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Paul Dinello

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Dinello (born November 28, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He is best known for his role on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy as Geoffrey Jellineck, the closeted gay art teacher at Flatpoint High, who carries on a not-so-secret relationship with his colleague Chuck Noblet (Stephen Colbert). Dinello dated the show's star Amy Sedaris for eight years after they met at Second City. In 2003 Dinello co-authored the novel Wigfield with Sedaris and Colbert, which they promoted by creating a traveling play. Most recently, Dinello has made guest appearances on Colbert's show The Colbert Report as Tad, the building manager. The character is often berated by Colbert, who forces him to do dangerous things. Dinello has made at least five appearances on The Colbert Report, including a tumbling act with Colbert and their Strangers costar Sedaris in July 2006. Dinello was also a writer, producer and director for the Strangers with Candy film, which was released in July 2006. In January 2009, Participant Media announced it would produce Dinello's next film, Mr. Burnout (about a burned out teacher seeking to rekindle his love of teaching). He was one of the main cast in the show Exit 57, also starring Sedaris and Colbert. He also appeared as Mr. Rooney in the film Be Kind Rewind, alongside Jack Black and Mos Def. Dinello recently directed the Nickelodeon original movie Gym Teacher: The Movie, starring Christopher Meloni and Amy Sedaris. Dinello can be seen with Amy Sedaris in the "Mummified Hand" episode of the Science Channel show Oddities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Dinello, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Nov 28, 1962 In Chicago, Illinois
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie Straight Talk 1992-04-03
Latest Project:
Movie Gym Teacher: The Movie 2008-09-12
Known For
Filmography
Movie Gym Teacher: The Movie Mr. Tipple 2008-09-12
Movie Be Kind Rewind Mr. Rooney 2008-01-20
Movie Strangers with Candy Geoffrey Jellineck 2006-06-28
Series Strangers with Candy Geoffrey Jellineck 1999-04-07
Movie Plump Fiction Jimmy Nova 1997-05-01
Series Exit 57 1995-08-20
Movie Straight Talk Casey 1992-04-03