Hailing from Wilmette, Illinois, he cut his teeth in the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka, played Jean Valjean in a high-school production of Les Misérables and earned a B.F.A. in acting from USC’s School of Dramatic Arts. After college he co-founded the sketch troupe Good Neighbor with Kyle Mooney, Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary, gaining praise from Louis C.K. and Steven Spielberg, and later creat…
