Matthew Paul "Matt" Walsh (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor, writer and comedian best known as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe.
Walsh was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Hinsdale South High School. He graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in psychology, and spent a year in Austria at Salzburg College. Walsh is the 4th of 7 children, born to parents Dick and Audrey Walsh. He began his co...
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Matthew Paul "Matt" Walsh (born October 13, 1964) is an American actor, writer and comedian best known as a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe.
Walsh was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Hinsdale South High School. He graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in psychology, and spent a year in Austria at Salzburg College. Walsh is the 4th of 7 children, born to parents Dick and Audrey Walsh. He began his comedy career in Chicago, performing at the Annoyance Theater and studying comedy at ImprovOlympic under improv comedy legend Del Close. In 1991, he met comedian Matt Besser, who he began performing with. They eventually became the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch troupe, along with Amy Poehler and Ian Roberts.
Along with Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, and Ian Roberts, he is a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade improv comedy troupe and played "Trotter" in the troupe's sketch comedy series, which ran for three seasons on Comedy Central....
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