Jack Plotnick
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Biography
Biography
Jack Plotnick began his acting career in strictly comedic roles, doing guest spots on established sitcoms such as "Murphy Brown," "Seinfeld," and "Ellen." He has a penchant for the offbeat also, as Plotnick has appeared in such cult favorites as the satirical Möbius strip of a sketch comedy "Mr. Show" with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, and the frothily followed fantasy saga "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," on which he portrayed the skittish Deputy Mayor Allan Finch throughout its third season. His recurring weirdness as Steve Marmella on the law-enforcement parody "Reno 911!" landed him a regular role as the voice of the mincing video-game character Xandir P. Whifflebottom on another one of Comedy Central's hits, the animated "Drawn Together." He has branched out to drama in the 2000s with roles on such hour-long series as "Dawson's Creek," "House M.D.," and "The Mentalist." Plotnick established himself as an executive producer (and self-made star) with the comedically cross-dressing short-film series "Girls Will Be Girls." He also runs an actors' workshop in Los Angeles and occasionally New York City.
Filmography
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Cast (Feature Film)
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Cast (Special)
Life Events
1995
Played recurring role of Barrett on "Ellen"
1997
Cast as Uncle Ralphie on "The Weird Al Show" (CBS)
1997
Was a member of the stock company on "The Jenny McCarthy Show" (MTV)
1997
Film debut, "Who's the Caboose?"
1998
Played a student journalist interviewing James Whale in "Gods and Monsters"
1998
Cast in the recurring role of the Deputy Mayor on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (WB)
1999
Played regular role of Stuart Glazer on "Action"
2001
Appeared opposite Sally Field in "Say It Isn't So"
2003
Cast opposite Renee Zelwegger in "Down With Love"
2003
Executive produced and starred in the feature, "Girls Will Be Girls"
2003
Had a recurring role on the Comedy Central series "Reno 911"
2004
Regular on the Comedy Central cartoon series "Drawn Together"
2006
Series regular (and Supervising Producer) on the Lifetime comedy, "Lovespring International"; also occasionally directs
2006
Played a troubled crystal meth addict in Bobcat Goldthwait's independent feature "Sleeping Dogs Lie"
