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Paul Dinello (born November 28, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and an alumnus of Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He is best known for his role on Comedy Central’s Strangers with Candy as Geoffrey Jellineck, the closeted gay art teacher at Flatpoint High, who carries on a not-so-secret relationship with his colleague Chuck Noblet (Stephen Colbert). Dinello dated the show’s star Amy Sedaris for eight years after they met at Second City.
In 2003 Dinello co-authored the novel Wigfield with Sedaris and Colbert, which they promoted by creating a traveling play.
Most recently, Dinello has made guest appearances on Colbert’s show The Colbert Report as Tad, the building manager. The character is often berated by Colbert, who forces him to do dangerous things. Dinello has made at least five appearances on The Colbert Report, including a tumbling act with Colbert and their Strangers costar Sedaris in July 2006.
Dinello was also a writer, producer and director for the Strangers with Candy film, which was released in July 2006. In January 2009, Participant Media announced it would produce Dinello’s next film, Mr. Burnout (about a burned out teacher seeking to rekindle his love of teaching).
He was one of the main cast in the show Exit 57, also starring Sedaris and Colbert. He also appeared as Mr. Rooney in the film Be Kind Rewind, alongside Jack Black and Mos Def.
Dinello recently directed the Nickelodeon original movie Gym Teacher: The Movie, starring Christopher Meloni and Amy Sedaris.
Dinello can be seen with Amy Sedaris in the “Mummified Hand” episode of the Science Channel show Oddities.
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Paul Dinello Biography / Wiki
| Name | Paul Dinello |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of Birth | 1962-11-28 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 59 |
| Deathday |
Paul Dinello Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Shock Asylum | 1997-01-01 | A routine psychiatric evaluation goes awry when the protagonist is perceived as ‘reluctant and angry’…. | |
| Strangers with Candy | Geoffrey Jellineck | 2006-07-28 | A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her l… |
| Plump Fiction | Jimmy Nova | 1998-05-15 | Follows the plot of Pulp Fiction, also parodying scenes from other movies…. |
| Gym Teacher: The Movie | Mr. Tipple | 2008-09-12 | Dave Stweie was America’s hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games…. until he ran face first into the vault. After Suffering humiliation on a globa… |
| Be Kind Rewind | Mr. Rooney | 2008-01-20 | A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend’s video store. In order to satisfy the store’s most loyal rente… |
| Straight Talk | Casey | 1992-04-03 | Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in … |
Paul Dinello Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Strangers with Candy | Director | 2006-07-28 | A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her l… |
| Gym Teacher: The Movie | Director | 2008-09-12 | Dave Stweie was America’s hope for the gold in the 1988 Seoul Games…. until he ran face first into the vault. After Suffering humiliation on a globa… |
| Shock Asylum | Director | 1997-01-01 | A routine psychiatric evaluation goes awry when the protagonist is perceived as ‘reluctant and angry’…. |
Paul Dinello Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Producer | The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humo… | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Shock Asylum | Writer | 1997-01-01 | A routine psychiatric evaluation goes awry when the protagonist is perceived as ‘reluctant and angry’…. |
| Strangers with Candy | Writer | 2006-07-28 | A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her l… |
| Writer | Strangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on O… | ||
| Writer | The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humo… | ||
| Writer | The Wrong Coast is a Canadian stop-motion animated television show. The show emulates a Hollywood gossip show with fake news and features, and include… | ||
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Creator | Strangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on O… | ||
| Creator | Exit 57 was a 30-minute sketch comedy series that aired on the American television channel Comedy Central from 1995 to 1996; its cast was composed of … | ||
| Creator | Comedian Amy Sedaris cordially invites you into her home, where she will show off diverse but necessary homemaking skills, from death-bed etiquette, t… | ||
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