Anthony David Miles (born November 8, 1971 in North Carolina) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He was head writer for ''

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'' from 2014 to 2017, which he helped to

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. As an actor, he is best known as step-dad Gary on the Fallon skit '' Ew!'' and as Marty Shonson on

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's '' Dog Bites Man''. He has also appeared in multiple other Fallon sketches, such as a member of the Ragtime Gals and Mr. Fletcher in the sketches in which Fallon and Justin Timberlake sing songs at their childhood camp. He also appeared in recurring roles on both ''

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'' and ''

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'' Miles' film work includes ''

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'', '' The Believer'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Role Models'', and ''

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''. Miles is a regular on David Wain's internet series ''

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'' and the creator and star of ''Horrible People'', a show on the website My Damn Channel. He served as the head writer on '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', and often appeared in the show's comedy sketches, before moving with Fallon to ''The Tonight Show''. Miles is a frequent collaborator with comedian and director David Wain and the comedy trio Stella (of which Wain is a member), appearing in the Stella shorts and the 2005 ''Stella'' TV series, and acting in many of Wain's projects (''Wet Hot American Summer'', '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'', ''The Ten'', ''Role Models'', ''

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'', ''Wainy Days'') and in Stella member

Michael Showalter Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's ''The State'', which aired from 1993 to 1995. He and David Wain created the ''Wet Hot ...

's ''The Baxter''. As of season five, Miles is credited as a "consulting producer" on ''

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''. In 2022, Miles became the announcer of the rebooted classic game show ''

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'' hosted by

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for

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. Miles is married to artist and clothing designer Katie Miles. The couple have two daughters and live in

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