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Robert William Corddry (born February 4, 1971) is an American comedian and actor known best for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Corddry was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He is the older brother of comedian Nate Corddry. After graduating from Weymouth North High School in 1989, Corddry went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. According to an interview in the UMass Amherst alumni magazine, Corddry planned to study journalism when he arrived in fall 1989. He stuck with the major for just two days. English became his official major instead, but by his sophomore year, he focused much of his attention on drama classes and plays including Torch Song Trilogy, Ten Little Indians, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Romeo and Juliet, and Reckless. While at UMass, Corddry pledged Theta Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. He graduated in 1993. Corddry moved to New York City in January 1994. His early paying jobs included working as a security guard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and handing out menus for a Mexican restaurant. He eventually landed acting jobs, including a year-long tour with the National Shakespeare Company. He trained in improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, performing regularly with the sketch comedy group "Naked Babies" and spent two years with the sketch comedy group Third Rail Comedy. Corddry's first notable television appearances were on Upright Citizens Brigade on Comedy Central from 1998–2000. In spring of 2002, he was asked to audition for The Daily Show and was accepted. On October 4, 2005, his younger brother Nate made his first appearance as a Daily Show correspondent.

In January 2006, Corddry's wife Sandra appeared with him on a Daily Show segment in which he discussed his obsession with having a threesome. They welcomed their first child, daughter Sloane Sullivan Corddry, on July 3, 2006.

Corddry also hosted the 10th annual Webby Awards ceremony on June 12, 2006. Corddry starred as the main character in the FOX mid-season comedy The Winner from March 4, 2007 until the series' cancellation. He described the show to Stuff Magazine as "sort of like a fucked-up Wonder Years."

Other notable roles include the title character in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story (2004) and Mac, Ben Stiller's best friend in The Heartbreak Kid. He has also made guest appearances in Old School (2003, credited as Robert Corddry), Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Failure to Launch.

On television, Corddry has appeared in a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode entitled "The Seder" as a sex offender who moves into Larry David's neighborhood. He also appeared in two episodes of FOX's Arrested Development as Moses Taylor, an actor who plays "Frank Wrench", an obsessively by-the-books detective on a fictional television series Wrench. Corddry has also done some voice work as the animated Devil on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions (alongside fellow Daily Show correspondent Ed Helms). He also appeared in a commercial for Cartoon Network's Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy series.

Upcoming projects include a leading role in the Ben Karlin and Jon Stewart produced film, The Donor.He also appeared in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay as Ron Fox, an agent with the United States Department of Homeland Security, in W. as Ari Fleischer, and also in What Happens in Vegas.

On 3 October 2006, Corddry debuted as a featured writer for alt porn website SuicideGirls.