Born as Daniel Mark Pudi, professionally known as Danny Pudi, Danny is an American actor/comedian who has starred in over forty-five TV movies and films since his debut.
He is well known for playing Abed Nadir on Community – an NBC/Yahoo! comedy series, which aired from September 2009 to June 2015. The series was set in a community college in the fictional town of Greendale, Colorado and featured other notable actors and actresses such as Yvette Nicole Brown, Joel McHale, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Donald Glover, Chevy Chase, Jim Rash and Ken Jeong.
Brief Bio – Age
Pudi was born in Chicago on March 10, 1979 as Daniel Mark Pudi. His mother Teresa is a programmer and analyst but his father’s profession is unknown. He is of Indian/Polish descent.
His father Abraham is an American-Indian and his mother is Polish, Danny speaks Polish. He grew up in Chicago, attended Notre Dame College Prep and Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from where he graduated with a degree in communications and theater in 2001.
While Danny Pudi was in Chicago, he studied at a dance school. At Marquette University, he obtained a one-year scholarship from the Chris Farley Scholars Program (he was the first recipient of the scholarship). In addition to paying for his one-year tuition, the scholarship allowed him to perform at a comedy improv event that also featured two acclaimed American comedians – Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer.
This experience fueled Pudi’s desire to study improvisation. and led him to perform at a Wisconsin summer theater after graduating from Marquette. He also studied at The Second City in Chicago
Career
After school, Danny Pudi worked for an executive search firm as a recruiter, before eventually moving to LA in 2005, where he began seeking television and film roles. He was lucky that his work from home allowed him to attend auditions. According to him, this helped him avoid the struggling actor thing as he constantly performed in several TV pilots before finally getting a role in The Community.
He played the role of Arash in the 2009 comedy film Road Trip: Beer Pong ( the film, unfortunately, received more negative than positive reviews), he was also in the comedy horror film Knights of Badassdom like Lando. He featured in The Understanding – the Jones Street Station music video.
Danny has also made cameo appearances in several internet videos, including A Monologue for Three titled BriTANicK, a live episode of Hot in Cleveland, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
In 2014 he starred in an Off-Broadway musical FOUND, and in 2017 he played Teddy on Helpless (an NBC sitcom) and voiced Huey in the DuckTales reboot.
He has also directed television commercials for McDonald’s, Pokémon, Snickers, T-Mobile, and Verizon. He was a celebrity contestant on The Pyramid alongside Community co-actress Yvette in 2012.
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Wife of Danny Pudi (Bridget Showalter), family
Danny is married to Bridget Showalter. The couple met at Marquette University as freshmen and tied the knots in 2004 after dating for several years. They welcomed a set of twins – James Timothy and Fiona Leigh in 2012.
Its size and other facts
The talented actor and father of two stands at a height of 6’0 (1.83m), weighing 70kg. Information about his other body measurements are unknown. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Pudi is also a runner, he ran track in high school and also participated in several marathons. He also loves yoga and once said it helped him be a strong runner.
Danny said he attended Marquette University (a Catholic university) to please his parents, who he said wanted him to be a priest. He is a huge fan of the Marquette basketball team.
At the age of five, his mother enrolled him in a dance class. Pudi once did an impromptu Polish dance on the Bonnie Hunt Show.
He was nicknamed Study Poison in Marquette because he would rather hang out with a group of friends drinking Coca-Cola, playing games, watching movies, and doing anything else fun than sitting down to study.
Pudi actually got the Community role on her birthday. He recently revealed in an interview that his relationship with co-actor Donald Glover goes beyond the screens. They’re really close friends actually, “we’re brothers,” he laughed.
Danny Pudi is active on Instagram and Twitter, he has over 696,000 followers on Twitter and over 79,000 on Instagram.
Full Name: Daniel Mark Pudi
Date of birth: March 10, 1979,
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
American nationality
Ethnicity: Indian/Polish
Education: Notre Dame College Prep and Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Civil status: Married
Spouse: Bridget Showalter
Children: (2) – James Timothy and Fiona Leigh
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