Danny Pudi

A comedian and actor with a penchant for bone-dry delivery and rubbery physicality that led some contemporaries to dub him the “Indian Gumby,” Danny Pudi honed his skills with Chicago’s famed Second City Conservatory and Windy City sketch-comedy groups. After jumping to Hollywood and netting a handful of minor film and TV guest-star jobs, Pudi scored his breakthrough role as the fast-talking, movie-cross-referencing community college student in the much-anticipated NBC fall 2009 situation comedy, “Community” (2009- ).

He was born Da…more