Biography
Bob Odenkirk is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian well-known for his parts in Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad. For the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series Primetime Emmy Awards, he is nominated six times. In addition, Odenkirk co-created and co-starred in the 1995–1998 HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show alongside Bob and David. He reconnected with fellow comic David Cross in 2015 for the Netflix series W/ Bob & David.
Age
He is 61 years old as of 22 October 2023. He was born in 1962 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. His real name is Robert John Odenkirk.
Family – Education
Walter Henry Odenkirk, a printing industry worker, and Barbara Mary (née Baier) Odenkirk, a Catholic couple of German and Irish ancestry, had seven siblings, of whom he is the second oldest. Bob’s resolve to abstain from alcohol was motivated by Walter’s drinking, which contributed to his parents’ divorce. The words “remote, fucked-up, and not around” characterize his father. Bob Odenkirk’s early career was aided by his younger brother Bill Odenkirk, who is also a comedy writer.
Odenkirk graduated at the age of sixteen from Naperville North High School. He honed his acting and sketch-writing skills at Southern Illinois University, Marquette University, and College of DuPage. As a radio DJ for WIDB, he started composing comedies and eventually wrote The Prime Time Special. Three years later, he moved to Chicago to study writing and improv. He finished his coursework at Columbia College Chicago and graduated from SIU with a bachelor’s degree in 1984.
Wife
Odenkirk wed Naomi Yomtov in 1997; Yomtov went on to become W/ Bob and David’s executive producer. A daughter and a son are their two kids.
Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $16 million.
Heart Attack
Odenkirk was admitted to the hospital in Albuquerque on July 27, 2021, following what he characterized as a “small heart attack” while filming the sixth season of Better Call Saul. Odenkirk announced on July 30 that he will “be back soon” and on September 8 that he had resumed his job, three days later. As a result of arterial plaque build-up, which he had been diagnosed with earlier in 2018, Odenkirk disclosed in 2022 that he had two stents placed in his coronary arteries shortly after the widow-maker heart attack. He also disclosed that his condition was more severe than previously thought, revealing that his heart stopped and that he needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation to recover a pulse.
Saturday Night Live
In 1987, Odenkirk joined Saturday Night Live as an essayist and worked there until 1991. He worked close by Robert Smigel and Conan O’Brien, adding to many portrayals. During the 1988 summer break, Odenkirk got back to Chicago to play out a phase show called Blissful Cheerful Great Show. He then, at that point, did a limited show called Show-Acting Person. During his last summer rest, he composed and acted in the Second City Mainstage show, Banner Consuming Allowed in Entryway As it were.
He acted in a few little jobs on the show, most outstandingly in a 1990 farce business for Poorly conceived notion Pants. During his last year at SNL, he worked close by Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock, and Chris Farley. Odenkirk credits SNL with showing him numerous examples sketch composing from senior authors like Jim Downey, Al Franken, and his companions Smigel and O’Brien. In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles and composed for the Network program Find a hobby, which featured Late Night with Chris Elliott.
Mr. Show
David Cross and Bounce started performing live sketch shows, which in the end advanced into Mr. Show with Weave and David. In 1993, Odenkirk started a common job on The Larry Sanders Show as Stevie Award, proceeding with the person through 1998. He likewise played brief acting parts on Roseanne and Tom Arnold’s The Jackie Thomas Show. Odenkirk’s first film jobs were minor parts in quite a while like Wayne’s Reality 2, The Link Fellow, Can’t Quit Moving, and Monkeybone.
He momentarily endeavored a stand-up profession during the 90s however dumped it before long. Mr. Show ran on HBO for four seasons, including entertainers like Sarah Silverman, Paul F. Tompkins, Jack Dark, Tom Kenny, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Brian Posehn, and Scott Aukerman. In spite of named for different Emmy grants, the show never acquired standard acknowledgment because of its exceptional link nature. After Mr. Show, Weave and David composed the film Run, Ronnie, Run, yet the studio took creation control away during the altering stages, prompting the repudiated eventual outcome.
Movies
♦ 2022 – Life Upside Down
♦ 2022 – The People’s Joker
♦ 2021 – Nobody
♦ 2021 – Halloween Kills
♦ 2019 – Long Shot
♦ 2019 – Dolemite Is My Name
♦ 2019 – Little Women
♦ 2018 – Incredibles 2
♦ 2017 – Girlfriend’s Day
♦ 2017 – The Disaster Artist
♦ 2017 – The Post
♦ 2015 – I Am Chris Farley
♦ 2015 – Hell and Back
♦ 2015 – Freaks of Nature
♦ 2014 – Boulevard
♦ 2013 – Ass Backwards
TV Shows
♦ 2023 – Lucky Hank
♦ 2023 – The Bear
♦ 2021–2022 – Chicago Party Aunt
♦ 2021 – Mom
♦ 2021 – I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
♦ 2020 – Corporate
♦ 2019–2022 – Undone
♦ 2019 – The Simpsons
♦ 2019 – The Kominsky Method
♦ 2017–2018, 2021 – No Activity
♦ 2017 – Nobodies
♦ 2015–2022 – Better Call Saul
♦ 2015 – W/ Bob & David
♦ 2014 – Fargo
♦ 2014 – TripTank
♦ 2014 – Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories
♦ 2013–2018 – Drunk History
♦ 2013–2014 – The Birthday Boys
♦ 2013 – The Office
♦ 2013 – Ghost Ghirls
♦ 2013 – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon