Toby Radloff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Toby Radloff

film actor

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1957

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Toby Radloff

  • Toby Radloff (born December 12, 1957) is a former file clerk who became a minor celebrity owing to his appearances in Cleveland writer Harvey Pekar's autobiographical comic book series American Splendor.
  • Radloff has a distinctive manner of speech and quirky mannerisms.
  • He is a self-proclaimed "Genuine Nerd," and is proud of it.
  • He publicly came out as gay after the release of the American Splendor film in 2003.Radloff met Pekar in 1980 when Radloff was hired at Cleveland's Veterans Administration Hospital, and shortly became a recurring character in American Splendor.Television profiles of Pekar at work at the VA Hospital, in which Radloff appeared, led to Radloff being featured as a "special correspondent" in a few short comedic pieces on MTV in the late 1980s about Cleveland and White Castle hamburgers (a particular favorite of Radloff's).
  • Radloff was also a frequent guest on a local Cleveland cable access show, The Eddie Marshall Show.
  • Those appearances led to Radloff being cast in the 1991 comedy horror film Killer Nerd (as well as its 1992 sequel Bride of Killer Nerd). In the 2003 film American Splendor, the adaptation of Pekar's work, Radloff is played by Judah Friedlander, and also appears as himself in the documentary sections of the film.On August 3, 2006, Radloff tried out to be the next "Wack Packer" on The Howard Stern Show, but lost in the finals because Stern and crew felt that he was too famous.As of 2016 Radloff was hosting "Cheapskate Theater", produced by filmmaker Wayne Alan Harold, the creator of Radloff's original MTV segments (and co-director of the Killer Nerd films).
  • The first installment's movie was the science-fiction horror classic Attack of the Giant Leeches.

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