David Michael Koechner (born August 24, 1962) is an American character actor, comedian, writer, and musician. Koechner first became involved in performing when he began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Koechner began taking minor roles in the films Wag the Dog, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Man on the Moon.
Characters/Impressions[]
Characters[]
- Drunk salesman
- Fagan
- Gary MacDonald
- Gerald Tibbins
- Tom Taylor
Impressions[]
- Burt Reynolds
- Charlie Sheen
- David Kaczynski
- Mike Ditka
- Oliver Stone
- Pat Buchanan
- Phil Graham
- Robert Shapiro
- Willard Scott
SNL Career[]
- 1995-1996: Repertory Player