1. Early life and education

2. Career

3. Media contributions and appearances

4. Personal life

5. Filmography
    Film  Television  Web series 

6. Awards and nominations

7. References

8. External links

Adam Saul Pally^[1] (born March 18, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and writer, most widely known for starring as Max Blum in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings and as Dr. Peter Prentice in The Mindy Project. He recently starred in the FOX comedy Making History. Pally is also the executive producer of The President Show.

Early life and education

Pally was born in New York City, to Dr. Steven Pally, an osteopathic internist who owns his own medical office, and Caryn Pally, who managed the practice in Florham Park, New Jersey. He was raised Jewish.^[1][1] He grew up in New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey,^[1] and has two sisters, Erica and Risa.^[2]

In 2004, Pally graduated from The New School University in New York City. He has performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT) in New York since 2002 and continues to perform in shows such as "Death by Roo Roo"^[3] and "ASSSSCAT 3000"^[4] at the theater's Los Angeles division.^[5] He is a member of the sketch comedy group "Chubby Skinny Kids" with comedians Dan Gregor and Doug Mand.^[6] Pally is also part of the improv group "Hot Sauce" with Gil Ozeri and Ben Schwartz; the group continues to perform their long-form improv show at UCBT occasionally.^[7]

Career

Pally has appeared in such films as Iron Man 3, Taking Woodstock, Solitary Man, Assassination of a High School President, The To Do List and A.C.O.D. and Slow Learners. He has made guest appearances on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Californication and The Colbert Report. He has written and appeared on the Adult Swim series SD:SUV::. Pally and frequent collaborator Gil Ozeri are currently writing a script being produced by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay's company Gary Sanchez Productions.^[8]

From April 2011 to May 2013, Pally starred as Max Blum, one of the lead characters on the ABC ensemble comedy series Happy Endings, alongside Eliza Coupe, Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Damon Wayans, Jr., and Casey Wilson. In 2013, Pally was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" at the Critics' Choice Television Awards for his work on season three of Happy Endings. Following the cancellation of Happy Endings, Pally joined the cast of The Mindy Project as a series regular for the second and third season, playing the role of Dr. Peter Prentice.^[12] He left the show midway through the third season, making his final appearances as a series regular in 2015.

Pally filmed a lead role opposite T.J. Miller and Thomas Middleditch in the comedy Search Party. This film serves as the directorial debut of screenwriter Scot Armstrong.^[9] He also starred in the indie films Slow Learners and Night Owls, both released in 2015.

Media contributions and appearances

Pally is a regular contributor to the humor website Funny or Die, where he is best known for his series Riding Shotgun with Adam Pally, where he interviews celebrities in his car. In 2009, he created for UCB Comedy a parody of the "David After Dentist" internet phenomenon; his is called "David After Divorce," and he speaks almost exactly the same lines as David, though to a different set of questions. It has received about 5 million hits on YouTube.{{CN|date=March 2019}}

In 2011, Pally co-starred in the comedic stage-show The Realest Real Housewives, created by his Happy Endings co-star Casey Wilson.{{CN|date=March 2019}}

Pally has appeared regularly on many podcasts on the Earwolf network such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, Who Charted, and How Did This Get Made?.^[10]

On June 5, 2015, Pally and fellow comedian friends Gil Ozeri and John Gemberling gained attention when they teamed with Funny or Die to live-stream their 50-hour marathon of Entourage, watching every episode in a row with no breaks for 50 hours straight.^[11]

Personal life

Pally lives in Los Angeles. He married Daniella Anne Pally (née Liben) on July 3, 2008^[12] and together the couple has three children: a son Cole (b. 2012),^[13] daughter Georgia Grace (b. 2013),^[14] and another son, Drake (b. 2017).^[15]

On March 28, 2017, Pally was charged with cocaine and marijuana possession in New York City.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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