Danny Pudi

Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, producer and director. His roles include Abed Nadir on the comedy television series "Community" (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, and the voice of Huey on the 2017 reboot of "DuckTales".
Early life.
Daniel Mark Pudi was born in Chicago on March 10, 1979, the son of programmer and analyst Teresa (née Komendant) and the late Abraham L. Pudi. His parents immigrated to the U.S. and became naturalized citizens: his mother came from the village of Pokośno, Poland, and his father came from the village of Poduru, India, and was from a Telugu Christian family. Pudi grew up speaking Polish with his mother and grandmother. 
He grew up on the South Side of Chicago with brother Adam and sister Katherine but attended Notre Dame College Prep in Niles, a northern suburb. In 2013, he gave the commencement address at Notre Dame College Prep.
Pudi studied dance in Chicago and attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduating with a degree in communication and theatre in 2001. At Marquette, he was the first winner of the Chris Farley Scholarship. Beyond paying for a year of school, the scholarship led to him performing at an improv comedy event featuring Jim Breuer and Dave Chappelle, increasing his interest in studying improv. He performed in summer stock theatre in Wisconsin after Marquette, then studied at The Second City in Chicago.
Career.
Pudi became a recruiter for an executive search firm before moving to Los Angeles in 2005 to seek television and film roles. His home-based job permitted him to attend auditions, helping him avoid the "struggling actor thing in terms of waiting tables, temping and so on". He performed in several television pilots before joining the cast of "Community," which he starred in for six seasons from 2009 to 2015.
He has appeared in multiple television advertisements for such products as Snickers, Verizon, McDonald's, T-Mobile, "Pokémon", and "Far Cry 4". In 2012, he appeared as a celebrity contestant on GSN's version of "The Pyramid" with fellow "Community" cast member Yvette Nicole Brown.
In film, he portrayed Arash in the comedy film ', which received mainly negative reviews, and starred in the comedy horror film "Knights of Badassdom", which was one of the highlights of Comic Con 2011, according to HitFix.com. He starred in the Jones Street Station music video for "The Understanding". He has made cameo appearances in many internet videos, including BriTANicK's "A Monologue for Three". Pudi had a cameo appearance in ', and the live episode of "Hot in Cleveland", as well as a cameo in "Star Trek Beyond".
In the autumn of 2014, Pudi appeared in the Off-Broadway musical "FOUND". He played the lead role in "The Tiger Hunter", an independent film directed by Lena Khan in 2016 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. In 2017, Pudi began voicing Huey in the "DuckTales" reboot. He also appeared as Teddy on the NBC sitcom "Powerless" in the same year.
Pudi began his role as Brad Bakshi in the web TV series "", which premiered in February 2020. His theater performance for En Garde Arts' series Uncommon Voices was made public in its earliest stages of development in August 2020. The work in progress, entitled "Running", tackles his attempt to piece together his relationship with his father, which affected his personal identity, cultural background, and his experience with racism throughout his personal life and career.
Personal life.
Pudi is married to Bridget Showalter. They met while attending Marquette University in their freshman year. Their twins, a son named James Timothy and a daughter named Fiona Leigh, were born in January 2012. Pudi is also a runner and has completed several marathons.
Pudi bought a house in Pasadena in 2014.