Tobias Huss (born December 9, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Artie in the

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series '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' (1993–1996). He is also known for his voice-over work on the long-running animated series ''

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'' (1997–2010, 2025) as Kahn Souphanousinphone and Cotton Hill, and his role as Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss on

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's '' Carnivàle'' (2003–2005). He played John Bosworth on the

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original period drama '' Halt and Catch Fire''.

Early life

Huss was born on December 9, 1966, in Marshalltown,

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, to Gerald and Elma Huss. His father was a high school chemistry teacher, and his mother was a cosmetics sales representative. He attended the

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, where he participated in No Shame Theatre before moving to

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to pursue an acting career.

Acting career

In the early 1990s, Huss appeared in network promos for

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, playing characters such as Ol' Two Eyes, who sang lounge-singer versions of Dr. Dre's "

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's " Insane in the Brain",

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's " Jeremy", and Onyx's " Slam"; a

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-like spy named Cobalt; a leather fetishist with an abnormal affection for goats; a flannel-wearing doofus; and an angry

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named Reverend Tex Stoveheadbottom, who delivered fast-talking and descriptively detailed non sequitur tirades that usually included the phrase, "Go to Hell!". From 1993-1996, he played Artie, the Strongest Man in the World on

's '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete''. Other roles include the voices of Cotton Hill and Kahn Souphanousinphone on ''

'' and "the Wiz", a boyfriend of

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, in the ''

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'' episode "

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, which were featured in the films '' Vegas Vacation'' and '' Down Periscope'', and the show '' Halt and Catch Fire'', Huss has created a Sinatra-inspired character named Rudy Casoni. Huss released a 2003 album under Casoni's name called ''S'no Balls.'' As Huss put it in an interview with ''

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'', "You’d think he was a normal crooner, then he kind of gets dark." In the 2025 revival of ''King of the Hill'', Huss will now also voice Dale Gribble, whose original voice Johnny Hardwick died in 2023.

Personal life

Huss is a single father and has one daughter, named Charlotte. He is also a

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artist, painter, and photographer.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web

Audio

Discography

*''S'no Balls'' (2004)

References

External links

*
Cinemad Podcast #16: Toby Huss
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