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Will Arnett is a Canadian actor best known for his role as the charming, devious, magician-slash-male stripper brother GOB Bluth on the cult hit sitcom Arrested Development.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Roles 2.1 Starring Roles 2.2 Guest Starring Roles 2.3 Specials and Made-for-TV Movies 2.4 Talk, News and Game Show Appearances 2.5 Notable Film Roles 3 Memorable Moments 4 Awards and Accolades 4.1 IVy Awards 4.2 Emmys 4.3 SAG TV Awards 5 Trivia

[edit] Biography

Will Arnett was born in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, the third of four children (although his older sisters are twins) to Alexandra and E. James Arnett. James was a corporate lawyer who worked for the famous Molson Breweries and later served as the company's President and CEO. As a child, Arnett attended French-speaking schools in Toronto. As a teenager, his mother sent him to commercial auditions, and Arnett found he enjoyed acting, so at age 20, he moved to New York to study at the famous Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Arnett struggled in New York for several years and performed in indie and student films. His first interest was in drama, but for money, he accepted work in sitcom pilots. The first of these to be sold was The Mike O'Malley Show, in which Arnett played the womanizing best friend who was finally settling down and getting married. Although Arnett was initially excited to work on a sitcom in which he was friends with the entire cast (which included Mike O'Malley, Mark Rosenthal and Kate Walsh), the show was critically reviled and a ratings disaster, and it was cancelled after only two episodes had aired.

The failure of The Mike O'Malley Show led to what Arnett has called "the darkest year of my life." He stopped working and turned to drinking. In the summer of 2000, a friend convinced him to clean up his act and look for work again. In early 2001, he met actress Amy Poehler, and the two were later married. (His previous 1994 marriage to actress Penelope Ann Miller had lasted less than a year.)

In 2002, Arnett was cast for the pilot for the sitcom Still Standing. Although the series was picked up by CBS, Arnett's character was cut. Angry from the rejection, the following February, he told his agent he refused to do any pilots that year. However, casting director Deb Barylski—who had cast him in the Still Standing pilot—liked his work and convinced him to look at a pilot script by Mitchell Hurwitz. Although reluctant and working on a play, Arnett had heard good buzz about the script from his friends, and when the character remained uncast and his play fell apart, he agreed to audition. He made his audition tape on a Friday, flew to Los Angeles and read for Hurwitz on Saturday, and the following Monday night, he was at a table read for the role as GOB Bluth on Arrested Development.

The role did not make Arnett a household name, but it caught the eye of critics, directors and producers, as well as the Emmys. Since the series' demise in 2006, he has been steadily working on films and television projects. He lives in New York with Poehler.

[edit] Roles

[edit] Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Mike O'Malley Show	Jimmy	1999	1
Arrested Development	G.O.B. Bluth	2002–2006	1	2	3
Freak Show	Duncan Schiesst	2006	1
Sit Down, Shut Up (USA)	Ennis Hofftard	2009–	1

[edit] Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Sex and the City	Jack	2x12 - La Douleur Exquise!	August 22, 1999
Third Watch	Kenny	1x19 - Spring Forward, Fall Back	April 17, 2000
Boston Public	Hand Salesman	2x07 - Chapter Twenty-Nine	December 10, 2001
Yes, Dear	Bobby	2x18 - Johnny Ampleseed	March 25, 2002
The Sopranos	Mike Waldrup	4x01 - For All Debts Public and Private	September 15, 2002
The Sopranos	Mike Waldrup	4x02 - No Show	September 22, 2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Tony Damon	4x06 - Angels	November 1, 2002
Will & Grace	Artemis Johnson	7x02 - Back Up Dancer	September 23, 2004
MADtv	Special Guest	11x02 - Episode 1102	September 24, 2005

[edit] Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Undefeated	Scott Green's Assistant	July 26, 2003
Arrested Development: Making of a Future Classic	Himself	March 12, 2004
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	Nominee	August 27, 2006	Primetime Emmy Awards
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education	Phone Bank	October 15, 2006
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education	Performer	April 13, 2008

[edit] Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Sharon Osbourne Show		March 19, 2004
Celebrity Poker Showdown	Tournament 3, Game 3	July 22, 2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 1973	October 22, 2004
The Tony Danza Show		October 25, 2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 2042	March 31, 2005
Last Call with Carson Daly		April 8, 2005
Weekends at the DL		July 31, 2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live		September 16, 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Show 2174	January 13, 2006
The Daily Show	Will Arnett (February 9, 2006)	February 9, 2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien		November 22, 2006

[edit] Notable Film Roles

• Southie (1998): Whitey
• The Waiting Game (1999): Lenny
• The Great New Wonderful (2005): Danny
• Monster-in-Law (2005): Kit
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006): Lone Gunslinger Vulture
• RV (2006): Todd Mallory

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Awards and Accolades

[edit] IVy Awards

(1 Nomination/1 Win)

• Won: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2005-06)

Arrested Development

[edit] Emmys

(1 Nomination)

• Nominated: Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2005-06)

Arrested Development

[edit] SAG TV Awards

(2 Nominations)

• Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2004)

Arrested Development

• Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005)

Arrested Development

[edit] Trivia

• Frequently works as a voice over announcer on commercials. Amongst dozens of others, he is the voice of the toenail anti-fungal cream Lamocil.