Winger (played by Joel McHale), born c. 1974, is a sardonic, charismatic, and quick-witted ex-lawyer attending Greendale Community College. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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