Matt Oswalt
| Matt Oswalt | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Matthew Oswalt |
| Born | September 25, 1970 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film, writing |
| Genres | Observational comedy, sarcasm, satire |
| Subject(s) | Popular culture, current events |
| Relative(s) | Patton Oswalt (brother) |
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Matthew "Matt" Oswalt (born September 25, 1970) is an American writer, actor and comedian. He is the younger brother of the comedian Patton Oswalt.
Early life[edit]
Matt Oswalt was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on September 25, 1970, the son of Carla Oswalt (née Runfola) and Larry J. Oswalt, who was a United States Marine Corps officer.[1] He graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1995.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Oswalt's first television credit was as a writer for the Nickelodeon sketch comedy show All That. He was a staff writer on Mystery Science Theater 3000.[2]
He is the creator of the surrealist comedy web-series Puddin,[3] which starred Eddie Pepitone, and featured regular appearances by Patton Oswalt, Robin Williams,[4] Weird Al Yankovic,[5] Paul Provenza,[6] Dana Gould,[7] Jake Fogelnest, David Koechner,[8] Colin Hanks[9] and Steven Weber.[10]
Oswalt is a prolific user of Twitter.[11] At the 2016 Grammy Awards he live-tweeted during the program.[12]
He convinced the actor Mark Hamill via Twitter to recite actual tweets written by Trump in the sinister voice of the Joker character from the Batman franchise.[13]
Other work[edit]
Oswalt has developed content for Jash, at one point working with Angela Kinsey of The Office,[14] as well as Milana Vayntrub, Bobcat Goldthwait and Eddie Pepitone.[15]
In 2014, his brother Patton Oswalt said on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that he had once received a wooden plaque featuring carvings of all of his pre-fame occupations as an unwelcome and envious gift from his younger brother.[16]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Romantic Encounters with Melinda Hill | Birthday Boy |
| 2014 | Where's This Party | Lenny Jensen |
| 2014 | Queen Gorya | Hooded Man |
| 2015 | Dude Bro Party Massacre III | OJ Commercial Man |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt". The New York Times. September 25, 2005.
- ↑ "Matt Oswalt". IMDb. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "#21 Matt Oswalt the genius behind Puddin". allthingscomedy.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- "We Like Short Shorts! Online Comedy That Keeps it Simple (and Stupid)". Spin. October 19, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2017. - ↑ Matt Oswalt (May 31, 2012). "Puddin' (Raccoon) w/ Robin Williams & Patton Oswalt". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Matt Oswalt (December 23, 2011). "Puddin' (Gift) w/ 5 Second Films, Weird Al Yankovic, & James Urbaniak". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Matt Oswalt (February 27, 2013). "Puddin' (Mr Happy) w/ Paul Provenza & Kelsey Gunn". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Matt Oswalt (April 6, 2012). "Puddin' (Uterus) w/ Dana Gould". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Matt Oswalt (May 14, 2012). "Puddin' (Canoe) w/ Patton Oswalt & David Koechner". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Matt Oswalt (December 3, 2012). "Puddin' (Bet) w/ Colin Hanks". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Matt Oswalt (August 7, 2012). "Puddin' (Peanuts) w/ Steven Weber". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Gauthier, Brendan. "Matt Oswalt for the win: Patton's brother was the comedian you needed to follow during #GOPDebate". Salon. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ↑ "15 Celebs Who Turned Emmy Night into Family Night". MTV. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- @jessgood (September 19, 2016). "Jill Soloway's "TOPPLE THE..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via Twitter.
- @MattOswaltVA (September 19, 2016). "Showed up late to the #emmys so I'm..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via Twitter. - ↑ "Mark Hamill, as The Joker, recites Donald Trump's bizarre, unhinged New Year's Eve tweet". consequenceofsound.net. January 9, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- "Mark Hamill Reading Trump Tweets as The Joker Will Make Your Day". complex.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- "Mark Hamill is giving the world malevolent Joker readings of Trump tweets". avclub.com. January 9, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017. - ↑ "MSN". Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Matt Oswalt, Eddie Pepitone, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Milana Vayntrub Present Christmas Recipes for Those Not So into Christmas". thecomedybureau.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Patton Oswalt Talks Turning 45 & The Awesome Birthday Gift He Got From His Brother". March 14, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via Huff Post.
External links[edit]
- Matt Oswalt on IMDb
- Matt Oswalt on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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