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Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Oswald on The Drew Carey Show.
He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. At the age of two, his family moved to Paris, France, but returned to the U.S. to attend high school and later college at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
After a few guest roles on popular
television series such as
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Quantum Leap and
Cheers, Bader's first major role was in the
1993 series
Danger Theatre, playing The Searcher.
He moved into cinema acting for the 1993 movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies, but returned to TV, playing Oswald on The Drew Carey Show starting in 1995.
Having a deep and easily-recognizable voice, Bader is a natural choice for a voice actor and has had roles in such animated features as Ice Age, The Simpsons, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
He appeared in the 1999 film
Office Space as Peter's
mulleted neighbor Lawrence, and in the
2004 film
Napoleon Dynamite Bader played Rex, the owner of a
martial arts dojo. He was also in the 2004 film
Eurotrip as a
thief. All of these roles had Bader altering his appearance in some way so as to be less recognizable.
Filmography
