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Bader in July 2011
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Born |
Karl Diedrich Bader December 24, 1966 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor, comedian |
Years active | 1988–present |
Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian who has done supporting roles in comedies such as Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite, The Drew Carey Show, Veep and the Outsourced TV series. He is also a voice-over artist for multiple animated series; some of his roles include: Batman on Batman: The Brave and the Bold and JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, android Zeta in The Zeta Project, Warp Darkmatter in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the Fiskerton Phantom in The Secret Saturdays, and his recurring role as Hoss Delgado in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
Karl Diedrich Bader was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on Christmas Eve, 1966, the son of German-born Gretta (Lange) Bader (1931–2014), a sculptor, and William B. Bader (1931–2016), a foundation executive who worked in politics. His patrilineal great-grandfather was Edward Lawrence Bader, who was mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. When Bader was two years old, his family moved to Paris, France, but he returned to the U.S. to attend Groveton High School. He graduated from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended college at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.