Cast & creator
Dave Allen
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Born in 1958, Dave Allen is an American actor and writer, known for Bad Teacher (2011), Gilmore Girls (2000) and The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007).
Also known as: Dave "Gruber" Allen, Dave (Gruber) Allen, Todd Carlin, Dave Gruber Allen
31
film credits
53
television credits
80
1956–2025 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Naked Trucker
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
King of the Hill
Appleseed (voice)
1997King of the Hill
Jesse (voice)
1997
Frasier
Randy
1993
Gilmore Girls
The 2nd Troubadour
2000Gilmore Girls
The Minister
2000
Bob's Burgers
Bill (voice)
2011
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Naked Trucker
1993
The Middle
Professor Morson
2009
Malcolm in the Middle
Mr. Woodward
2000
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Father Mike
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Krampus
2013
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Pizza Manager
1996
The Drew Carey Show
Lawyer
1995
3rd Rock from the Sun
Arthur
1996
Arrested Development
Activist
2003
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Sir Crandle (voice)
2015Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Mr. Candle (voice)
2015
Hot in Cleveland
David Gates
2010
Spin City
Crackpot
1996
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Rick Yantz (voice)
2010
Arli$$
Caddy
1996
Mike & Molly
Tom
2010
Preacher
Swami
2016
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
NewsRadio
Lackey
1995NewsRadio
Eric Stark
1995
Grounded for Life
Therapist
2001
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Mr. Kwest
2004Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Mr. Kwest / Abe Lincoln
2004Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Abe Lincoln
2004
Party Down
AF Gordon Theodore
2009
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Guy on the Penny
1999
Freaks and Geeks
Jeff Rosso
1999
True Jackson, VP
Mitchell
2008
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Crowley Morehouse
2011
Sex Tape
Mailman
2014
Random! Cartoons
Dark Blade of Fire (voice)
2008
Working
Poet
1997
Trial & Error
Dave the Taxidermist
2017
I'm with Her
Horse Wrangler
2003
Complete Savages
Wendell
2004
Ghostbusters
Electrocuted Ghost
2016
Bad Teacher
Sandy Pinkus
2011
Tenacious D
Jesus Ranch Cult Member
1997
Smiley Face
Hippie #1
2007
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
Self
2008
Veronica Mars
60-Year-Old Rocker
2014
Warren the Ape
2010
Cultureshock
Self
2018
Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy
Gil
2018
Crossroads
Bar Patron
2002The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
2007The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
Producer
2007
Unaccompanied Minors
Gas Station Attendant
2006Friday People
1985The TV Wheel
Various
1995
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Skeevy Guy
2004
The Ron White Show
2005
Counsel
Writer
2019
The Mother of Invention
Dr. Henry Miller
2009
364 Girls A Year
Writer
1996
MooBeard the Cow Pirate
Dark Blade of Fire
2008
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live
2015
The Girls Guitar Club
Recording Engineer Guy
2001
Drones
Cooperman
2010
Dill Scallion
Slim
1999
100 Greatest Stand-Ups
Himself
2007
The Big Whoop
Gustav
2025
Boy Band
Davy
2019
Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
Todd
2009
Caesar's Salad
Jonathan Freedom III
1990
Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
Host
2011
Life Begins at Rewirement
Sales Associate
2012
Largo
Self
2008
Toughest Things in the Desert
2022
Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
Host
2012
The Animals - Live Performances 1964-1998
1998
The Frank
Uncle Gruber
2014
Fist of Glory
High Roller
1991Healed
Parishioner
2016