Andy David Kindler (born October 16, 1956) is an American comedian and actor. He played the character Andy, a fellow sportswriter and friend of the titular character on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, was a regular guest on Late Show with David Letterman, a contributor to The Daily Show, and has performed on HBO. Kindler frequently performs as a voice actor in animated television series from producer Loren Bouchard, including roles on Dr. Katz, Home Movies, and the recurring character of Mor...
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Andy David Kindler (born October 16, 1956) is an American comedian and actor. He played the character Andy, a fellow sportswriter and friend of the titular character on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, was a regular guest on Late Show with David Letterman, a contributor to The Daily Show, and has performed on HBO. Kindler frequently performs as a voice actor in animated television series from producer Loren Bouchard, including roles on Dr. Katz, Home Movies, and the recurring character of Mort the mortician on Bob's Burgers. His material often covers the comedy industry itself, criticizing other comedians for being too predictable. He has roasted other comedians on the State of the Industry address. At his annual State of the Industry address at Montreal's "Just for Laughs" festival in 2012, he poked fun at Dane Cook, Louis C.K., Chelsea Handler, and Jay Leno. In 2010, Kindler was a judge on the stand-up reality show Last Comic Standing. In 2018, he hosted the live taping of Megan Koester's comedy album "Tertium Non Datur," released in January 2019 by Aspecialthing Records. Kindler has hosted season four and five (2018–19) of the Hulu standup series Coming to the Stage. In 1996, he offered $1 million to anyone who could produce a video in which Whoopi Goldberg was funny. In 2010, Kindler released his first album, I Wish I Was Bitter, recorded in 2003. He followed this with Hence the Humor on May 8, 2020. In 2022, Kindler performed the first live stand-up set given via hologram. Kindler is best known as Andy on Everybody Loves Raymond. He has also appeared on several episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place as Chancellor Tootietootie. Kindler is often thought to have portrayed the character of "Jamison" in the World Wrestling Federation, but the character was portrayed by a different actor by the name of John DiGiacomo. He plays a fictionalized version of himself in the IFC series Maron. Kindler currently co-hosts the weekly podcast Thought Spiral with friend and fellow comedian J. Elvis Weinstein. He also appeared numerous times on The Majority Report with Sam Seder.
