Ron Funches

Ron Funches

Funches in March 2015.
Born (1983-03-12) March 12, 1983
California, United States[1]
Medium Television, stand-up, film
Children 1 son
Website www.ronfunches.com

Ron Funches (born March 12, 1983) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He starred in the NBC series Undateable as Shelly.[2][3][4] He has appeared on @midnight, where he holds the record for most wins, and was a cast member and writer on Kroll Show.[3]

Early life

Funches grew up with his mother and sister in Chicago, Illinois.[1][3] He moved to Salem, Oregon when he was 13.[1][3]

Career

Funches began pursuing comedy at the age of 23 after working at a series of jobs that he felt he wasn't suited for.[1][3]

Funches has a role in the 2015 comedy film Get Hard. He had a recurring role on Crash and Bernstein. He has also has worked on the shows Bob's Burgers, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, New Girl, Enlisted, Drunk History, and Portlandia.[5][6][7] Additionally, he was a frequent round-table guest on Chelsea Lately.[8][9][10]

Personal life

Funches has one son, who lives with him in Los Angeles.[11] He is open about his son being autistic in his comedy.[3][4][12]

Funches moved from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California in 2012 to further his career as a comedian.[1][4]

Funches is known as an avid video gamer.[13][14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Credit Role Notes
2014 Night Night with Ron Funches Writer Himself Short film for Funny or Die
Night Night with Ron Funches Ep 2 Writer Himself Short film for Funny or Die
2015 Killing Hasselhoff Bill
Movie Mind Machine Ron Short film
Get Hard Jojo
2016 Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie Member of The Fat Boys
Trolls Cooper Voice role

Television

Year Title Credit Role Notes
2011 Portlandia Baseball Player Season 1, Episode 6: "Baseball"
2013 Crash & Bernstein Roland 5 episodes
Dead Kevin Homeless King Season 1, Episode 12: "How Not to Rob a Liquor Store"
New Girl Street Musician Season 2, Episode 21: "First Date"
2013–present @midnight Guest Himself 22 episodes
2014 Mulaney Rodney aka Tall Tucan Season 1, Episode 8: "It's a Wonderful Home Alone"
The Eric Andre Show Writer Season 3, Episode 1: "Seth Rogen; Asa Akira"
Selfie Wayne Season 1, Episode 8: "Traumatic Party Stress Disorder"
The Half Hour Writer Himself Stand-up special
Bob's Burgers Horseplay Season 4, Episode 17: "The Equestranauts"; voice role
Enlisted Private Huggins Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"
2014–15 Kroll Show Writer Ron Funches Actor; 4 episodes
Writer; 11 episodes
2014–16 Undateable Shelly Main cast; 36 episodes
Drunk History Various 3 episodes
2015 Cougar Town Marty Season 6, Episode 3: "To Find a Friend"
BoJack Horseman Levi Voice role; Season 2, Episode 5: "Chickens"
The Adventures of Puss in Boots Fartholomew Fishflinger Voice role; Season 1, Episode 11: "Mouse"
Adventure Time The Fool 2 Episodes
2016 Great Minds with Dan Harmon Idi Amin Season 1, Episode 6: "Idi Amin"
Another Period Hamish's Cellmate 2 Episodes
Not Safe with Nikki Glaser Himself 2 Episodes
The Lion Guard Ajabu Voice role; Season 1, Episode 14: "The Imaginary Okapi"
Harmonquest Captain Ribs Sanchez Season 1, Episode 4: "Across the Dernum Sea"
Cupcake Wars Himself Season 10, Episode 7: "Josie and the Pussycats"
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Sharzod Voice role; 12 Episodes
Take My Wife Ron Episode: "Headliner"
2016–present Powerless Ron Upcoming series

Funches has also appeared several times on Conan as a guest and stand-up comic between 2011–15.[15]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Turnquist, Kristi (29 July 2012). "Rising star, comedian Ron Funches outgrows Portland, leaves for Los Angeles". The Oregonian. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Hinds, Julie (1 August 2014). "4 theories on why NBC renewed Detroit-centric sitcom 'Undateable'". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Duelund, Theis (28 May 2014). "7 Things you Need to Know About Comedian Ron Funches". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Socci, Blair (5 August 2013). "Talking to Ron Funches About Standup, LA, and His First Sitcom Acting Gig". Splitsider. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Crowder, Courtney (4 June 2014). "Ron Funches on NBC's 'Undateable'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Cutler, Jacqueline (29 May 2014). "'Undateable': Ron Funches 'giggles 'like an Asian princess'". Zap2it. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Turnquist, Kristi (31 May 2014). "TV Rewind: Ron Funches on 'Undateable'; 'Mad Men' midseason finale; 'Downton Abbey,' more". Oregon Live. The Oregonian. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Chelsea Lately". Ron Funches. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Watch Chelsea Lately S8E119 Online - Ethan Hawke, Ron Funches, Sarah Colonna, Ross Mathews". SideReel. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ron Funches Can't Stop Giggling on Chelsea Lately". The Interrobang. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Inside Scoop: Hanging With UNDATEABLE's David Fynn & Ron Funches". Oh So Gray. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Pashman, Dan (21 April 2015). "Comic Ron Funches' Autistic Son Loves Oreos With Bacon". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Husband, Andrew (16 November 2015). "Ron Funches Discusses Video Games, Giggles And 'The Funches Of Us'". Uproxx. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Kodner, Matt (18 October 2013). "What are you playing this weekend? Ron Funches, comedian". The Gameological Society. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ron Funches". Team Coco. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  16. ↑ . Joey Ryan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px81XKtul9c. Retrieved 2016-08-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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