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Bob Odenkirk

Robert John Odenkirk is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as smooth-talking lawyer Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, for which he received four nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He is also known for the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show with Bob and David, which he co-created and starred in with fellow comic and friend David Cross.


Aliases
  • Robert John Odenkirk
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Better Call Saul

2015
as Jimmy McGill

Breaking Bad

2008
as Saul Goodman

Nobody

2021
as Hutch Mansell

Little Women

2019
as Father March

Incredibles 2

2018
as Winston Deavor (voice)

Undone

2019
as Jacob Winograd

Fargo

2014
as Bill Oswalt

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001
as Animal Groupie #4 / Forest Animal / Dog (voice)

The Post

2017
as Ben Bagdikian

The Disaster Artist

2017
as Stanislavsky Teacher

Lucky Hank

2023
as William Henry Devereaux, Jr.

The Cable Guy

1996
as Steven's Brother

Life Upside Down

2023
as Jonathan Wigglesworth

Nerd Hunter 3004

2004
as Master Geek

Nebraska

2013
as Ross Grant

Dennis

2016
as Big Boss Cop

The Birthday Boys

2013
as Various

Mr. Show

1995
as Self - Host / Various

Super High Me

2007
as Himself

Blood Into Wine

2010
as Himself

Next!

2001
as Various

Toes

2014
as Dr. Stork

I Am Chris Farley

2015
as Himself

Cake Boy

2005
as Darnell Hawk, P.I.

Run Ronnie Run

2002
as Terry Twillstein / Wolfgang Amadeus Thelonius Von Funkenmeister the XIX 3 / 4 / Daffy Mal Yinkle Yan

Wyrm

2017
as Allen

W/ Bob & David

2015
as Co-Creator

Relative Strangers

2006
as Mitch Clayton

Ass Backwards

2013
as Pageant MC

The Larry Sanders Show

1992
as Stevie Grant

Wayne's World 2

1993
as Concert Nerd

Fired!

2007
as Bob Odenkirk

Boulevard

2014
as Winston

Monkeybone

2001
as Head Surgeon

Hell & Back

2015
as The Devil (voice)

Freaks of Nature

2015
as Shooter Parker

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012
as Schlaaang Announcer

Son of Morning

2011
as Fred Charles

Dealin' with Idiots

2013
as Coach Jimbo

Director

Movie Let's Go to Prison 2006
Movie Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette 2006
Movie The Brothers Solomon 2007
Movie Dana Gould: Let Me Put My Thoughts in You 2009
Movie The Pity Card 2006
Episode Wholphin
A Bee and a Cigarette
2010
Movie Melvin Goes to Dinner 2003
Movie Young and Handsome: A Night with Jeff Garlin 2009

Writer

Movie Movie 43 2013
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With James Doohan
1992
Episode Saturday Night Live
David Duchovny/Rod Stewart
1995
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Bear Trap Brothers
2004
Episode Mr. Show
The Story of Everest
1998
Episode Mr. Show
The Biggest Failure in Broadway History
1996
Episode Mr. Show
Flat Top Tony and the Purple Canoes
1997
Episode Mr. Show
It's Perfectly Understandishable
1998
Episode Life on Mars (1994)
Pilot
1994
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
WW Laserz
2004
Episode Mr. Show
If You're Going to Write a Comedy Scene, You're Going to Have Some Rat Feces in There
1996
Episode Mr. Show
It's Insane, This Guy's Taint
1998
Episode Mr. Show
Eat Rotten Fruit From a Shitty Tree
1998
Episode Mr. Show
It's a No Brainer
1997
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
On Melrose Avenue
1992
Episode Mr. Show
Operation Hell on Earth
1996
Episode Mr. Show
Like Chickens...Delicious Chickens
1998
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With Dennis Miller
1992
Episode Mr. Show
Please Don't Kill Me
1997
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
The Pilot
1992
Episode Get a Life
Larry on the Loose
1991
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Pioneer Island
2004
Episode Mr. Show
Sad Songs are Nature's Onions
1998
Movie Mr. Show and the Incredible, Fantastical News Report 1998
Episode Mr. Show
A White Man Set Them Free
1997
Episode Mr. Show
The Velveteen Touch of a Dandy Fop
1996
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Toodle Day
2004
Movie The Pity Card 2006
Episode Mr. Show
The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost
1997
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With Colin Quinn
1992
Episode Mr. Show
Goin' on a Holiday
1997
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With Bobcat Goldthwait
1992
Episode Mr. Show
The Cry of a Hungry Baby
1995
Movie Run Ronnie Run 2002
Episode Mr. Show
Heaven's Chimney
1997
Episode Mr. Show
What to Think
1995
Episode Mr. Show
We Regret to Inform You
1995
Episode Mr. Show
Life Is Precious and God and the Bible
1998
Episode Mr. Show
Peanut Butter, Eggs, and Dice
1997
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With Rob Morrow
1992
Episode Next!
Pilot 1
2001
Episode Next!
Pilot 2
2001
Episode Next!
Pilot 1
2001
Episode Next!
Pilot 2
2001
Episode Next!
Extras
2001
Episode Mr. Show
Show Me Your Weenis!
1998
Episode Mr. Show
Who Let You In?
1995
Episode Mr. Show
Rudy Will Await Your Foundation
1998
Episode Mr. Show
Oh, You Men
1997
Episode Mr. Show
Patriotism, Pepper, and Professionalism
1998
Episode Mr. Show
Now, Who Wants Ice Cream?
1996
Episode Mr. Show
Bush is a Pussy
1997
Movie Girlfriend's Day 2017
Episode Mr. Show
A Talking Junkie
1996
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With Flea
1992
Episode Saturday Night Live
Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor
1990
Episode Get a Life
Bad Fish
1992

Producer

Movie Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette 2006
Movie The Pity Card 2006
Movie Mr. Show and the Incredible, Fantastical News Report 1998
Movie Girlfriend's Day 2017

Guest Star

Episode The Jackie Thomas Show
Aloha, Io-wahu
1993
Episode Freak Show
Elections
2006
Episode Conan (2010)
Mr. White Meets Mr. Extremely White
2013
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Actors
2015
Episode How I Met Your Mother
The Pre-Nup
2012
Episode Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Gallagher
1997
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Bear Trap Brothers
2004
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
David Beckham, Claire Danes, Bob Odenkirk
2015
Episode Comedy Death-Ray on IFC
Bob Odenkirk on Arrested Development
1970
Episode Breaking Bad
Phoenix
2009
Episode Comedy Death-Ray on IFC
Bob Odenkirk on Larry Sanders
1970
Episode Comedy Death-Ray on IFC
Bob Odenkirk on Mr Show
1970
Episode The League
A Krampus Carol
2012
Episode Comedy Death-Ray on IFC
Bob Odenkirk on Undeclared
1970
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bob Odenkirk, David Oyelowo, Bebe Rexha
2017
Episode Conan (2010)
Jon Cryer, Katharine McPhee, Bob Odenkirk
2014
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bob Odenkirk, Alicia Silverstone, Kenny Chesney
2018
Episode Comedy Death-Ray on IFC
Bob Odenkirk Interview
1970
Episode Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Hypno-Germ
2004
Episode Drunk History
Washington, D.C.
2013
Episode Seinfeld
The Abstinence
1996
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
Porno Gil
2000
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Denis Leary, Bob Odenkirk, Stereophonics
2017
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bob Odenkirk, Patricia Clarkson, Tobias Jesso Jr.
2015
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Drama Actors
2020
Episode The Daily Show
Bob Odenkirk & David Cross
2013
Episode Entourage
Porn Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
2010
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
March 28, 2003
2003
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
WW Laserz
2004
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bob Odenkirk, Lucy Hale, Robert Irwin, Brad Paisley
2017
Episode Comic Remix
Episode #113
2002
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, Charli XCX
2015
Episode Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tennis
2009
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bob Odenkirk, Fortune Feimster
2023
Episode The Daily Show
Bob Odenkirk
2015
Episode Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Crows
2010
Episode Just Shoot Me!
The Odd Couple (1)
1999
Episode Conan (2010)
Gold, Frankincense and Murder
2013
Episode Weeds
The Love Circle Overlap
2008
Episode Roseanne
Tooth or Consequences
1993
Episode Arrested Development
Visiting Ours
2003
Episode NewsRadio
Chock
1998
Episode Hiking With Kevin
Bob Odenkirk's Secret Journals
2018
Episode The Simpsons
The Fat Blue Line
2019
Episode Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Dads
2007
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kristen Wiig, Bob Odenkirk, Elle King
2016
Episode Weeds
Head Cheese
2008
Episode Comic Remix
Episode #110
2002
Episode Breaking Bad
4 Days Out
2009
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Pioneer Island
2004
Episode Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Anniversary
2007
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Garbage Island
2011
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bob Odenkirk, Nicole Byer, Tate McRae
2021
Episode Futurama
The Why of Fry
2003
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
Larry's Agent
1993
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bob Odenkirk, Kendall Jenner, Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Randolph
2016
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bob Odenkirk, Iliza Shlesinger, Soccer Mommy
2020
Episode Joey
Joey and the Nemesis
2004
Episode The Daily Show
David Cross & Bob Odenkirk
2002
Episode Tim and Eric Nite Live
Cyber Monday
2007
Episode Bob's Burgers
Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks
2012
Episode Ed
Valentine's Day
2001
Episode Less Than Perfect
The New Guy
2003
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Toodle Day
2004
Episode How I Met Your Mother
The Perfect Cocktail
2011
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bob Odenkirk, Whitney Cummings, Pete Yorn
2019
Episode Tom Goes to the Mayor
Rat's Off to Ya
2004
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bob Odenkirk
2022
Episode Talking Bad
Confessions
2013
Episode Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
Relapse Into Refreshment
2010
Episode The Office (US)
Moving On
2013
Episode Inside Of You
Bob Odenkirk
2020
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Michelle Pfeiffer, David Cross, Volcano Choir
2013
Episode The Daily Show
Bob Odenkirk
2017
Episode The Goode Family
Pleatherheads
2009
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Laura Linney, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Chevelle
2003
Episode The Birthday Boys
Wet Dreams May Come
2014
Episode Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Fructose
1996
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Silverman
2018
Episode Off Camera with Sam Jones
Bob Odenkirk
2016
Episode The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Episode 9
2017
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
The Fifth Solomon
1999
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Ricky Gervais, Michael Shannon, MGMT, Simon Townshend
2013
Episode Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
2009
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Landmarks
2011
Episode NewsRadio
Injury
1997
Episode Everybody Loves Raymond
Net Worth
2001
Episode How I Met Your Mother
Challenge Accepted
2011
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Sen. Hillary Clinton, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross
2015
Episode Breaking Bad
Mandala
2009
Episode WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Bob Odenkirk Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions
2023
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Bob Odenkirk, Leslie Jordan, JP Saxe & Julia Michaels
2020
Episode Mom
Tiny Dancer and an Impromptu Picnic
2021
Episode NTSF:SD:SUV::
Robot Town
2012
Episode Freak Show
Premiere
2006
Episode Everybody Loves Raymond
High School
1997
Episode The Daily Show
Bob Odenkirk
2022