Diedrich Bader
ALL ABOUT DIEDRICH BADER
Full Name: Diedrich Bader
Date of Birth: 24 December 1966
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Dulcy Rogers (1998 - present) 1 child
Bio:
Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor.
He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. At the age of two, he 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 for The Drew Carey Show in 1995. He also appeared in the 1999 film Office Space.
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 and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
In 2004 Bader played Rex in the movie Napoleon Dynamite.
Trivia:
Great-grandfather was Edward L. Bader, former mayor of Atlantic City, NJ
Is an Eagle Scout.
In one episode, Kenny, voiced by Diedrich Bader, begins rambling on about an episode of the “The Beverly Hillbillies” (1962) he watched which focused on Jethro wanting to become an astronaut. Diedrich Bader played Jethro in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).
In one episode, Greg Clemens said to the gang, “Even the Clampetts picked up and moved to Beverly”. Diedrich Bader played Jethro and Jethrene in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).
The voice of Korgoth in Adult Swim’s Korgoth of Barbaria.
He starred in Disney’s 2002 movie, The Country Bears as Officer Cheets and also provided the voice of Country Bear, Ted Bedderhead.
Diedrich Bader and Sandra Bullock had worked together before Miss Congeniality 2.
Quotes:
I always take it over the top so the number one direction I got from John Pasquin, the wonderful director, was bring it down. “Bring it down just a little bit. Let’s say if there were a 10, let’s bring it down to a 4.”
Filmography:
Diedrich Bader Filmography as an Actor:
2007 Sunny and Share Love You
2007 Surf’s Up
2006 National Lampoon’s Cattle Call
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2004 Eurotrip
2004 Napoleon Dynamite
2004 The Drew Carey Show: Baby Makes Stress
2004 Center of the Universe [TV Series]
2004 Dead & Breakfast
2004 The Drew Carey Show: Season 09
2002 Ice Age
2002 The Country Bears
2002 The Drew Carey Show: Season 08
2002 The Country Bears
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 The Drew Carey Show: Season 07
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000 Baby Blues [Animated TV Series]
2000 The Drew Carey Show: Season 06
1999 The Drew Carey Show: Season 05
1999 Office Space
1998 The Drew Carey Show: Season 04
1997 Murphy Brown: Desperate Times
1997 The Drew Carey Show: Season 03
1996 The Drew Carey Show: Season 02
1995 The Drew Carey Show: Season 01
1995 Frasier: The Innkeepers
1994 Teresa’s Tattoo
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies
1990 Cheers: Sammy and the Professor
1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation 46: The Emissary
1989 The Preppie Murder
1988 Desert Rats
Diedrich Bader Filmography as an Executive Producer:
2002 Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
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