---
name: "Dan Bakkedahl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-bakkedahl"
fi1m_id: "dan-bakkedahl"
imdb_id: "nm2045884"
tmdb_id: 1183546
wikidata_id: "Q5213110"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 November 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-24T19:58:02.049554+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Bakkedahl

## Identity

Dan Bakkedahl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-bakkedahl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-bakkedahl
- **IMDb ID:** nm2045884
- **TMDB ID:** 1183546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5213110
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bakkedahl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5213110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2045884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1183546

Actor. Born 18 November 1969 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 November 1969, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (3), 2010s 84 (2), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bakkedahl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5213110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2045884/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1183546

## Biography

Dan Bakkedahl is an American actor and improvisational comedian. He was born on 18 November 1969 in Rochester, Minnesota, and studied at Florida State University.

He served as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2005 to 2007. Bakkedahl has recurring or starring roles in several television series, including as Congressman Roger Furlong in Veep (2012–2019), Tim Hughes in Life in Pieces (2015–2019), and Steve Nugent in Legit (2013–2015). His film credits include The Heat (2013), Get Hard (2015) and Hitman: Agent 47 (2015). He appears as Bill Wilkins in the 2026 film The Stunt Driver.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Stunt Driver* (2026), Fi1m 66, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-stunt-driver.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, as FBI Agent Curtis — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Roger Furlong — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Waiter — [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, as Curtis — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, as Roger Prince, Jr. — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Stunt Driver* (2026), Actor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-stunt-driver.md)
- *Drive Through Fire* (2026), as Victor
- *Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence* (2026), as Wilbur Finletter
- *President Curtis* (2026), series, as Special Agent Alan Chomps (voice), Special Agent Alan Chomps / Martin (voice)
- *Puddysticks* (2026), as Sylvester
- *CIA* (2026), series, as Larry Kriegman
- *Swiped* (2025), as Ed
- *Joe Baby* (2024), as Art Simonian
- *Dinner with the Parents* (2024), series, as Harvey
- *Not an Artist* (2023), as Mr. Marion
- *Sick Girl* (2023), as Fred Pepper
- *Buddy Games: Spring Awakening* (2023), as Shelly
- *History of the World: Part II* (2023), series, as Winston Churchill
- *Animal Control* (2023), series, as Wayne Peters
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, as Wesley Tucker
- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, as Milton Wells
- *Bust Down* (2022), series, as Horace
- *Made for Love* (2021), series, as Lyle Herringbone
- *Space Force* (2020), series, as John Blandsmith
- *Solar Opposites* (2020), series, as Commander Zarck (voice), Commander Zarck / Friendly Cowboy (voice), Zarck / Cop (voice), Zarck (voice)
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, as Ed
- *Buddy Games* (2019), as Sheldon 'Shelly' Baldinger
- *Married Young* (2019), as Pharmacist
- *Wyrm* (2019), as Allen
- *Corporate Animals* (2019), as Billy
- *Sword of Trust* (2019), as Kingpin
- *Holy Moses* (2018), as Doc Bob
- *Action Point* (2018), as Knoblach
- *Taco Shop* (2018), as Nate Holmes
- *Barry* (2018), series, as FBI Agent Curtis — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Tarantula* (2017), series, as Lucas  (voice)
- *Killing Hasselhoff* (2017), as Nick
- *Brave New Jersey* (2017), as Reverend Ray Rogers
- *Another Evil* (2016), as Joey Lee
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, as Kenneth 'Ken' Starr — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *The Escort* (2015), as Rick
- *Trumbo* (2015), as Roy Brewer
- *Life in Pieces* (2015), series, as Tim Hughes
- *Hitman: Agent 47* (2015), as Sanders
- *Get Hard* (2015), as Leo
- *Man Seeking Woman* (2015), series, as Ruffala (voice)
- *Bad Judge* (2014), series, as Mr. Lewis
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Davis Lamond
- *Not Safe for Work* (2014), as Random Denning Employee
- *Chu and Blossom* (2014), as Principal Cochette
- *The Goldbergs* (2013), series, as Mr. Woodburn
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Andrew Miller — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Heat* (2013), as Craig
- *Four Dogs* (2013), as Dan
- *Teen Titans Go!* (2013), series, as Sheriff (voice)
- *Legit* (2013), series, as Steve Nugent
- *This Is 40* (2012), as Dentist
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as Larry Langer
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Dr. Adrian Bergdahl
- *Veep* (2012), series, as Roger Furlong — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Graydon Ostler
- *Hot in Cleveland* (2010), series, as Jasper
- *The League* (2009), series, as OB Doctor
- *Community* (2009), series, as Murray the AC Repairman — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Welcome To Academia* (2009), as Richard Valentine
- *Snake 'n' Bacon* (2009), as Detective
- *Observe and Report* (2009), as Mark
- *Party Down* (2009), series, as Marty Mittman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *United States of Tara* (2009), series, as Mr. Kern
- *The Return of Jezebel James* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Thick of It* (2007), as Dan
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Dr. Daniel Allen
- *Flight of the Conchords* (2007), series, as Waiter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/flight-of-the-conchords.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Angry Father — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Curtis — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Roger Prince, Jr. — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Waiter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Tony Bicks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Hidden Heroes: A Descendants Story*, as Yen Sid

## Gallery

- ![Actor Dan Bakkedahl at TIFF 2026 for the Premiere of The Stunt Driver](https://film.one/media/person/441398/gallery-c8dbbea3562d.jpg) Actor Dan Bakkedahl at TIFF 2026 for the Premiere of The Stunt Driver — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Dan_Bakkedahl_04.jpg/1280px-Dan_Bakkedahl_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Bakkedahl](https://film.one/media/person/441398/gallery-285c73b5b055.jpg) Dan Bakkedahl — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Dan_Bakkedahl_01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actor Dan Bakkedahl at TIFF 2026 for the Premiere of The Stunt Driver](https://film.one/media/person/441398/gallery-59def205c252.jpg) Actor Dan Bakkedahl at TIFF 2026 for the Premiere of The Stunt Driver — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Dan_Bakkedahl_02.jpg/1280px-Dan_Bakkedahl_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Dan Bakkedahl at TIFF 2026 for the Premiere of The Stunt Driver](https://film.one/media/person/441398/gallery-1dfb41b568e1.jpg) Actor Dan Bakkedahl at TIFF 2026 for the Premiere of The Stunt Driver — Marlene Landu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Dan_Bakkedahl_03.jpg/1280px-Dan_Bakkedahl_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Bakkedahl](https://film.one/media/person/441398/gallery-f158e5b29487.jpg) Dan Bakkedahl — Image via TMDB
- ![Dan Bakkedahl and his wife Irene 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/441398/gallery-9f506926e361.jpg) Dan Bakkedahl and his wife Irene 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018) — AlexTheTank, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Dan_and_Irene_Bakkedahl.jpg/1280px-Dan_and_Irene_Bakkedahl.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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