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William Gardell Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, game show host and voice artist. Gardell played Chicago police officer Mike Biggs on Mike & Molly. He also had a recurring role as Billy Colivida on Yes, Dear and appeared in a dozen episodes of My Name Is Earl as a police officer. Gardell voiced Santa in Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, as well as starring on Sullivan & Son in the recurring role of Lyle Winkler. Since 2019, Gardell currently plays Bob Wheeler in the CBS sitcom series Bob Hearts Abishola.
Birth Name
William R. Gardell
Born
Wednesday, 20 August 1969
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| One Nighters | Self | 6049 |
| The Italy Boys | 3628 | |
| Extended Family | Bill | 2023 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| Guy's Ultimate Game Night | Self - Contestant | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Bob | 2021 |
| Secret Celebrity Renovation | Self | 2021 |
| Let's Make a Deal Primetime | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| One Nighters | Self | 6049 |
| The Italy Boys | 3628 | |
| Extended Family | Bill | 2023 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| Guy's Ultimate Game Night | Self - Contestant | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Bob | 2021 |
| Secret Celebrity Renovation | Self | 2021 |
| Let's Make a Deal Primetime | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020 |
| Bob Hearts Abishola | Bob / Bob Wheeler | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
| The $100,000 Pyramid | Self - Celebrity Player | 2018 |
| A Very Merry Toy Store | Roy Barnes | 2017 |
| Special Unit | Captain Wynn | 2017 |
| Young Sheldon | Herschel Sparks | 2017 |
| Once Upon a Time in Venice | Office Bill | 2017 |
| Bitter Homes and Gardens | Ralph (JJ) | 2017 |
| Sun Records | Colonel Tom Parker / Colonel Parker | 2017 |
| Harry | Self | 2016 |
| Undrafted | Umpire Haze | 2016 |
| Dice | Frank Rizanski | 2016 |
| Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016 |
| Angie Tribeca | Officer Depot | 2016 |
| Mariah Carey's Merriest Christmas | Himself / Self | 2015 |
| Chopped Junior | Self - Judge | 2015 |
| Jay Leno's Garage | Actor / Self - Comedian / Himself - Comedian | 2015 |
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Warden Bowman / Prisoner 1 | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Burgers, Brew and 'Que | Self | 2015 |
| Monopoly Millionaires' Club | Self - Host | 2015 |
| Dancer and the Dame | Rick Dancer | 2015 |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | Self - Panelist | 2015 |
| Celebrity Name Game | Self - Celebrity Player | 2014 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self | 2014 |
| Girl Meets World | Coach Bobby Campagnola | 2014 |
| Jersey Boys | Our Sons Owner | 2014 |
| Billy Gardell Presents Road Dogs: Chicago | Self | 2014 |
| Billy Gardell Presents Road Dogs: Las Vegas | Self | 2013 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Gotham Comedy Live | Self - Host | 2012 |
| Sullivan & Son | Lyle Winkler | 2012 |
| Trip Flip | Self | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Santa (voice) / Santa | 2011 |
| The Chew | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| New Girl | Jason | 2011 |
| Billy Gardell: Halftime | Himself / Self | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Mike & Molly | Mike Biggs | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Deported | Agent Michael Levinrothsteinberg | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| Burning Hollywood | Lenny | 2009 |
| The Wendy Williams Show | Self | 2008 |
| Have Tig at Your Party | Audience Member | 2008 |
| Phineas and Ferb | Mayor Chickenen / Additional Voices | 2007 |
| Dragon Wars: D-War | Zoo Guard | 2007 |
| Jimmy Shubert: Alive N' Kickin' | Billy | 2007 |
| Heckler | Self | 2007 |
| Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
| You, Me and Dupree | Bartender Dave | 2006 |
| Room 6 | Taxi Driver | 2006 |
| Heist | Billy O'Brien | 2006 |
| My Name Is Earl | Officer Hoyne / Billy | 2005 |
| Bones | Bob Sayles | 2005 |
| Unscripted | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self / Self - Guest / Self - Host / Self - Featured Audience | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Roy Harding | 2004 |
| Quintuplets | Brad | 2004 |
| Bad Santa | Milwaukee Security Guard | 2003 |
| Las Vegas | Sid Turner | 2003 |
| Gary the Rat | (voice) / Jackson Buford Harrison | 2003 |
| Lucky | Vincent Sticcarelli / Vincent Sticarelli | 2003 |
| Avenging Angelo | Bruno | 2002 |
| Monk | Ian Agnew | 2002 |
| Kristin | Pete | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Charlie Jackson | 2000 |
| Yes, Dear | Billy / Billy Colavita | 2000 |
| Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Mike Dulgari | 2000 |
| Judging Amy | Lyle Cooper | 1999 |
| It's Like, You Know... | Eddie | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Mike Biggs | 1999 |
| The King of Queens | Billy Kelner | 1998 |
| The Practice | Manny Quinn | 1997 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| The NFL Today | Self - Crazed Coach | 1975 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| We're Not Friends | 2016 |
Producer Filmography
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