Charlie Finn (born September 18, 1975) is an American film, television, and voice actor.[1] Finn is best known for his role as the voice of Spud in American Dragon: Jake Long.

Charlie Finn
Finn in 2009
Born (1975-09-18) September 18, 1975 (age 49)
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Early life and education

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Finn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois, where he attended Lake Forest High School. Finn majored in English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and was a member of the Texas Delta chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He has been a member of the Lake Forest Players' Club since the early 1990s, and is well known for his recitals of epic Shakespearean soliloquies.

Career

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Finn is known for his voice role as Spud in the animated series American Dragon: Jake Long and for co-starring in the sitcoms Life on a Stick and Help Me Help You. He has also appeared in the films Gone But Not Forgotten, Psycho Beach Party, Rolling Kansas, The Dukes of Hazzard and played a small but memorable role as a smart-ass fast-food cashier in Super Troopers. He co-starred in the film Bar Starz in 2008. He provided additional voices in Happy Feet Two. Finn also portrayed Captain 'Black Jack' Bonfield in the "Chicago" episode of Derek Waters' Drunk History on Comedy Central. He also had a small role in an episode of Sports Night.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 The In Crowd Greg
2000 Psycho Beach Party Pea Brain
2001 Super Troopers Dimpus Burger Guy
2002 The Year That Trembled Jim 'Hairball' Morton
2002 King's Highway Bruce
2003 Rolling Kansas Kevin Haub
2005 The Dukes of Hazzard Royce
2008 Bar Starz Douglas
2011 Happy Feet Two Additional voices
2012 The Babymakers Sperm Bank Receptionist
2012 Struck by Lightning Coach Colin Walker
2020 Una Great Movie Nate Completed

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Sports Night Corbin Davis Episode: "Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks"
2000 DAG Steve 2 episodes
2002 The Wonderful World of Disney Hank Episode: "Nancy Drew"
2002 Deep Cover Jackson Lewis 1 episode
2002–2003 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Teak 3 episodes
2003 Judging Amy Atty. Douglas Raine Episode: "CSO Hartford"
2005 Gone But Not Forgotten John Television film
2005 Lilo & Stitch: The Series Spud Episode: "Morpholomew: Experiment 316"
2005 Love, Inc. Charlie Episode: "Three's Company"
2005 Life on a Stick Fred 13 episodes
2005–2007 American Dragon: Jake Long Spud / Teenage Worker 47 episodes
2006–2007 Help Me Help You Dave 14 episodes
2008 Front of the Class Ron Television film
2009 Castle Ian Yankman Episodes: "Hedge Fund Homeboys"
2009 Pulling Karl Television film
2011 Franklin & Bash Colin Morrow Episode: "You Can't Take It with You"
2011 Danni Lowinski Laz Unsold pilot
2012 Middle Ages Television film
2013, 2016 Drunk History Mike Veeck / Cpt. 'Black Jack' Bonfield 2 episodes
2015 Little Things: The Thing About Weed Hot Guy Television short
2016 Lady Dynamite Russell Episode: "Enter Super Grisham"

References

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  1. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007-10-16). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 47–. ISBN 9780345497734. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Charlie Finn". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
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