Who is Daniel Richard McBride?

Who is Daniel Richard  McBride?

The entertainment and acting world knows him has Danny McBride, he is an American actor, comedian,screenwriter, and producer.
   

Life and career

McBride was born December 29, 1976 in Statesboro, Georgia and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he attended Courtland High School.[2][3] In 2006, he played one of the lead roles in the low-budget comedy film The Foot Fist Way, which he wrote with friends and frequent collaborators Jody Hilland Ben Best. McBride appeared as a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 26, 2008 as the character Fred Simmons of The Foot Fist Way.


McBride has appeared in supporting roles in the comedy films Hot Rod, The Heartbreak Kid,Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Observe and Report, and Your Highness. He created and stars in the HBO sitcom Eastbound & Down, about a washed up former major league baseball player with anger management issues, also a collaboration with Hill and Best. The teachers that appear in the series are teachers that McBride actually had in high school. The series is produced by Gary Sanchez Productions and the pilot episode premiered February 15, 2009. It features guest appearances from frequent collaborators Will Ferrell and Craig Robinson. On April 8, 2009, HBO announced it had renewed the series for a second season.[4] In March 2009, McBride was offered a contract to play professional baseball with the Pensacola Pelicans, a minor league team in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. He received the offer for his role as Kenny Powers, a washed up former major league pitcher, on HBO's Eastbound & Down. In addition, in 2010 he signed an endorsement deal with K-Swiss shoes, again performing in character as Powers. On October 27, 2010 it was announced that HBO had renewed Eastbound & Down for a third season.[5]

He married Gia Ruiz on Friday, October 15, 2010 at the Colony Palms Hotel in Palm Springs. McBride is of Jewish descent on his mother's side and Irish on his father's.[1][3]

Filmography

 

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	All the Real Girls	Bust-Ass
2006	The Foot Fist Way	Fred Simmons	Also Writer
2007	Hot Rod	Rico
	Superbad	Stand-in at 5th and Paysview Party
	The Heartbreak Kid	Martin
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Don
	Tropic Thunder	Cody Underwood
	Pineapple Express	Red
2009	Fanboys	Head of Security
	Observe and Report	Caucasian Crackhead
	Eastbound & Down	Kenny Powers	HBO TV Series: 13 Episodes         Also Writer/Executive Producer
	Land of the Lost	Will Stanton
	Up in the Air	Jim Miller
2010	Despicable Me	Fred McDade	Voice
	Due Date	Lonnie (Western Union Clerk)
2011	Your Highness	Thadeous	Also Writer/Executive Producer
2011	30 Minutes or Less	Dwayne	Post Production
2012	L.A.P.I.	T.B.A	Pre-Production         Also Producer

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