Andrew Tarver (born May 6, 1986) is an American actor and comedian from the

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. He is known for starring in the

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show ''

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'' and for his appearances on comedy podcasts, including ''

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'' and '' Big Grande Teachers' Lounge''. He currently stars as Cary Dubek on the comedy series ''

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''.

Early life

Tarver was born in

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. His graduating class had 20 people total. His family owned a local candy factory. Tarver is the oldest of four children: he has two sisters; Amanda, actress and singer

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; and a younger brother, Tesla Owner Jake. Tarver moved to

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when he was 18. He worked several jobs to support himself and pay for acting classes. After taking improv classes at

in New York, he eventually moved to Los Angeles and continued to perform at the Los Angeles UCB.

Career

Tarver has performed comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles since 2010. He is a member of the sketch and improv comedy group Big Grande (alongside comedians Jon Mackey, Ryan Rosenberg, and Dan Lippert) and plays Bill Cravy on their podcast, ''Big Grande Teachers' Lounge''. With Big Grande, Tarver co-wrote and starred in a 22-minute original comedy pilot for

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and several episodes of ''

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''. Tarver is also a regular guest on the podcasts ''

'',

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's podcast ''improv4humans'', and Paul F. Tompkins' podcast ''

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''. In 2014, Tarver played Todd, the gay best friend of lead

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on the pilot ''

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'', which was not picked up by CBS. He was an ensemble cast member on ''

'', in which he portrayed the role of Baxter Reynolds. The first three seasons streamed on

from 2016 to 2017. The fourth and final season aired on

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in 2019. In 2017 Tarver played the fictional Carl Hardee Jr. in a series of commercials for

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and

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. Tarver was cast in the lead role of Cary Dubek in the 2019 Comedy Central series ''

''. He described it as his first series role that is not an exaggerated comedic character as seen in his previous work in improv and sketch comedy. The show received positive critical reception and in September 2021 was renewed for a third season. Tarver has a recurring role as a local oddball named Randy on ''

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'', an animated series on Fox. In 2020, Tarver performed in the comedy-mystery ''

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'' for

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Personal life

Tarver

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bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

at age 26.

Filmography

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