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He wrote, directed, and produced the 2014 film "Hits," and he also directed the 2003 comedy special "David Cross: Let America Laugh" and all six episodes of the 2018 BritBox series "Bliss" (which he created). Cross has written for "Mr. Show" and "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret" as well as "TheBen StillerShow" (1992–1993), "Tenacious D" (1997–2000), and "Freak Show" (2006), and he published the book "I Drink for a Reason" in 2009. David has released the stand-up comedy albums "Shut Up You Fucking Baby!" (2002), "It's Not Funny" (2004), "Bigger and Blackerer" (2010), "…America…Great…" (2016), and "Oh, Come On" (2019), earning Grammy nominations for two of them.

Cross began performing stand-up comedy when he was 17, and he moved to New York City the day after his high school graduation. He later spent a semester at Boston's Emerson College, where he joined the sketch comedy group This is Pathetic. David started performing stand-up around Boston, and in the early '90s, he regularly performed at Catch a Rising Star and formed a sketch comedy group called Cross Comedy. After Cross performed at Un-Cabaret in Los Angeles in 1994, radio performer Joe Frank hired him to appear on his radio shows "The Last Run" and "A Hearing." David starred in the one-hour HBO comedy special "The Pride Is Back," in 1999, followed by the tour documentary "Let America Laugh" in 2003. He then released 2010's "Bigger and Blackerer," 2016's "Making America Great Again," and 2019's "Oh, Come On." In 2004, he was ranked #85 on Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time" list.

Film and Television Career

David Cross is an American actor, writer, director, producer, and stand-up comedian who has a net worth of $10 million. Cross is probably best known for playing Tobias Fünke on the critically-acclaimed sitcom "Arrested Development" (2003–2006; 2013; 2018–2019) and for starring on the sketch comedy series "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (1995–1998). David has more than 130 acting credits to his name, including the films "Scary Movie 2" (2001), "Run Ronnie Run" (2002), "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004), and "It's a Disaster" (2012) and the television shows "Running Wilde" (2010–2011), "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret" (2010–2012; 2016), and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" (2016–2017).

David Cross was born on April 4, 1964, in Roswell, Georgia. He grew up in a Jewish household with mother Susi, father Barry, and sisters Juli and Wendy. When David was 6 months old, the family moved to Florida, then they relocated to New York and Connecticut before returning to Roswell. Cross has said that his family didn't have much money and that during his youth he lived in motels and at the homes of his friends after the family was evicted from their home. When David was 10, his father left the family, and in a 2012 episode of the podcast "WTF withMarc Maron," Cross said that he hadn't spoken to Barry since he was 19. Cross attended Northside High School of the Performing Arts, graduating in 1982. While attending high school, his classmates voted him "Most Humorous," and he was elected senior class treasurer.

In 2003, David began starring as Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development," which aired 84 episodes over five seasons (three on Fox and two on Netflix) and won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2004. In 2006, Cross andH. Jon Benjaminco-created the animated Comedy Central series "Freak Show," which reunited David with his "Arrested Development" co-starWill Arnett. From 2010 to 2011, Cross played Dr. Andy Weeks on seven episodes of Arnett's Fox series "Running Wilde." In 2010, David created the IFC series "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret," co-starring with Arnett once again. Cross played Ian Hawke in "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (2007), "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" (2009), and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" (2011), which were huge hits, grossing $361.3 million, $443.1 million, and $234 million, respectively.

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Cross began his TV career when he was hired to write for "The Ben Stiller Show" in 1992; he also made occasional appearances in sketches. One of his fellow writers wasBob Odenkirk, and in 1995, the two teamed up to create "Mr. Show with Bob and David," which aired 30 episodes on HBO. They revived their sketch comedy partnership for the Netflix series "W/ Bob & David" in 2015. In the 1990s, Cross appeared in the films "The Truth About Cats & Dogs" (1996), "The Cable Guy" (1996), "Waiting for Guffman" (1996), "Men in Black" (1998), and "The Thin Pink Line" (1998) and guest-starred on "TheDrew CareyShow" (1996; 1997), "NewsRadio" (1996; 1998), and "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1997). In 1999, he began a memorable three-episode stint on "Just Shoot Me!" as Donnie DiMauro, the brother ofEnrico Colantoni'sElliot DiMauro. He then appeared in the films "Ghost World" (2001), "Pootie Tang" (2001), and "Men in Black II" (2002) and co-starred with Odenkirk in 2002's "Run Ronnie Run," which they also co-wrote.

David voiced Crane in "Kung Fu Panda" (2008), "Kung Fu Panda 2" (2011), and "Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016), a massively successful franchise that has grossed more than $1.8 billion at the box office. He appeared in the films "Year One" (2009), "Kill Your Darlings" (2013), "Obvious Child" (2014), "Pitch Perfect 2" (2015), and "The Dark Divide" (2020) and the TV series "Modern Family" (2011–2012) and "The Heart, She Holler" (2013–2014). From 2018 to 2019, Cross played Pete "The Broker" Oakland on the Amazon Prime Video series "Goliath," and in 2021, he began starring as Jerry Wexler on National Geographic's "Genius." David has also lent his voice to several animated projects, such as "Dr. Dolittle 2" (2001), "Megamind" (2010), and "Archer" (2011; 2018), as well as the video games "Halo 2" (2004), "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" (2004), "Curious George" (2006), "Brütal Legend" (2009), and "Grand Theft Auto Online" (2020).

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