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Nicholas Robert "Nick" Swardson (born October 9, 1976) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, rapper, and writer. He is best known for his recurring role as Terry Bernardino in the Comedy Central series Reno 911!, several guest appearances on albums by the Insane Clown Posse, and for his work in Happy Madison movies.

Life and career

Swardson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Pamela and Roger Swardson. Before he started working closely with Adam Sandler and Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, he was a stand up comedian in Minneapolis and performed regularly at the Minneapolis ComedySportz. He was recognized by Adam Sandler when Sandler watched him perform in his first Comedy Central Special. Sandler called him up, and invited him out to Los Angeles where the two have been writing movies, tv pilots, stand up comedy, and audio skits since. Swardson performs regularly as a stand-up comedian throughout Los Angeles. He has been featured in two Comedy Central Presents stand-up specials, and his own one hour special "Seriously, Who Farted" was aired on Comedy Central on October 11, 2009, and then released as a CD/DVD on October 13, 2009.

In 2006, Swardson started work on a television pilot called Gay Robot about a gay robot that was built by a university professor. The pilot received acclaim on Youtube, Myspace, and other video websites. Comedy Central decided not to pick up the show. He also began a feud with Hollywood Bitchslap film critics Chris Parry, Marshall Rinderer and David Cornelius. The arguments started when Swardson wrote to them complaining of their poor reviews. Parry and Cornelius rebutted, as the debate continued; the feud eventually ceased.^[1]

As of July 2008, his debut album, Party, has sold more than 100,000 copies.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

• Almost Famous (2000) as Insane Bowie Fan
• The Det. Kent Stryker One-Man Film (2001) as Porn Star
• The Girls Guitar Club (2001) as Hipster Customer
• Pretty When You Cry (2001) as Shaun
• Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) as Mocha
• Grandma's Boy (2006) as Jeff
• The Benchwarmers (2006) as Howie Goodman
• Art School Confidential (2006) as Matthew
• Click (2006) as Bed, Bath & Beyond guy
• Reno 911!: Miami (2007) as Terry Bernardino, the rollerskating homosexual prostitute
• Blades of Glory (2007) as Hector the Stalker
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) as Kevin "Butterfly" McDonough
• Superbad (2007) Deleted Scenes - Blind Criminal
• You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) as Michael
• House Bunny (2008) as Photographer
• Bolt (2008) as Blake (voice)
• Bedtime Stories (2008) as Engineer
• Born to Be a Star (2010) as Bucky Larson
• Just Go with It (2011) as Eddie Simms

Television

• Spring Break Lawyer (2001) (TV) as Jack the Pee Boy
• Comedy Central Presents (2001) as himself (2001)
• Reno 911! (2003-2009) as Terry Bernardino, the rollerskating homosexual prostitute
• Cheap Seats (2004) as Bruce Jenner's nephew
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade (2005-2007) as Scotty Kangaroojus
• Gay Robot (2006) as Gay Robot (pilot only)
• Comedy Central Presents (2006) as himself
• Human Giant (2007) featured in "Eats Diarrhea on Wednesdays" (one sketch only)
• Cavemen (2007) as furniture store trainee Ray
• Talkshow with Spike Feresten (2008) as Guest
• Paris Hilton's My New BFF (2008) as himself. (Inner Circle post-finale special)
• Seriously, Who Farted? (2009) as himself
• Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010) as himself

Writing

• Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
• Gay Robot (2004)
• Calling Home (2004)
• Grandma's Boy (2006)
• The Benchwarmers (2006)
• Gay Robot (Pilot) (2006)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
• You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)
• Seriously, Who Farted? (2009)
• Born to Be a Star (2010)
• Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010)

Discography

• Gay Robot by Adam Sandler (2004)
• Calling Home (2004)
• Party (2007) (Stand-Up)
• Seriously, Who Farted? (2009)(Stand-Up)

References

External links

• Nick Swardson at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site
• Time Out New York interview with Nick Swardson