Orny Adams is an American

United States

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 actor, comedy writer and stand-up comic.

Life and career

Adams is a native of Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...

. He graduated from Lexington High School

Lexington High School (Massachusetts)

Lexington High School is a public high school located in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It teaches grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Minuteman.In 2008 it was ranked by the Boston Globe as one of the top three high schools in the state....

 in 1989, then earned a bachelors degree from Emory University

Emory University

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 in 1993, majoring in political science philosophy.

Adams has made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

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. Along with Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...

, Adams is a subject of the 2002 documentary

Documentary film

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, Comedian

Comedian (film)

Comedian is a 2002 documentary focusing on Jerry Seinfeld that explores the other side of stand-up comedy; that is, the preparation, politics, nerves, creativity, and so on. The film also features an up-and-coming comic named Orny Adams as he struggles to make it in show business...

. He has named Garry Shandling

Garry Shandling

Garry Emmanuel Shandling is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show....

 as an influence with whom he stays in touch.

Adams' comedy DVD/CD, Path of Most Resistance, was released on November 10, 2006. On October 29, 2010, Adams' one-hour comedy special, Orny Adams Takes The Third premiered on Comedy Central

Comedy Central

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.

In 2007 CBS Television Distribution

CBS Television Distribution

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 and Yahoo!

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 announced a development deal

Development deal

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 with Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

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’s production company Katalyst for Tube, to be hosted by Adams and featuring viral video

Viral video

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s, comedy bits and sketches. In 2011, Adams was cast as Coach Bobby Finstock for the MTV series Teen Wolf

Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)

Teen Wolf is an American television series that currently airs on MTV, and in reruns on TeenNick. The series premiered on June 5, 2011, following the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Teen Wolf is a supernatural drama series that follows Scott McCall , a high school student and social outcast who is bitten by...

.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	Comedian Comedian (film) Comedian is a 2002 documentary focusing on Jerry Seinfeld that explores the other side of stand-up comedy; that is, the preparation, politics, nerves, creativity, and so on. The film also features an up-and-coming comic named Orny Adams as he struggles to make it in show business...	Self
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Path of Most Resistance	Self
2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note...	Funny People	Self
2010 2010 in television 2010 in television may refer to:*2010 in American television*2010 in Australian television*2010 in British television*2010 in Canadian television*2010 in Japanese television...	Orny Adams Takes The Third	Self
2011	Teen Wolf Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) Teen Wolf is an American television series that currently airs on MTV, and in reruns on TeenNick. The series premiered on June 5, 2011, following the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Teen Wolf is a supernatural drama series that follows Scott McCall , a high school student and social outcast who is bitten by...	Coach Bobby Finstock

Further reading

• Dixit, Jay. "Orny Adams on Failure" Psychology Today
  Psychology Today
  Psychology Today is a bi-monthly magazine published in the United States. It is a psychology-based magazine about relationships, health, and related topics written for a mass audience of non-psychologists. Psychology Today was founded in 1967 and features articles on such topics as love,...
  
  , June 29, 2009

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