Put simply, Bill Kirchenbauer is one of America’s most in-demand stand-up comedians. With a career that spans over 40 years, he has become one of a select band of go-to guys when commercial and corporate events are looking for clean and enjoyable all-American humour. He is also known for his television work, most notably playing Coach Graham T. Lubbock across several series, including Growing Pains, Just the Ten of Us, and Clueless. He has also appeared in major films such as The Story of Us and has made guest appearances in major sitcoms such as Frasier and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
Kirchenbauer’s live shows have seen him play everywhere from America’s most influential stand-up venues to Royal Caribbean cruise liners. Over the years, he has also had spots on the likes of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, Late Night with Letterman, and An Evening at the Improv. He was also a panellist on a revival of the classic game show Match Game back in the early 1990s.
Born in Austria in 1953 to a military family, Kirchenbauer is a staunch American whose career began in earnest in 1978 when he played lounge singer Tony Roletti in the series Fernwood 2 Night and America 2 Night. He further established his comedy acting credentials with roles in Mork & Mindy and the hit film Airplane! Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he continued to simultaneously establish himself as an actor and stand-up, meaning that by the dawn of the 2000s, he was already a veteran of American comedy, a title he continues to hold proudly to this day.
