Chris Hogan is an American

United States

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 comic actor. Hogan is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

 series MADtv

MADtv

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...

, and for the character of Aubrey Pitman, one of Dick Solomon

Dick Solomon

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's students, on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun

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.

Biography

Chris Hogan grew up in Eastchester, New York and went to Trinity College

Trinity College (Connecticut)

Trinity College is a private, liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut after Yale University. The college enrolls 2,300 students and has been coeducational since 1969. Trinity offers 38 majors and 26 minors, and has...

, in Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

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 graduating in the class of 1985. While at Trinity, he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi

Alpha Delta Phi

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 fraternity, where he advocated cross dressing.

MADtv

Hogan joined the cast of MADtv in 1997, as a repertory performer, for the third season. He is remembered for playing characters who could only wrestle the infamous response, "He looka like a man" from Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

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's Ms. Swan, whether it would be a fast food clerk, a police officer, or his Fox Mulder

Fox Mulder

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 character. Hogan's other characters included Miguel O'Reilly (New at Six), Vonda Parker (Parker Sisters), and public accountant Milton Cladwell. However, Hogan is most remembered for succeeding David Herman

David Herman

David Herman is an American actor, comedian and voice actor best known as an original cast member of MADtv and for his role as Michael Bolton in Office Space. He is also known for his voice roles on television programs such as Futurama and King of the Hill.- Biography :David Herman was born in New...

 as the colorful El Asso Wipo from the Superstars of the Mexican Wrestling Federation Theatre. El Asso struck fear into the hearts of many with his famed one line threat, "I will break like so, WITH MY KNEE!" After one season on the show, Hogan left MADtv at the conclusion of season three.

Characters

• El Asso Wipo (Mexican Wrestling Federation)
• Miguel O'Reilly (News at Six)
• Milton Cladwell
• Vonda Parker (Parker Sisters)

Impressions

• Andrew McCarthy
  Andrew McCarthy
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• Anthony Head
  Anthony Head
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• David Duchovny
  David Duchovny
  David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer and director. He has won Golden Globe awards for his work as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files and as Hank Moody on Californication.-Early life:...
  
  
• Don Knotts
  Don Knotts
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• Gavin McLeod
• Hugh Downs
  Hugh Downs
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• Hugh Grant
  Hugh Grant
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• Isaac Hanson
  Isaac Hanson
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• James Stewart
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• John F. Kennedy
  John F. Kennedy
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• John McDaniel
• John Stamos
  John Stamos
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• Kenneth Starr
  Kenneth Starr
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• Paul Reiser
  Paul Reiser
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• Tom Cruise
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Catch phrases

• "You ain't gettin' none a' this, none a' this and especially none of THIS" - Vonda Parker (The Parker Sisters)
• "And I will break it upon my knee... LIKE SO!!!" - El Asso Wipo

Television projects

Since MADtv, Chris Hogan has made a number of television appearances on shows such as 3rd Rock from the Sun, Martin Short

Martin Short

Martin Hayter Short, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, singer and producer. He is best-known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live...

's Primetime Glick, Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

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, Grounded for Life

Grounded for Life

Grounded for Life is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on the FOX Network. It was created by Mike Schiff and Bill Martin. It ran for two seasons on the network until being cancelled only two episodes into its third season...

as Mr. Kersey, and on The Sopranos

The Sopranos

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as Meadow's advisor at Columbia University.

Personal life

Hogan is married to Elizabeth Porter and has a 2-year-old son. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1985.

Television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2005	Scrubs Scrubs (TV series) Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...	Mr. Gerst	Episode 89
2004	Arrested Development	Man in Bar
2003	Yes, Dear Yes, Dear Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder....	Rob
2002 - 2005	Grounded for Life Grounded for Life Grounded for Life is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001 as a mid-season replacement on the FOX Network. It was created by Mike Schiff and Bill Martin. It ran for two seasons on the network until being cancelled only two episodes into its third season...	Mr. David Kersey
1997 - 1998	MADtv MADtv MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...	Various Characters	Sketch Comedy,
1997	Just Shoot Me	Wally	episodes 1.1-1.6
1996 - 2001	3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...	Aubrey Pitman
1999	That '70s Show That '70s Show That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...	Therapist #2	S01E15

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