Dian Bachar (; born October 26, 1970) is an American actor most notable for his roles in various films by or starring his friends

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and

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, such as ''

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'' (George Noon), ''

Orgazmo ''Orgazmo'' is a 1997 American superhero sex comedy film written, directed and edited by Trey Parker and produced by Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, and Fran Rubel Kuzui. It stars Parker, Stone, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne, and Michael Dean Jacobs. Th ...

'' (Ben Chapleski) and his most famous role as Kenny "Squeak" Scolari in 1998's ''

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'', as well as making the occasional appearance on ''

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''.

Career

Dian Bachar attended Chatfield Senior High School. Bachar then received his BFA in Film Production at the

University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado sys ...

where he met

and

. From there, he went on to star in the student film, ''

'', for internship credit. Bachar also co-starred with Parker in ''

'', playing the eponymous character's sidekick "Choda Boy", and played multiple parts in Parker and Stone's short-lived series ''

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''. Bachar shared an apartment with Parker and Stone up until 1997. When ''

'' was in the works, Parker asked

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to change the script to allow for three players on each team (it was supposed to be just two to a team) to allow for Bachar to have a part in the movie. In 1998, Bachar won a Leonardo da Vinci Award from the Beaux Arts Society, Inc. in the category of Actor, Debut Performance (Film) for his role in ''

'' and an award for Best Actor in the 2012 short film ''Coaching Me Softly'' at the 48-Hour Film Project. Most recently, Bachar starred in the horror feature ''The Murders of Brandywine Theater'' and the western drama short film ''Homestead''. He is the co-owner of Bonobo Mountain Films with partner Carrie Rapaport.

''South Park'' appearances

Due to his friendship with creators Parker and Stone, Bachar had provided several guest voices on their animated series ''

''. *"

Cow Days "Cow Days" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series '' South Park''. The 26th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on September 30, 1998. The epi ...

" - voicing the game show announcer. *"

Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series '' South Park''. The 29th episode of the series overall it originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on Dece ...

" - voicing the fake Mr. Hankey. *"

Do the Handicapped Go to Hell? "Do the Handicapped Go to Hell?" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the animated television series ''South Park'', and 57th episode of the series overall. Going by production order, it would be 10th episode of Season 4. "Do the Handicapp ...

" - voicing Satan's lover Chris. *" Probably" - again voicing Satan's lover, Chris.

Short films

Bachar and fellow actor Sam Macaroni are the leads in both of the internet series ''Roommates: The Series'' and ''Dimwits''.

Music videos

Bachar appears in

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"The Talking Horse" music video, and starred in and directed the music video "Rock Hard Soul" for the Chicago-based band, JIP.

Filmography

References

External links

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