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'' as Dr. Travis Brennan in 2007.

Life and career

Comeau's resemblance to

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helped him gain the role of

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in the 1996 music video for the

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song "Gump". Shortly after his breakthrough with "Gump", Comeau appeared as Charlie in '' 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (1997) alongside

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, David Spade and

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. The following year he played Tim Connors in ''

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'' (1998) and Tom Inman in '' Virtual Obsession'' (1998). In 1999, he appeared in the fourth episode of the second season of ''

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'' as Andy Fellner, Grace's childhood friend whom Grace's mom fixes up with Will. Back on the silver screen, Comeau had a brief but pivotal role in the

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thriller '' One Hour Photo'' (2002). He also guest-starred in ''

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'' in the season 1 episode "Charm and Harm" where he played a serial killer named Mark Gregory who abducted random women before holding them prisoner for several days while subjecting them to torture before drowning them. In 2004, the actor came back to cinema with ''My Tiny Universe'' (2004), a dark comedy. Comeau portrayed Teddy Huffstodt, the mentally unbalanced brother of

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's Dr. Craig Huffstodt, for the duration of the series '' Huff'' (2004-2006) until the series was cancelled due to low ratings. Not long after that program's conclusion, he appeared in several 2007 episodes of ''

''. His character, Dr. Travis Brennan, was an

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who was one of several doctors vying to work under

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's protagonist,

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. In 2010, Comeau portrayed a plastic surgery patient in the final season of '' Nip/Tuck'' and appeared in a Progressive Auto Insurance advertisement. Comeau's theater credits include ''

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'', '' Biloxi Blues'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is the

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and

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for the

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-based band

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, a 19-piece

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1930s themed musical act with dancers and

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artists. His stage name with the group is Vaud Overstreet.Vaud Overstreet Bio

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* 1970 births Living people Male actors from New Hampshire American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors People from New Boston, New Hampshire {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub