Biography
David Michael Koechner is an American character actor (film, television and stage), comedian and musician. Koechner began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at the ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After one-year stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, he began taking small parts in films such as Man on the Moon and Wag the Dog. While filming the country mockumentary Dill Scallion, K...
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Complete Filmography

Dirty Work: Dirtier Cut
2025
as Anton Phillips
The "dirtier cut" is an extended, uncensored version of the 1998 film Dirty Work, starring Norm Macdonald. This cut was the original vision of the fil...

Half Baked: Totally High
2024
as Diesel
Sequel of Half Baked (1998), it will follow JR and his friends as they search for money to bury one of his best friends who died from smoking the most...

JEREMY
2023
A slice of life comedy from comedian Adam Ray.

Ganymede
2023
as Pastor Royer
After a small-town wrestling star develops a crush on an openly gay classmate, he is stalked by a grotesque creature that invades his thoughts as he n...

Dotty and Soul
2023
as Brannigan
Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goes viral, nearly ending his career. Desperate to fig...

Match Struck
2023
as Unknown Man
An affluent family in the south begins to unravel when the husband struggles to hold on to his sanity as he reaches the final stages of the biggest bu...

Wrong Reasons
2022
as Marshall Winandi
When an ambiguously Intentioned masked man kidnaps a drug addicted punk singer, it triggers a police investigation as well as a media circus.

Izzy Lyon: The Unspun Truth
2022
as Antoine St. Poupon
Twenty years after the disappearance of Izzy Lyon, the World's Greatest Sign Spinner, a group of devoted followers band together to restore his legacy...

Diamond in the Rough
2022
After her parents' deaths, Ariana Alvarez is lost and can’t hold down a 9 to 5 job no matter how hard she tries, which isn’t that hard. To help her na...

Marmaduke
2022
as Phil Winslow (voice)
Great Dane Marmaduke epitomizes the overgrown lapdog, with an irascible streak and a penchant for mischief that is tempered with a deep sense of love ...

The Allnighter
2022
as Bruce
When an astrophysics student loses priceless research to an auto theft he makes a bargain with a woman at a local pawn shop in order to get it back.

National Champions
2021
as Richard Everly
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect ...

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
2021
as Mr. E
A workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed small town to dig up a story when she finds herself in the middle of cut-thro...

Vicious Fun
2021
as Zachary
Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no o...

A Week Away
2021
as David
Troubled teen Will Hawkins has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer ca...

The Right One
2021
as Bob Glasser
Sara, a novelist struggling with writer's block, needs inspiration — and finds it when she serendipitously meets Godfrey, a down-on-his-luck oddball w...

Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas
2020
as Mr. Meaner (voice)
Christmas gets weird - really weird - after George and Harold go back in time to change up a few of their beloved holiday's traditions.

Reboot Camp
2020
as David
After finding out that his wife has blown their life savings on self-help gurus, Seymour teams up with his brother Danny, a filmmaker, to document how...

Faith Based
2020
as Butch Savage
When two idiot friends realize all "faith based" films make buckets of cash, they set out on a mission to make one of their own.

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
as Self
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics...

The Dark Divide
2020
as Shayne
A shy butterfly expert embarks on a dangerous, life-changing trek through one of America’s greatest unprotected wildlands at the urging of his dying w...

Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama
2020
as Mr. Meaner (voice)
In this interactive special, Harold and George need your decision-making skills to stop Krupp from blowing their beloved treehouse to smithereens.

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween
2019
as Mr. Meaner (voice)
When Melvin tries to cancel Halloween, clever best friends Harold and George create their own spooky holiday -- and it's a huge success!

Braking for Whales
2019
as Uncle Randal
Star and Brandon, estranged brother and sister, are brought together after their mother's recent death and her absurd final request to dispose of her ...

All Creatures Here Below
2019
as Robert
The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.

Then Came You
2018
as Bob
An American hypochondriac who is working as a baggage handler is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists ...

Bernard and Huey
2018
as Huey
Two old friends reunite, which causes complications.

I'm Not Here
2017
as Dad's Attorney
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.

Gnome Alone
2017
as Zamfeer (voice)
When Chloe discovers that her new home's garden gnomes are not what they seem, she must decide between the pursuit of a desired high school life and t...

How to Get Girls
2017
as Principal B.
Zach and Ben are two nerdy childhood best friends with a dream to go to Comic Con. When Ben is forced to move with his dad to Antarctica, the two make...

CHiPS
2017
as Pat
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.

Priceless
2016
as Dale
James, down on his luck and desperate for some quick cash, agrees to drive a small truck across country. He soon realizes that he's made a huge mistak...

A Family Man
2016
as Larry
Dane Jensen is a driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When his boss pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equa...

Krampus
2015
as Howard
When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack o...

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
as Scout Leader Rogers
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peacef...

Hell and Back
2015
as Asmodeus (voice)
Two best friends set out to rescue their pal after he's accidentally dragged to hell.

Regular Show: The Movie
2015
as Principal Dean (voice)
After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save th...

Road Hard
2015
as Chad
After his movie and television career has run dry, Bruce Madsen (Adam Carolla) is forced to go back on the road playing one dingy comedy club after an...

Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad...

Jason Nash Is Married
2014
as Scooter
Jason is stuck living in the shadows of his more successful wife (Busy Philipps) and two young kids. When debt threatens to destroy his family, he jum...

Vital Heat: The Making of ‘Cheap Thrills’
2014
as Self
A fly-on-the-wall documentary that chronicles the production of E.L Katz's directorial debut "Cheap Thrills' and examines the pressures and rewards of...

Wish Wizard
2014
as Mr. Casey / Cloakey
When two kids wish for their parents to listen to their dreams, a whole world opens up to them.

No Clue
2014
as Ernie
When a beautiful and mysterious woman bursts into the office of Leo Falloon, desperate to find her missing brother, it's just another day in the life ...

Hits
2014
as Rich
A talentless teen will do anything to get on TV's "The Voice." Meanwhile, her father, a municipal worker, creates an uproar when a video of his rants ...

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as Champ Kind
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Behind the Candelabra
2013
as Adoption Attorney
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

Cheap Thrills
2013
as Colin
Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security......

A Haunted House
2013
as Dan the Security Man
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep hi...

Hit & Run
2012
as Sanders
When former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardises his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles, the fe...

Wedding Day
2012
as Pastor Augustus
This thriller from directors Dale Fabrigar and André Gordon concerns two couples who decide to marry on the same day - readily anticipating the most j...

Piranha 3DD
2012
as Chet
After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened w...

Small Apartments
2012
as Detective O'Grady
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lus...

This Means War
2012
as Ollie
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
as Vic George
A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

Final Destination 5
2011
as Dennis
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge coll...

Fully Loaded
2011
as David
On a rare evening out, two feisty single moms discover that it's not so easy to hook up with a total stranger anymore.

New Romance
2011
'New Romance' is a 4-minute music video performed by Miles Fisher. It is basically a parody of 'Saved by the Bell' and 'Final Destination'.

Paul
2011
as Gus
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind....

Brother's Justice
2010
as Self / Senior
Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts acti...

Tenure
2010
as Jay Hadley
Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by h...

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
as Self
The cast and crew reflect on the making of the movie, "Extract."

The Perfect Game
2009
as Mac Thompkins
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

Extract
2009
as Nathan
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from h...

My One and Only
2009
as Bill Massey
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take...

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
as Brent Gage
Don Ready is many things, but he is best-known as an extraordinary salesman. When a car dealership in Temecula teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, he ...

Still Waiting...
2009
as Dan
After Shenaniganz loses all its hottest waitresses to new competitor Ta-Ta's Wing Shack -- where the scantily clad wait staff earns bigger tips -- the...

Sex Drive
2008
as Hitchhiker
A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.

Get Smart
2008
as Larabee
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief h...

Semi-Pro
2008
as Commissioner
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team ...

Drillbit Taylor
2008
as Frightened Dad
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless b...

The Comebacks
2007
as Lambeau "Coach" Fields
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this lif...

Balls of Fury
2007
as Rick The Birdmaster
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling deb...

Reno 911!: Miami
2007
as Sheriff of Aspen
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring ...

Unaccompanied Minors
2006
as Ernie
Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families...

Farce of the Penguins
2006
as Melvin (voice)
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...

Let's Go to Prison
2006
as Shanahan
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in pris...

Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'
2006
as Self
Behind the scenes of Thank You For Smoking (2005)

Snakes on a Plane
2006
as Rick
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming tri...

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
as Hershell
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everyth...

Barnyard
2006
as Dag the Coyote (voice)
When the farmer's away, all the animals play, and sing, and dance. Eventually, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that en...

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006
as Donnie
A slovenly cable repairman becomes a big-city health inspector and is tasked with uncovering the source of a food poisoning epidemic.
Last Laugh '05
2005
as Calvin Tutley
“COMEDY CENTRAL’s Last Laugh ’05” takes an irreverent look back at some of the most controversial and outrageous events of this year from the infamous...

Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
as Darrell
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower w...

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
2005
as Elroy /Wind (voice)
Everybody loves the Easter Bunny. Everybody, that is, except the evil Irontail, who wanted the job of Easter Bunny for himself- but lost out to Peter ...

Waiting...
2005
as Dan
Employees at a Bennigan's-like restaurant (called, creatively enough, Shenanigan's), kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wai...

Daltry Calhoun
2005
as Doyle Earl
In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading golf club is reunited with his estranged daughter, a 14...

Thank You for Smoking
2005
as Bobby Jay Bliss
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remai...

The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005
as Dad at Health Clinic
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn...

The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
as Cooter Davenport
Cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, with the help of their eye-catching cousin, Daisy and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse, try and save the family farm from bein...

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Champ Kind
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to ...

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Champ Kind
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Cornin...

My Boss's Daughter
2003
as Speed
When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on –...

A Guy Thing
2003
as Buck
Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked wh...

Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Bell Hop
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair...

The Third Wheel
2002
as Carl
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has diffic...

Life Without Dick
2002
as Uncle Hurley
By accident, Colleen Gibson shoots and kills her gold-digging cheating boyfriend, Dick, a private eye who happens to have a hitman on his tail. Danny ...

Run Ronnie Run
2002
as Clay
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.

Out Cold
2001
as Stumpy
Rick Rambis and his friends are having the time of their lives on Bull Mountain—until the legendary Papa Muntz' son decides to sell the mountain to a ...

Whatever It Takes
2000
as Virgil Doolittle
A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete C...

Dropping Out
2000
as Henry
Emile Brockton enjoys TV, chicken pot pies, and...well, not much else. His life has become a meaningless procession of banal activities that prompt hi...

Dill Scallion
1999
as Bubba Pearl
School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his heart and makes up his own dance, the 'Scallion Sh...

Man on the Moon
1999
as National Enquirer Reporter
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Co-Pilot
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with ...

Dirty Work
1998
as Anton Phillips
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart ...

Wag the Dog
1997
as Director
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

Dashing Through the Snow
N/A
as Frankie the Slay Bell
Set in a cabin on Christmas Eve, US Marshall Jo protects a pregnant fugitive from a bounty hunter and a hitman Santa, accompanied by his henchmen of e...
Tender
N/A
A couple struggles with a failing marriage and mounting debts that stumbles upon a hidden fortune of gold within the walls of their home, leading them...

Reapers Night
N/A
as Adam
A group of paranormal specialists adventure into a long-deserted refuge with a famous standing for its dim and curved history. As the night advances, ...
Cookbook for Southern Housewives
N/A
as Mick
Described as 'an exciting venture into the glamorous and gritty world of 70's mafia'.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence
N/A
Plot details TBA but is described as "pitting the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest".