“Better Call Saul” and “Breaking Bad” star Bob Odenkirk acquired a star Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The star of the 16-time Emmy nominated producer, author, actor and lyricist is true subsequent to that of Bryan Cranston, Odenkirk’s “Breaking Bad” co-star.
The star ceremony was held on the former Redbury Hotel constructing at 1725 Vine St., close to Hollywood Boulevard, is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Click right here to look at.
Odenkirk reminisced on the ceremony about how he used to go to the Walk of Fame and “faux” to indicate full disdain for all issues Hollywood.
“I walked the streets with my nostril excessive within the air, scoffing at each image of Hollywood and fame and well-known folks and celebrities and every thing about it that was so massive and distant and intimidating,” he stated.
“And I nonetheless try this. I nonetheless faux to disdain all of it. It’s wholesome. It’s higher that manner. But inside, I do not disdain Hollywood. I like it.”
David Cross and “Better Call Saul” castmate Rhea Seehorn spoke on the ceremony, together with Odenkirk.
Cross and Odenkirk starred in and hosted the 1995-98 HBO sketch comedy “Mr. Show with Bob and David.” Odenkirk earned two Emmy nominations for excellent writing for a range or music program and one for excellent music and lyrics because the lyricist for the track “How High The Mountain.”
Odenkirk, Cross and Brian Posehn co-wrote “Hollywood Said No!” a group of their unproduced screenplays which reached The New York Times’ greatest-vendor record.
Bob Odenkirk with carole bennett, poses on his simply unveiled Walk of Fame Star in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on April 18, 2022. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP through Getty Images)
The ceremony coincides with the beginning of the sixth and last season of “Better Call Saul,” AMC’s spinoff of the 2008-2013 hit “Breaking Bad.” Odenkirk made his first appearance as fast-talking criminal defense attorney Saul Goodman in the 2009 second-season “Breaking Bad” episode, “Better Call Saul,” in what was alleged to be a 3-episode arc, however remained on the sequence for the remainder of its run.
Odenkirk acquired excellent lead actor in a drama sequence Emmy nominations in every of first 4 seasons of “Better Call Saul.” He is also a producer of “Better Call Saul,” which acquired excellent drama sequence Emmy nominations in every of its 5 accomplished seasons, which resulted in 5 extra Emmy nominations for Odenkirk.
Odenkirk suffered what he referred to as a “small coronary heart assault” and collapsed on the present’s set in New Mexico, on July 27. He returned to the shoot six weeks later.
Born Oct. 22, 1962, in Berwyn, Illinois and raised in close by Naperville, Odenkirk graduated from Naperville North High School when he was 16 years outdated. He was a sketch author and performer on the radio stations at Marquette and Southern Illinois universities and a disc jockey for WIDB, Southern Illinois University’s scholar-run station.
Bob Odenkirk along with his spouse Naomi and their rescued canine, poses on his simply unveiled Walk of Fame Star in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on April 18, 2022. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP through Getty Images)
Following faculty, Odenkirk was an improv performer in Chicago, together with performing with future “Saturday Night Live” solid members Chris Farley and Tim Meadows.
Odenkirk was a author for “Saturday Night Live” from 1987-1995, successful an excellent writing in a range or music program Emmy in 1989 and receiving a nomination within the class in 1991.
Odenkirk received his different Emmy in 1993 for excellent particular person achievement in writing a range or music program for the one-season Fox sketch comedy sequence, “The Ben Stiller Show.”
Bob Odenkirk poses with the solid and creators of “Better Call Saul” at his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star star unveiling ceremony in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on April 18, 2022. – With Odenkirk (from-L) Jonathan Banks, Vince Gilligan, Tony Dalton, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Patrick Fabian, Rhea Seehorn, Peter Gould and Michael Mando. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP through Getty Images)
Odenkirk additionally acquired an Emmy nomination in 2013 as a co-government producer of “The Simpsons,” which was nominated for excellent animated program.
Odenkirk’s different tv performing credit embody “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Fargo” and the IFC sketch comedy series “The Birthday Boys,” which he was among the many government producers.
Odenkirk starred within the 2021 motion comedy thriller “Nobody.” His other film credits include the 2013 best picture Oscar nominee “Nebraska.”
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 18: Rhea Seahorn and David Cross attend Bob Odenkirk Honored With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on April 18, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images)
AMC introduced April 6 it was “fast-track developing a potential new series starring Odenkirk for 2023” titled “Straight Man,” primarily based on the novel by Richard Russo. AMC describes “Straight Man” as “a mid-life disaster story set at Railton College, informed within the first particular person by William Henry Devereaux Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely chairman of the English division in a badly underfunded faculty within the Pennsylvania rust belt.”
