Scott Aukerman
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| Scott Aukerman | |
| Born | July 02, 1970 (age 36) Savannah, Georgia |
| Official site | FunBunchComedy.com |
| Notable roles | Writer/Performer on Mr. Show |
Scott Aukerman (born July 2, 1970 in Savannah, Georgia) is an Emmy-nominated American writer, actor and comedian. He, along with fellow Mr. Show writer B.J. Porter, performs comedy as part of the comedy duo "The Fun Bunch". Aukerman and Porter also created and host a weekly Los Angeles alternative comedy show called Comedy Death-Ray.
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[edit] Biography
Aukerman grew up in Orange County, California, studying acting and musical theatre and writing plays in his spare time. Whilst studying at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, he met his future writing partner B.J. Porter. In 1995, at the request of their friends, they started performing at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles under the monicker "The Fun Bunch."
[edit] Career
Mr. Show co-creator Bob Odenkirk was in the audience for the second performance, and soon tapped the duo to write and occasionally perform on the HBO series in its fourth season. This led to an Emmy nomiation in 1999 for Aukerman and the rest of the staff.
After the demise of the sketch comedy series, Aukerman, along with Porter, segued into writing film scripts, most notably Run Ronnie Run, the Mr. Show movie from New Line Cinema, and the first draft of the Tenacious D movie. In 2003, they received an "Additional Dialogue" credit on Dreamworks Animation's animated feature Shark Tale. In 2006, Aukerman was hired to write sketches for The Untitled Onion Movie, a film based on the popular humor newspaper The Onion.
In 2006, Aukerman appeared in a sketch with Bob Odenkirk on the Brian Posehn album LIVE in: Nerd Rage.
[edit] Comedy Death Ray
In 2002, Aukerman and Porter started the hugely successful alternative comedy showcase Comedy Death-Ray, which ran every Tuesday night at the M Bar in Los Angeles. Porter had mutual friends with M Bar owner Joe Reynolds, and visited the bar a few times shortly after its opening. Porter, upon seeing how empty M Bar was night after night, convinced the Reynolds to let him start a comedy show to help drum up business. The show eventually moved to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2005 in an attempt to gain more creative freedom.[1] A CD taped at their shows is due to be released on Comedy Central Records in 2007.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Actor (TV)
- Mr. Show with Bob and David (1998), various
- Just Shoot Me! (1999), Greenberg
- The Huntress (2001), Phil Hegel
- Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker (2006), Andrew Merchant
- The Sarah Silverman Program (2007), Agent Falconer
[edit] Actor (Film)
- That Darn Punk (2001), Mr. Hollywood Pants
- Run Ronnie Run (2002), Starving Kidnapper
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Young Nigel
- Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003), Policeman #1
- Cake Boy (2005), Mickey
[edit] Writer
- Mr. Show with Bob and David (1998)
- Run Ronnie Run (2002)
- Shark Tale (2004) - additional dialogue
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Fun Bunch Interview with ASpecialThing.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
