Overview (3)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (1)

Naomi Odenkirk (1997 - present) ( 2 children)

Trade Mark (3)

Frequently plays foolish but extremely confident characters



Often plays a sharp-suited businessman or agent



Trivia (11)



Older brother of Bill Odenkirk



He wrote Chris Farley 's "Matt Foley, motivational speaker" character when they were both at Second City in Chicago.

Attended Naperville North High School, Illinois.



Appearing in a series of politically themed Miller Lite commercials. In one spot, he is "debating" a horse! [May 2004]



His last name means "Church of Odin" in Old Norse. It was spelled "Oatencirck" many generations back, and originated with a German immigrant ancestor.



He has German and Irish, as well as Scots-Irish and Scottish, ancestry.





Is the uncle of fellow actor Keenan Odenkirk



As of 2020, he has been in 3 films that were Oscar nominated for Best Picture: Nebraska (2013), Die Verlegerin (2017), and Little Women (2019).

Due to seeing his father's struggle with alcoholism, he almost never drinks alcohol.



Personal Quotes (11)

David and I got cut out [of] the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work.



When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff.



It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.



I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.



I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life.



The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and that's a cool thing. I don't think it's exploded or anything, but I think it's pretty cool that it still exists, it's still affecting people.



It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that.



I'm about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.



I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.



I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.



I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.

