Kyle Dunnigan

Biography

Kyle Dunnigan (born May 25, 1971, in Weston, Connecticut) is an American comedian, actor, and writer who earned a BFA in Theater from the University of Connecticut before joining the Groundlings Sunday Company in Los Angeles. He was a cast member on Fox's Cedric the Entertainer Presents (2002–2004), and is best known for his recurring role as Craig Pullin (Trudy Weigel's serial killer boyfriend) on Comedy Central's Reno 911! (2003–2009, 13 episodes), which he reprised in the 2020 Quibi revival. As a writer and performer on all four seasons of Inside Amy Schumer (2013–2016, Comedy Central), he won a Primetime Emmy in 2015 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the song "Girl You Don't Need Makeup." His most notable film credits include Kyle in Trainwreck (2015, with Amy Schumer, $140.8M worldwide), Ward Doctor in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018, directed by Gus Van Sant, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jack Black), and Walter Cronkite / Johnny Carson in Unfrosted (2024, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, Netflix). Other credits include Skippy in Spanish Fly (2003) and Drug Lord's First Hostage in Reno 911!: Miami (2007). On television he also appeared in Garfunkel and Oates (2012, 2014), One Mississippi (2016), I Love You, America (2017, also writer), Uncoupled (2022), and voiced Eddie Birchum in Mr. Birchum (2024, DailyWire+, 6 episodes). He is a regular guest on The Howard Stern Show doing celebrity impressions, and has a YouTube channel with over 396,000 subscribers.