Andy Dick

Andrew Roane Dick (born Andrew Thomlinson; December 21, 1965) is an American actor and comedian.

As a stand-up comedian Dick has had a long career, making appearances all across America, as well as released several comedy albums, and as an actor has appeared in numerous television and film roles.

Dick's first regular television role was on the short lived The Ben Stiller Show on Fox.

Dick was born on December 21, 1965, in Charleston, South Carolina, as Andrew Thomlinson.

He was adopted at birth by Allen and Sue Dick, and named Andrew Roane Dick.

He was brought up Presbyterian.

His father was in the Navy.

As a child, he spent time living with his family in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, and Yugoslavia before moving to Chicago in 1979.

He attended George Walton Comprehensive High School in Cobb County, Georgia.

Dick appeared in numerous theater productions during his high school years.

He was elected homecoming king his senior year in 1983.

He graduated from Joliet West High School in Joliet, Illinois in 1984.

While in high school, he tended to use his surname as a joke; and one day, he dressed in a homemade superhero costume and presented himself at school as "Super Dick".

Dick has been a friend of actor Anthony Rapp since childhood.

After high school, Dick joined Chicago's Second City, attended Illinois Wesleyan University for a semester before attending Columbia College Chicago, where he performed most of his university studies, and took improv comedy classes at iO Theater.

In the mid-1990s, he was a regular actor on NBC's NewsRadio and was a supporting character on Less than Perfect.

He also had two short lived television series on MTV.

Dick started his TV comedy career as a cast member on the sketch comedy program The Ben Stiller Show, which aired on the Fox Network from September 1992 to January 1993.

In 1993, on the third night of David Letterman's new CBS show, Dick appeared as "Donnie the CBS Page Who Likes to Suck Up", during which he gave a watch to Letterman.

The host then handed him a pencil, prompting Dick to cry and then walk backstage to much applause.

In 1994, Dick played the part of Pepé the stylist in the episode "Maggie the Model" on The Nanny.

He also starred as Zachary Smart, the son of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99, in the Get Smart Fox television remake (a role he reportedly tried to escape to go into work with NewsRadio).

Dick has been a series regular on several sitcoms for their entire duration, including NewsRadio on NBC (1995–1999), portraying accident-prone reporter Matthew Brock, and on the ABC sitcom Less than Perfect as Owen Kronsky.

The first in 2001 was a sketch comedy series called The Andy Dick Show, and in 2004, the reality television series The Assistant.

He also is noted for his behavior on a number of Comedy Central Roasts, stand up comedy performances, and late night talk show appearances.

He is also known for his eccentric behavior, struggles with drug addiction, and numerous sexual misconduct allegations and arrests.

In 2001, Dick starred along with Kieran Culkin on the short lived NBC summer television series Go Fish.

In 2001, he, along with colleagues and producers, developed a show on MTV called The Andy Dick Show.

The series ended in 2003 after three seasons.

In 2004, he starred in a satirical reality television show, also on MTV, called The Assistant.

The show spoofed themes and scenes from The Apprentice, The Bachelor, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and Survivor, among others.

Dick had also had a guest shot on Star Trek: Voyager as the Emergency Medical Hologram Mark II in "Message in a Bottle".

He competed in the eighth season of Celebrity Poker Showdown.

He finished in last place, behind Robin Tunney, Christopher Meloni, Macy Gray, and Joy Behar.

On May 16, 2007, Dick was roasted on The Howard Stern Show by Artie Lange, Lisa Lampanelli, Reverend Bob Levy, Sal Governale, Shuli, Colin Quinn, Benjy Bronk, Dave Attell, Greg Fitzsimmons, and Yucko the Clown.

In 2008, Dick appeared on episode No. 3 of The Real World: Hollywood to tell cast members that they would be taking improv classes.

Dick was a contestant on Season 16 of Dancing With the Stars in 2013.

He was partnered with former troupe member, Sharna Burgess, and placed seventh in the competition.

Dick has said that he has long struggled with drug and alcohol use disorders for years and by 2016 said that he had entered into rehab programs 20 times in an effort to become sober.

In 2022, after a conviction for a 2018 offense, he was required to register as a sex offender.