{{Short description|American actor, comedian and writer (1971)}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Kyle Dunnigan | image =File:Kyle Dunnigan (6817373414).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Dunnigan in 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Weston, Connecticut, U.S. | pseudonym = | medium = Stand up, television, film, radio | genre = Comedy | subject = | active = 1998–present | influences = | influenced = | notable_work ={{ubl|''Reno 911!''|''Inside Amy Schumer''}} | domesticpartner = | relatives = | academyawards = | website = {{URL| http://kyledunnigancomedy.com}} }} '''Kyle Dunnigan''' is an American comedian, actor and writer, best known as a writer for ''Inside Amy Schumer'', and for his role as Craig in ''Reno 911!''
== Biography == Dunnigan was a member of the Groundlings Sunday Company and received his BFA in theater from the University of Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywood.improv.com/event.cfm?id=288773 |title=Kyle Dunnigan with Hampton Yount, Annie Lederman, David Huntsberger and Jimmy Dore |publisher=Hollywood Improv |access-date=November 22, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053626/http://hollywood.improv.com/event.cfm?id=288773 |archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref>
Dunnigan was a cast member on the 2002 Fox sketch comedy show ''Cedric the Entertainer Presents''. He had a recurring role as Trudy Weigel's serial killer boyfriend, Craig Pullin, from 2004 to 2006 on Comedy Central's ''Reno 911!'', and appeared in the 2007 movie ''Reno 911!: Miami''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kyle_dunnigan/|title=Kyle Dunnigan|publisher=Rottentomatoes.com|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> He was a cast member on Howie Mandel's 2009 practical joke reality show ''Howie Do It''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/howie-do-it/bios/kyle.shtml|title=Kyle Dunnigan Biography |work=NBC|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> He released the album ''Wait, There's More...'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/KyleDunnigan|title=Wait, There's More by Kyle Dunnigan|access-date=January 1, 2009}}</ref>
He appears in stand-up comedy shows on Comedy Central such as ''Comedy Central Presents'' Kyle Dunnigan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/kyle-dunnigan|title=Kyle Dunnigan|work=Comedy Central|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> and ''Premium Blend'', and the talk shows ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', and ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. Dunnigan has co-written with Jordan Allen-Dutton and starred as Craig in a pilot, called ''Brothers Strong''.
In 2013 Kyle released the holiday album ''Craig's All Star, Rockin' Christmas, You Guys!'' as his alter-ego character "Craig" and his brother Kurt Pullin. He does his impressions of Donald Trump, Bill Maher and Tim Gunn throughout the skits. The album features other artists such as singer-songwriter Jesse Thomas, comedian Amy Schumer and actor Kevin Berntson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/craigs-all-star-rockin-christmas-you-guys/935948278|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208004125/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/craigs-all-star-rockin-christmas-you-guys/935948278|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2017|title=Craig's All Star, Rockin' Christmas, You Guys! Kyle Dunnigan|publisher=iTunes|date=November 28, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
Dunnigan was a writer and performer on all four seasons of the 2013-2016 sketch comedy show ''Inside Amy Schumer'', with recurring roles in various skits. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for co-writing the song "Girl You Don't Need Make Up" from that show in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.twitter.com/TelevisionAcad/status/642851822856597504 |title=Television Academy on Twitter|author=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|author-link=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|website=Twitter|access-date=December 30, 2018|date=September 13, 2015}}</ref>
Dunnigan, along with Tig Notaro and David Huntsberger, co-hosted the podcast ''Professor Blastoff'' on the Earwolf network until July 21, 2015. The podcast ended when co-host Notaro decided to leave the show, having earlier given her four-month notice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://splitsider.com/2015/07/so-long-professor-blastoff/|website=Splitsider|title=So Long Professor Blastoff|date=24 July 2015|access-date=13 September 2016|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515044031/http://splitsider.com/2015/07/so-long-professor-blastoff/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He is a regular guest on ''The Howard Stern Show'' where he does celebrity impersonations of Caitlyn Jenner, Donald Sterling, Bill Maher, Hashtag Guy, Donald Trump, and Perez Hilton. Dunnigan has made several appearances on the Adam Carolla Show Podcast where he often does celebrity impersonations of Sylvester Stallone and Joe Biden.
Dunnigan also runs humorous film clip impression sketches on YouTube and Instagram involving "face-swapping" technology in which he's wearing the faces of Andrew Cuomo, Joe Biden, Ray Liotta, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Adam Sandler, and Bill Maher among others. Dunnigan has also appeared on various podcasts such as ''The Joe Rogan Experience''.
==Discography== ===Albums=== ====Stand-up==== *2009: ''Wait, There's More...'' (CD Baby) CD, Download
====Music==== *2013: ''Craig's All Star, Rockin' Christmas, You Guys!'' (CD Baby/Comedy Central Records (2014)) CD, Download
====Compilation appearances==== *2019: ''Just for Laughs - Premium, Vol. 30'' - Track 10: "Horses (Jfl 2013)"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/horses-jfl-2013/1450283215|title = Just for Laughs - Premium, Vol. 30 by Various Artists|date = 18 January 2019}}</ref> Download
==Filmography== ===Films=== *2003: ''Spanish Fly'' (Skippy) *2005: ''Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie'' (Himself, documentary) *2007: ''Reno 911!: Miami'' (Drug Lord's First Hostage) *2015: ''Trainwreck'' (Kyle) *2018: ''Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot'' (Ward Doctor) *2024: ''Unfrosted'' (Walter Cronkite and Johnny Carson)
===Shorts=== Actor/Writer/Director *2006: ''Sweet 35'' *2007: ''Craig vs. Wild'' *2010: ''Lez Chat'' *2010-2013: ''Craig Vanswers'' *2012: ''Brothers Strong'' *2013: ''Carl'' *2013: ''DEL'' *2014: ''Cell Phone Party'' (writer only) *2016: ''Shit Kids'' (also producer, composer, editor) *2017: ''Giving Up'' (actor only)
===Music videos=== *2009: ''The Only Thing I'd Change About You'' (director, writer)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhsWspPINpw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/UhsWspPINpw |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=The Only Thing I'd Change About You|publisher=YouTube|date=December 15, 2009|access-date=December 7, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *2013: ''Diva'' by Sarah Silverman (appearance, backing vocals) *2013: ''Fuck You, Mistletoe'' (director, writer, editor) *2013: ''Behind the Scenes of the Making of "Craig's Christmas Album"''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8oyA82TNTs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Y8oyA82TNTs |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Behind the scenes of the making of "Craig's Christmas Album"|publisher=YouTube|date=December 10, 2013|access-date=December 7, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
===Television=== ====Movies==== *2017: ''Giving Up''
====Stand-up comedy==== Writer/Performer *1998: ''The Jim Breuer Show'' episode 1.5 *1999-2001: ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' 2 episodes *2004: ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' episode 3.71 *2006: ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' episode 2.180 *2007: ''Comedy Central Presents'' episode 11.16 *2007: ''Comedy Colosseum'' Pilot *2009: ''Comedy.TV'' episode 1.14 *2014: ''Just for Laughs: All Access'' episode: "Sarah Silverman" *2014: ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' episode 2.51
====Series==== *1999: ''Random Play'' Pilot *2003: ''Happy Family'' episode: "Sara Rebels" *2003: ''Cedric the Entertainer Presents'' 6 episodes *2006: ''Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker'' episode: "1985 World's Strongest Man" *2009: ''Howie Do It'' 10 episodes *2003-2009: ''Reno 911!'' 13 episodes *2011: ''The Back Room'' episode: Kyle Dunnigan *2011: ''In the Flow with Affion Crockett'' 1 episode *2013: ''TakePart Live'' 1 episode, guest *2014: ''@midnight'' 1 episode, contestant *2014: ''Garfunkel and Oates'' episode: "The Fadeaway" *2015: ''In-Between'' episode: "Butts & Boobs" *2013-2016: ''Inside Amy Schumer'' 12 episodes actor, 39 episodes writer *2016: ''One Mississippi'' episode: "New Contact" *2017: ''I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman'' episode 1.9 actor, 10 episodes writer *2018: ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' episode 1134 *2020: ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' episode 1495 *2021: ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' episode 1707 *2024: ''Mr. Birchum'': Eddie Birchum *2025: ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' episode 2300
====Podcasts==== *2021: ''The Kyle Dunnigan Show''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-n_t9s5Jpg&list=PLgPIxq0EjQUWqvbc9O8st8s2pCRKb-eir| title=The Kyle Dunnigan Show - LIVE - Episode 1 "PAMP!" | website=YouTube |date=August 19, 2021|access-date=April 1, 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
====Award shows==== *2015: ''2015 MTV Movie Awards'' special material writer only *2015: ''67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards'' Winner for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
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==External links== * {{Official website | https://www.KyleDunniganComedy.com}} * {{URL | https://www.youtube.com/user/KyleDunnigan/ | YouTube channel}} * {{IMDb name|1178424|Kyle Dunnigan}} * {{Instagram|kyledunnigan1}}
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