Ctrl is an American

United States

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 comedy

Television comedy

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 web series

Web series

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 of NBC

NBC

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. It is the first stand-alone web series launched by a major television network. The series stars Tony Hale

Tony Hale

Tony Hale is an American actor, best known for his role in the Fox comedy series Arrested Development as the neurotic Byron "Buster" Bluth.-Early life:...

 (of Arrested Development) as a typical office-working, self-confidence lacking nerd who discovers he can undo things (as well as employ other keyboard functions) in real life.

It is an adaptation and expansion of the short film Ctrl Z by director Robert Kirbyson which was a winner at the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

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 in 2008.

Cast

• Tony Hale
  Tony Hale
  Tony Hale is an American actor, best known for his role in the Fox comedy series Arrested Development as the neurotic Byron "Buster" Bluth.-Early life:...
  
   as Stuart Grundy
• Steve Howey
  Steve Howey (actor)
  Steven Michael Robert "Steve" Howey is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Van Montgomery in the television series Reba. His roles also include the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, and Bride Wars...
  
   as Ben Piller
• Emy Coligado
  Emy Coligado
  Emy Coligado is an American actress, known for her role as Piama Tananahaakna on the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.Coligado was born in Geneva, Ohio, and lived in Borger in the Texas Panhandle. She attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where she studied psychology...
  
   as Elizabeth
• Edgar Morais
  Edgar Morais
  Edgar Morais is an actor. He began acting at the age of 14, and he studied at the Professional Theater School of Cascais, Lisbon.-Theater career:...
  
   as Jeremy
• Richard Karn
  Richard Karn
  Richard Karn is an American actor and game show host. He is most well known for his co-starring role as Al Borland in the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement and his tenure as the host of Family Feud during the 2000s.-Early life:...
  
   as Arthur Piller

Also features Scott L. Schwartz

Scott L. Schwartz

Scott L. Schwartz is an Israeli born American film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestler. His size and agility at and have allowed him many roles as thug or villain for film and television.- Background :...

 (seen in the recent Ocean's Eleven

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trilogy and Spider-Man

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) as a security guard.

Episodes

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Games

There are also two games on the NBC website. The first lets you guess Stuart's password ("MERLIN'S IVORY BEARD") and watch some extra video clips. The second lets you explore Stuart's desktop. You can use Stuart's password from the first game to watch more of the second. By manipulating the flash file by going "back" in the flash file, you can get the option to type in a Username and Password with a submit button below. As of yet, 6/18/2010, no one knows the correct username or password.