Toby Huss
| Toby Huss | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 9, 1966 Marshalltown, Iowa, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Website |
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Toby Huss (born December 9, 1966)[1] is an American actor best known for portraying Artie in the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993–1996). He is also known for his voice-over work on the long-running animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010) and his role as Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss on HBO's Carnivàle (2003–2005).[2] He currently plays John Bosworth on the AMC original period drama Halt and Catch Fire.[3]
Early life
Huss was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Gerald and Elma Huss.[4][5] He attended the University of Iowa,[4] where he participated in No Shame Theatre before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.[1]
Career
In the early 1990s, Huss appeared in network promos for MTV, playing odd characters, including a crooner known at the time as Ol' Two Eyes, who sang lounge-singer versions of Dr. Dre's "Dre Day", Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain", Pearl Jam's "Jeremy", and Onyx's hit "Slam"; a James Bond-like spy named Cobalt; a leather fetishist with an abnormal affection for goats; a flannel-wearing doofus; and an angry redneck named Reverend Tex Stoveheadbottom, who delivered fast-talking and descriptively detailed non-sequitur tirades that usually included the phrase, "Go to Hell!"
Other roles include the voices of Cotton Hill and Kahn Souphanousinphone on King of the Hill and a boyfriend of Elaine Benes in the episode "The Junk Mail" of Seinfeld. From his parodies of Frank Sinatra, which were featured in the films Vegas Vacation and Down Periscope, Huss has created a Sinatra-inspired character named Rudy Casoni.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Zadar! Cow From Hell | Clerk | |
| 1994 | Hand Gun | Ted | |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Kenny | |
| 1996 | Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint | Sammy Cybernowski | |
| 1996 | Down Periscope | Nitro | |
| 1996 | Beavis and Butt-head Do America | Various Characters | Voice |
| 1996 | Dear God | Doubting Thomas Minister | |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Steve Remo | |
| 1997 | Vegas Vacation | Fake I.D. Salesman | Uncredited |
| 1998 | Still Breathing | Cameron | |
| 1998 | Shock Television | Donut Shop Patron | |
| 1999 | The Wetonkawa Flash | ||
| 1999 | The Mod Squad | Red | |
| 1999 | Clubland | Rastus | |
| 2000 | Bedazzled | Various Characters | |
| 2000 | A Good Baby | AmeriShine | Voice |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Puff's Father | |
| 2001 | Beyond the City Limits | Dykes | |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Tennessee O'Neal | Voice |
| 2003 | Windy City Heat | Ansel Adams | Television film |
| 2006 | Rescue Dawn | Spook | |
| 2007 | Reno 911!: Miami | Glen | |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Groundskeeper | |
| 2007 | Have Dreams, Will Travel | Deputy Raymond Ward | |
| 2009 | World's Greatest Dad | Bert Green | |
| 2009 | Cryptic | Lee | |
| 2010 | Furry Vengeance | Wilson | |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega | Truck Stop Employee | |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Roy Murphy | |
| 2011 | God Bless America | Man With Cellphone | |
| 2011 | Rip City | Ronnie | Television film |
| 2013 | Bad Milo! | Dr. Yeager | |
| 2013 | 42 | Clyde Sukeforth | |
| 2013 | HairBrained | Whittman Moderator | |
| 2013 | R.I.P.D. | Deado | Voice |
| 2013 | Enough Said | Peter | |
| 2013 | The Arrangement | Dizzy Pagliouci | Television film |
| 2014 | The Occupants | Father | |
| 2015 | The Invitation | Dr. Joseph | |
| 2015 | Little Boy | Colonel Bob | |
| 2015 | Equals | George | |
| 2015 | Martyrs | Fenton | |
| 2015 | Heaven's Floor | Ed | |
| 2016 | In a Valley of Violence | Harris | |
| 2016 | Havenhurst | Wayne | |
| 2016 | The Venture Bros. | Copycat | |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Officer Stevenson | |
| 2016 | Buster's Mal Heart | Completed | |
| 2016 | Big Bear | Cop | Completed |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1996 | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | Artie | 11 episodes |
| 1995–1999 | NewsRadio | Jack Frost / Junior / Guard #2 | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Seinfeld | Jack / The Wiz | 1 episode |
| 1997–2010 | King of the Hill | Kahn Souphanousinphone, Sr. / Cotton Hill / Joe Jack / Coach Kleehammer / M.F. Thatherton / Various | Voice 150 episodes |
| 1998 | The Army Show | Cpl. Rusty Link | 13 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | The Martin Short Show | Himself | Writer 63 episodes |
| 2000–2002 | Nikki | Jupiter | 41 episodes |
| 2001 | The Angry Beavers | Rikki / Pirate Rats | Voice 1 episode |
| 2002 | Home Movies | Coach / FPC Floating Head | Voice 1 episode |
| 2002–2003 | One on One | Hank | 5 episodes |
| 2003–2005 | Carnivàle | Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss | 24 episodes |
| 2003–2009 | Reno 911! | Big Mike / General Lee | 17 episodes |
| 2004 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Ernie Devlin / Shado | Voice 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Pilot Season | Stewart | Miniseries |
| 2006 | Help Me Help You | Lenny | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Charlie | 1 episode |
| 2008 | 30 Rock | Deutsche Stimme | 1 episode |
| 2008 | The Riches | P.I. Chet Landry | 2 episodes |
| 2008–2016 | The Venture Bros. | Scaramantula / General Treister / Copy-Cat | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | In the Motherhood | Goose | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Bollywood Hero | Jeff Hacker | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Goode Family | Clyde | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Hung | Cliff | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Frank Lynch | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Childrens Hospital | Old Timey Psychiatrist | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Robber | Voice 1 episode |
| 2011 | Shameless | Steve's Boss | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Mr. Sunshine | Travis | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Adventure Time | Booboo / Commander in Movie | 1 episode |
| 2011 | The Cleveland Show | Tutor | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Beavis and Butt-head | Todd Ianuzzi / Henry | Voice 2 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Mr. Yeung / Snow Leopard | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jeff Levitt / Frank Sinatra | 1 episode |
| 2012 | The New Normal | Farmer Mark | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Anger Management | Tom | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Sanjay and Craig | Various Characters | Voice 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Newsreaders | Peter Ruby | 1 episode |
| 2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV | E-Cigarette Smoking Man | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Brickleberry | Aubrey | Voice 1 episode |
| 2013 | Key & Peele | Shoeshine Customer | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Spoils of Babylon | Seymore Lunts | 2 episodes |
| 2014–present | Halt and Catch Fire | John Bosworth | 20 episodes |
| 2014 | Garfunkel & Oates | Tom | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Mom | Bill | 1 episode |
Discography
- S'no Balls (2004)
References
- 1 2 "Toby Huss Biography". Fandango.
- ↑ "Cinemad Podcast: Toby Huss". Underground Film Journal. April 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Halt and Catch Fire Q&A – Toby Huss (John Bosworth)". AMC.
- 1 2 "Toby Huss - Biography". NY Times.
- 1 2 "An interview with Toby Huss". The Original Van Gogh's Ear Anthology. September 3, 2013.