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Allan Havey

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Allan Havey
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1981–present

Allan Havey is an American stand-up comic and actor. He started his career as a comedian in New York City in 1981.

Overview

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Havey made his national debut in 1986 on Late Night with David Letterman and made many appearances on the show throughout the 1980s and 1990s. When Letterman left NBC for CBS after not being chosen to replace Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show, Havey was one of several comedians considered by NBC to replace Letterman on Late Night (Conan O'Brien was chosen as Letterman's successor on the latter show).[1]

In November 1989, he was chosen by HBO Downtown Productions to host a show on The Comedy Channel (later known as Comedy Central). The show, Night After Night with Allan Havey, which initially ran for three hours nightly, presented Allan's unique stream of consciousness, celebrity interviews, news and film clips (with commentary), and unusual "on location" scenarios. Havey often recounted stories from his life, sometimes apocryphal or tongue in cheek, sometimes very real, in tandem with his breaking the fourth wall via riffing with those behind the camera, such as producer Sue Fellows or head writer Eddie Gorodetsky. Night After Night became a cult classic among fans.[2] The show also featured the sketch "Audience of One," a "Viewer Mail" segment, "Dave the Weatherman," and announcer Nick Bakay, who left in 1992, to perform the same role on The Dennis Miller Show. Night After Night ran for three years.

In a Vanity Fair interview in April 2016, Havey discussed his long-standing fear of tadpoles and Battenburg cake.

Havey's film roles include Internal Affairs, Checking Out, Rounders, Hancock, Jerry Seinfeld's documentary Comedian, and Steven Soderberg's The Informant! On television, Havey's comedy was featured twice on HBO's One Night Stand; both appearances were nominated for CableACE Awards. As a television actor, Havey has guest starred on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Punk'd, and The Sarah Silverman Program. In 2006, Havey was cast as a lead in the Fox sitcom Free Ride, where he played Bob Stahlings, father of the main character Nate Stahlings. In 2012, he appeared on Ray Romano's Men of a Certain Age, in Disney's Good Luck Charlie and FX's Louie. In 2013, he was featured on two episodes of The Office and appeared on the AMC show Mad Men. In 2015, he appeared in episodes of the Amazon Studios series The Man in the High Castle and W/ Bob and David on Netflix.

Havey appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast on April 8, 2015.

Since 2017, Havey has appeared as Karl Allard on Showtime's series "Billions."

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Checking Out Pat Hagen
1990 Love or Money Hank Peterson
1990 Internal Affairs Judson
1998 Rounders Guberman
2001 Knockaround Guys Dean the Greenskeeper
2009 The Informant! FBI Special Agent Dean Paisley
2014 Top Five Pilot
2016 Hail, Caesar! Protestant Clergyman
2018 Happy Anniversary Weatherman
2019 Plus One Hannon
2022 Fourth of July Dentist

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989-92 Night After Night With Allan Havey Host
1996 Viper Jay Lowery "Talk Is Cheap"
1996 Seinfeld Policeman "The Wait Out"
2006 Free Ride Bob Stahlings Main role
2008 The Sarah Silverman Program Judge "The Mongolian Beef"
2008–09 Easy to Assemble Illeana's Stalker / Frank Recurring role
2012 Good Luck Charlie Quint "Catch Me If You Can"
2012 Louie Allan Harvey "Telling Jokes/Set Up"
2012 Up All Night Uncle Dennis "The Wedding"
2013 The Office Mr. Bruegger "The Farm", "Promos"
2013–15 Mad Men Lou Avery[3] Recurring role
2015 W/ Bob & David Glen 'The Optimist' Forbes "1.4"
2015 The Man in the High Castle Man with Lined Face "The New World", "Sunrise", "The Illustrated Woman"
2016 Experts Guide to Bumble Mr. Phillips TV miniseries
2016 Code Black Dennis "Hero Complex"
2016 2 Broke Girls Bill the Dealer "And the Duck Stamp"
2017 Bosch Roger "God Sees", "Blood Under the Bridge"
2017 GLOW Ron "Debbie Does Something"
2017-23 Billions Karl Allard Recurring role

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Bradford (January 5, 2012). "The Lost Late Night Talk Show Hosts". New York. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Husband, Andrew (November 30, 2016). "Allan Havey Talks 'Night After Night,' Comedy's Great Lost Talk Show". UPROXX. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Jessica (December 9, 2016). "Comics aren't just funny, they're nice, too". The Times of Israel. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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