Andy Richter
Birth Name:
Paul Andrew Richter
Birth Place:
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Producer
Fast Facts
- He and the rest of the "Late Night" writing team won the 1997 Writers Guild Award for best writing
- Played "Celebrity Jeopardy!" for St․ Jude Children's Research Hospital and set a record for most money earned on a celebrity edition of the show
- After attending Columbia College as a film major, Richter found his place working as a production assistant throughout Chicago
- Best known as the sidekick of late night talk show host Conan O'Brien
- Has performed with various improvisational groups based in Chicago, including Annoyance Theater, Gambrinus King of Beer, Comedy Underground and Improvolympia
- His theater credits include "The Real Live Brady Bunch" and "Incident at Cobblers Knob․"
- Outside of the talk show circuit, he is known for his voice work in the "Madagascar" film franchise
- Almost hosted the classic game show "Pyramid" twice
- His wife was a writer for the series "Strangers with Candy," for which he made two cameo appearances
- Two of his three of his Fox television series, "Andy Richter Controls the Universe," "Andy Barker P․I․" and "Quintuplets" aired for one series or less
Awards
- 1996Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1997Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1997WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Winner
- 1998Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1999Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1999WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Nominated
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program:Nominated
- 2000WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Winner
- 2001WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Nominated
- 2010Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2010WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series:Nominated
- 2011Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2012WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Nominated
- 2013BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Nominated
- 2013BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical:Nominated
- 2013WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Nominated
- 2014WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series:Nominated
- 2015BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series:Nominated
- 2016WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety - Talk Series:Nominated
- 2017Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program:Nominated
- 2018Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program:Nominated
- 2018WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Series:Nominated
- 2022WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety Talk Series:Winner