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Dave Allen(I)

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Dave Allen
Amid a midlife crisis, the owner of a jet-ski academy (Rob Riggle) and his staff navigate the troubled waters that come with the job.
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Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy (2018– )
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Dave Allen was born in 1958 in Naperville, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Bad Teacher (2011), Gilmore Girls (2000) and The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007).
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Born1958
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination

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David Arquette, Dave Allen, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler in Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy (2018)
Dave Allen, Nicholas D'Agosto, and Steven Boyer in Trial & Error (2017)
Ben Stiller and Dave Allen in Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Tom Wilson, Linda Cardellini, Busy Philipps, Jason Schwartzman, Dave Allen, Amy Aquino, Becky Ann Baker, Lizzy Caplan, Claudia Christian, John Francis Daley, Joe Flaherty, James Franco, Sarah Hagan, David Krumholtz, Samm Levine, Sam McMurray, Natasha Melnick, Jerry Messing, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, Jason Segel, Stephen Lea Sheppard, Shaun Weiss, and Samaire Armstrong at an event for Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Linda Cardellini, Busy Philipps, Dave Allen, Judd Apatow, Steve Bannos, Paul Feig, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel
Dave Allen and Steve Bannos

Known for

Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher (2011)
Bad Teacher
5.6
  • Sandy Pinkus(as Dave 'Gruber' Allen)
  • 2011
Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
Gilmore Girls
8.2
TV Series
  • The 2nd Troubadour
  • The Minister
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007)
The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
4.0
TV Series
  • The Naked Trucker
Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in Sex Tape (2014)
Sex Tape
5.1
  • Mailman(as Dave Gruber Allen)
  • 2014

Credits

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Actor

  • Purgatory Court
    • Charon
    • TV Short
    • 2020
  • Alan Tudyk, Eden Sher, and Adam McArthur in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015)
    Star vs. the Forces of Evil
    • Mr. Candle
    • Sir Crandle
    • Additional Voices (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2019
  • It's a Beach Thing (2018)
    It's a Beach Thing
    • The Prophet
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy (2018)
    Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy
    • Gil
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Preacher (2016)
    Preacher
    • Swami (as Dave 'Gruber' Allen)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Mighty Magiswords (2015)
    Mighty Magiswords
    • Frostferatu
    • Tooth Fairy
    • Cold Foot (voice, as Dave Gruber Allen) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Steve Agee, Seth Herzog, Dave Hill, and Jordan Carlos in Boy Band (2018)
    Boy Band
    • Davy
    • 2018
  • Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs in Love (2016)
    Love
    • Allan (as Dave Gruber Allen)
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2018
  • Kristin Chenoweth, Nicholas D'Agosto, Sherri Shepherd, Jayma Mays, Steven Boyer, and Amanda Payton in Trial & Error (2017)
    Trial & Error
    • Dave the Taxidermist (as Dave 'Gruber' Allen)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Wainwright Training Presents: Safety Is the Key to Work & Life (2016)
    Wainwright Training Presents: Safety Is the Key to Work & Life
    • Various (2016)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • Tween Fest (2016)
    Tween Fest
    • Twonkmaster Chris
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Chris Hemsworth, and Kristen Wiig in Ghostbusters (2016)
    Ghostbusters
    • Electrocuted Ghost (as Dave Gruber Allen)
    • 2016
  • Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012)
    Comedy Bang! Bang!
    • Len
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Scott Christopher, Richard Gunn, Peter Murnik, David Naughton, Annie Tedesco, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Malia Tyler, Ethan Ross Wills, and Charlie Plummer in Granite Flats (2013)
    Granite Flats
    • Dinsmore
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • David Cross and Bob Odenkirk in W/Bob and David (2015)
    W/Bob and David
    • Extra Beatle Fan (as David 'Gruber' Allen)
    • TV Series
    • 2015

Writer

  • The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007)
    The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Mystery Cave (2002)
    Mystery Cave
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
    • additional sketches
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • 364 Girls a Year (1996)
    364 Girls a Year
    • character in play "The Girly Magazine Party"
    • 1996
  • Tom Wilson, Dave Allen, and Dana Gould in Get Serious: Seven Deadly Sins (1995)
    Get Serious: Seven Deadly Sins
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • Higgins Boys and Gruber
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1990

Producer

  • Wainwright Training Presents: Safety Is the Key to Work & Life (2016)
    Wainwright Training Presents: Safety Is the Key to Work & Life
    • producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007)
    The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Comedy Product
    • segment producer
    • TV Series
    • 1995

Videos6

Tenacious D: The Complete Master Works
Clip 1:41
Tenacious D: The Complete Master Works
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:01
Official Trailer
Drones
Trailer 2:02
Drones
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy
Trailer 1:01
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy
The Mother of Invention
Trailer 2:44
The Mother of Invention
Bad Teacher
Promo 0:31
Bad Teacher

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Dave 'Gruber' Allen
  • Height
    • 6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
  • Born
    • 1958
    • Naperville, Illinois, USA
  • Parents
      Cully Tynan O'Mahony
  • Relatives
      Peter Cullen Tynan O'Mahony(Sibling)

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    Best known for his roles as Mr. Rosso, a well-intentioned high school teacher and hippie, on Freaks and Geeks (1999), and The Naked Trucker, part of the comedy duo "The Naked Trucker and T-Bone", the more sensible of the pair but for his his lack of clothes beyond a trucker hat, boots and a well-placed guitar.
  • Nickname
    • Gruber

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