Bob Odenkirk

Robert John Odenkirk born October 22 1962 is an American actor comedian and filmmaker best known for his role as Saul Goodman on Breaking Bad 20082013 and its spinoff Better Call Saul 20152022 For the latter he has received five nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series As a producer on Better Call Saul since its premiere he has also received six nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series He is also known for the HBO sketch comedy series Mr Show with Bob and David 19951998 which he cocreated and costarred in with fellow comic David Cross In 2015 he and Cross reunited along with the rest of the Mr Show cast for W Bob David on Netflix Odenkirk wrote for television series Saturday Night Live 19871991 and The Ben Stiller Show 1992 winning Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1989 and 1993 He also wrote for Late Night with Conan OBrien 19931994 and acted in a recurring role as Agent Stevie Grant in The Larry Sanders Show 19931998 In the early 2000s Odenkirk discovered the comedy duo Tim Eric He produced their television series Tom Goes to the Mayor 20042006 and Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job 20072010 His feature directorial credits include the films Melvin Goes to Dinner 2003 Lets Go to Prison 2006 and The Brothers Solomon 2007 The success of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul led to acting work in highprofile projects such as Nebraska 2013 the first season of Fargo 2014 Steven Spielbergs The Post 2017 Pixars Incredibles 2 2018 Little Women 2019 and as the lead the action film Nobody 2021 which he also produced Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Odenkirk licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia