Nathan Harris Corddry (born September 8, 1977) is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as Adam Branch on ''
Harry's Law
''Harry's Law'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley, which ran for two seasons on NBC from January 17, 2011, to May 27, 2012. On May 11, 2012, NBC announced that ''Harry's Law'' would not be renewed fo ...
'' and for his role as Gabriel in the first two seasons of ''
Mom''. He has also guest starred on series such as ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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'', ''
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' is an American comedy-drama television series created and primarily written by Aaron Sorkin. The series was about the production of a live comedy series, similar to ''Saturday Night Live''. Produced by Warner Br ...
'', ''
The Daily Show
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'', ''
United States of Tara
''United States of Tara'' is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which aired on Showtime from 2009 to 2011. The series follows the life of Tara ( Toni Collette), a suburban artist and mother coping with dissociative iden ...
'', ''
30 Rock'', and ''
New Girl
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''. He also played Private First-Class Loudmouth in the HBO miniseries ''
The Pacific''. In 2019, Corddry has played engineer Larry Wilson in the
Apple TV+
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original
science fiction
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space
drama
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series
''For All Mankind''. In 2021, Corddry has a recurring role in the
TV adaptation of ''Paper Girls'' playing Larry Radakowski.
Life and career
Corddry was born in
Weymouth, Massachusetts ("To Work Is to Conquer")
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, to Robin (née Sullivan) and Steven Corddry, who was a
Massachusetts Port Authority
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official. After graduating from
Weymouth High School
Weymouth High School (WHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States that serves students in grades nine through twelve. Weymouth High School also offers a Career and Technical Education Program offering suc ...
in 1995, he went to
Colby-Sawyer College, where he majored in Communications.
On October 4, 2005, Nate joined
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire form from ...
as a correspondent. Nate and Rob appeared together in various pieces on the show, including a segment called "Brother vs. Brother" on February 21, 2006. In this segment they formally debated each other on the issue of
Big Brother, but their debate quickly turned into immature name-calling, cheap shots by Rob, and an inevitable breaking up of the fight by Jon Stewart.
Corddry also appeared on ''
Guiding Light''. In 2005, he appeared in a television commercial for
Radio Shack
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At its peak in 1999, RadioShack operated over 8,000 worldwide stores named RadioShack or Tandy Electronics in the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Austra ...
. He has also done commercial work for
Coors Brewing Company
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,
Verizon Communications
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,
Xbox
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,
Dunkin' Donuts, and NYCremembers.org.
Corddry trained at the
Williamstown Theater Festival, and recently spent almost a year traveling on the road as an actor in the
Broadway
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touring production of
The Graduate
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.
In 2006, Corddry was cast in the
Aaron Sorkin
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comedy-drama series ''
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' is an American comedy-drama television series created and primarily written by Aaron Sorkin. The series was about the production of a live comedy series, similar to ''Saturday Night Live''. Produced by Warner Br ...
'' alongside Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet, which began airing in September 2006 and was canceled in May 2007. The show was a weekly drama set behind the scenes of a fictitious ''
Saturday Night Live
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''-esque television program called ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''. Corddry played a character named
Tom Jeter
This article contains summaries of characters appearing on the TV series ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''.
Cast
List of cast members, left to right (as seen in the image):
* Timothy Busfield (Cal Shanley)
*Nathan Corddry ( Tom Jeter)
*Sarah Pau ...
who was a writer and performer for the
show-within-a-show
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.
Corddry played the recurring role of Gene Stuart on the
Showtime series ''
The United States of Tara
''United States of Tara'' is an American television comedy-drama created by Diablo Cody, which aired on Showtime from 2009 to 2011. The series follows the life of Tara (Toni Collette), a suburban artist and mother coping with dissociative ident ...
''. He played the Chief of Staff in the live-action film version of ''
Yogi Bear
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Yogi Bear was the first ...
'', released 17 December 2010. He co-starred in the legal comedy-drama series ''
Harry's Law
''Harry's Law'' is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley, which ran for two seasons on NBC from January 17, 2011, to May 27, 2012. On May 11, 2012, NBC announced that ''Harry's Law'' would not be renewed fo ...
'' which was cancelled after its second season. Corddry voice-acted "Zed" in the
Disney XD
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series ''
Tron: Uprising''.
In February 2014, Nate Corddry and his brother were featured alongside ''
Breaking Bad'' actor
Matt L. Jones in the
CollegeHumor
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-produced video for the
Guided by Voices single, "Planet Score".
In 2020, Corddry appeared as a guest on the ''
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' is an American comedy-drama television series created and primarily written by Aaron Sorkin. The series was about the production of a live comedy series, similar to ''Saturday Night Live''. Produced by Warner Br ...
'' marathon fundraiser episode of ''
The George Lucas Talk Show
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.''
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
Nathan Corddry at Colby-Sawyer CollegeThe Daily Show Correspondents: Nate Corddry
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1977 births
21st-century American male actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American television personalities
Male television personalities
Living people
Male actors from Massachusetts
People from Weymouth, Massachusetts
Colby–Sawyer College alumni
Comedians from Massachusetts