Toby Huss

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Tobias Huss (born December 9, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Artie in the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993–1996). He is also known for his voice-over work on the long-running animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present) as Kahn Souphanousinphone and Cotton Hill, and his role as Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss on HBO's Carnivàle (2003–2005).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He played John Bosworth on the AMC original period drama Halt and Catch Fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Life and career

Early life

Huss was born on December 9, 1966, in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Gerald and Elma Huss. His father was a high school chemistry teacher, and his mother was a cosmetics sales representative.<ref name="NY Times">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Van Gogh"/> He attended the University of Iowa,<ref name="NY Times"/> where he participated in No Shame Theatre before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Acting career

File:Toby Huss at SF Sketchfest 2016 (cropped).jpg

Huss at SF Sketchfest in 2016

In the early 1990s, Huss appeared in network promos for MTV, playing characters such as Ol' Two Eyes, who sang lounge-singer versions of Dr. Dre's "Dre Day", Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain", Pearl Jam's "Jeremy", and Onyx's "Slam"; a James Bond-like spy named Cobalt; a leather fetishist with an abnormal affection for goats; a flannel-wearing doofus; and an angry redneck named Reverend Tex Stoveheadbottom, who delivered fast-talking and descriptively detailed non sequitur tirades that usually included the phrase, "Go to Hell!". From 1993-1996, he played Artie, the Strongest Man in the World on Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Other roles include the voices of Cotton Hill and Kahn Souphanousinphone on King of the Hill and "the Wiz", a boyfriend of Elaine Benes, in the Seinfeld episode "The Junk Mail".

From his parodies of Frank Sinatra, which were featured in the films Vegas Vacation and Down Periscope, and the show Halt and Catch Fire, Huss has created a Sinatra-inspired character named Rudy Casoni.<ref name="Van Gogh">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Huss released a 2003 album under Casoni's name called S'no Balls.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As Huss put it in an interview with Paper, "You’d think he was a normal crooner, then he kind of gets dark."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2025 revival of King of the Hill, Huss will now also voice Dale Gribble, whose original voice Johnny Hardwick died in 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Huss is a single father and has one daughter, named Charlotte.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is also a multidisciplinary artist, painter, and photographer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Key

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Adventures of Roo	Pat Schliesman	Short film
1989	Zadar! Cow from Hell	Clerk
1994	Hand Gun	Ted
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Kenny
1996	Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint	Sammy Cybernowski
	Down Periscope	Nitro
	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	Concierge	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
	Dear God	Doubting Thomas Minister
	Jerry Maguire	Steve Remo
1997	Vegas Vacation	Fake I.D. Salesman	Uncredited
1998	Still Breathing	Cameron
	Shock Television	Donut Shop Patron
1999	The Wetonkawa Flash	Unknown
	The Mod Squad	Red
	Clubland	Rastus
2000	Bedazzled	Jerry, Alejandro, Beach Jock, Sportscaster, Lance
	A Good Baby	AmeriShine	Voice
2001	Human Nature	Puff's Father
	Beyond the City Limits	Dykes
2002	The Country Bears	Tennessee O'Neal	Voice<ref name="btva" />
2006	Rescue Dawn	Spook
2007	Reno 911!: Miami	Glen
	Balls of Fury	Groundskeeper
	Have Dreams, Will Travel	Deputy Raymond Ward
2009	World's Greatest Dad	Bert Green
	Cryptic	Lee
2010	Furry Vengeance	Wilson
	Alpha and Omega	Truck Stop Employee	Voice<ref name="btva" />
2011	Cowboys & Aliens	Roy Murphy
	God Bless America	Man With Cellphone
2013	Bad Milo!	Dr. Yeager
	42	Clyde Sukeforth
	Hair Brained	Whittman Moderator
	R.I.P.D.	Deado	Voice<ref name="btva" />
	Enough Said	Peter
2014	The Occupants	Father
2015	The Invitation	Dr. Joseph
	Little Boy	Colonel Bob
	Equals	George
	Martyrs	Fenton
2016	In a Valley of Violence	Harris
	Havenhurst	Wayne
	Ghostbusters	Officer Stevenson
	Heaven's Floor	Ed
	Buster's Mal Heart	Deputy Winston
2017	Girlfriend's Day	Betcher
	Take Me	Officer Judkins
	Big Bear	Cop
2018	The Front Runner	Billy Broadhurst
	Destroyer	Gil Lawson
	Halloween	Ray Nelson
	City of Lies	Detective Fred Miller
2019	Sword of Trust	Hog Jaws
2020	Horse Girl	Joe
	The Rental	Taylor
2021	Copshop	Anthony Lamb
	Birds of Paradise	Scott Sanders	Voice<ref name="btva" />
2022	Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe	Todd Ianuzzi	Voice<ref name="btva" />
	Blonde	Whitey
	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Nick Yankovic
2023	Americana	Pendleton Duvall
	Fast Charlie	Benny
2024	MaXXXine	Coroner
	Nutcrackers	Al Wilmington
2025	Weapons	Captain Ed	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1996	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Artie, the Strongest Man in the World	11 episodes
1994–1997, 2011, 2022–2023	Beavis and Butt-Head	Todd Ianuzzi, Henry, various	Voice, 26 episodes (under the name of Rottilio Michieli from 1994 to 1997)
1995–1999	NewsRadio	Jack Frost, Junior, Guard #2	3 episodes
1997	Seinfeld	Jack, The Wiz	Episode: "The Junk Mail"
1997–2010, 2025–present	King of the Hill	Kahn Souphanousinphone, Sr., Cotton Hill, Dale Gribble, Additional voices	Voice, 150 episodes
1998	The Army Show	Cpl. Rusty Link	13 episodes
1999	Hercules	Additional voices	Episode: "Hercules and the Aetolian Amphora"
1999–2000	The Martin Short Show	Himself	Writer 63 episodes
2000–2002	Nikki	Jupiter	Series regular; 41 episodes
2001	The Angry Beavers	Rikki / Pirate Rats	Voice, episode: "Beavemaster/Deck Poops"<ref name="btva" />
2002	Home Movies	Coach / FPC Floating Head	Voice, episode: "Shore Love"
2002–2003	One on One	Hank	5 episodes
2003	Windy City Heat	Ansel Adams	Television film
	The Making of King of the Hill	Himself	Television documentary
2003–2005	Carnivàle	Felix "Stumpy" Dreifuss	24 episodes
2003–2020	Reno 911!	Big Mike, General Lee	19 episodes
2004	Pilot Season	Stewart	Miniseries
2004–2006	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Ernie Devlin, Shado the Brain Thief	Voice, 4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2005	The Office	Todd Packer	Voice, episode: "Pilot"
2006	Help Me Help You	Lenny	2 episodes
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Charlie	Episode: "The Freak Book"
2008	30 Rock	Deutsche Stimme	Voice, episode: "Episode 210"<ref name="btva" />
	The Riches	P.I. Chet Landry	2 episodes
2008–2018	The Venture Bros.	Scaramantula, General Treister, Copy-Cat	Voice, 7 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2009	In the Motherhood	Goose	Episode: "Bully"
	Bollywood Hero	Jeff Hacker	Episode #1.1
	The Goode Family	Clyde	2 episodes
	Hung	Cliff	Episode: "Thith Ith a Prothetic or You Cum Just Right"
2010	Criminal Minds	Frank Lynch	Episode: "Mosley Lane"
2010, 2016	Childrens Hospital	Old Timey Psychiatrist / Rex Hilliard	2 episodes
2011	Bob's Burgers	Robber	Voice, episode: "Hamburger Dinner Theater"<ref name="btva" />
	The League	Flanagan the Drug Dealer	Episode: "The Out of Towner"
	Shameless	Steve's Boss	Episode: "Father Frank, Full of Grace"
	Mr. Sunshine	Travis	Episode: "Ben and Vivian"
	Adventure Time	Booboo, Commander in Movie	Voice, episode: "Heat Signature"<ref name="btva" />
	Rip City	Ronnie	Television film
2011–2013	The Cleveland Show	Tutor, Dodgers Coach	Voice, 2 episodes
2011–2012	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Mr. Yeung, Snow Leopard	Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jeff Levitt, Frank Sinatra	Episode: "It Was a Very Good Year"
	The New Normal	Farmer Mark	Episode: "Pardon Me"
2013	Anger Management	Tom	Episode: "Charlie and the Ex-Patient"
	Newsreaders	Peter Ruby	Episode: "Fit Town, Fat Town"
	NTSF:SD:SUV	E-Cigarette Smoking Man	Episode: "Extra Terrorist-rial"
	Brickleberry	Aubrey	Voice, episode: "Tailer Park"<ref name="btva" />
	Key & Peele	Shoeshine Customer	Episode #3.13
	The Arrangement	Dizzy Pagliouci	Television film
2013–2015	Sanjay and Craig	Farmer Larry, Announcer, Steve the Pizza Mascot, Cop, Shopper, Additional voices	7 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2014	The Spoils of Babylon	Seymore Lunts	2 episodes
	Garfunkel & Oates	Tom	Episode: "Road Warriors"
	A to Z	Uncle Dave	Episode: "D Is for Debbie"
2014–2017	Halt and Catch Fire	John Bosworth	38 episodes
2015	Mom	Bill	Episode: "Cheeseburger Salad and Jazz"
	Sin City Saints	Coach Doug	8 episodes
	Dr. Ken	Captain Spooky	Episode: "Halloween-Aversary"
2016	Black-ish	Nelson	Episode: "Sink or Swim"
	All the Way	Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr.	Television film
2016–2017	Outcast	Mayor	7 episodes
2017	Colony	Bob Burke	Recurring role
	Feud: Bette and Joan	Frank Sinatra	2 episodes
	Brockmire	Johnny the Hat	5 episodes
	Veep	Quartie Sturges	2 episodes
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Warden Granville	2 episodes
	Tarantula		Voice, 4 episodes
2018	Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters	Sgt. McCreedy	Episode: "Sgt. McCreedy"
	Sacred Lies	Kevin Groth (aka "The Prophet")	Series regular
	Harvey Birdman: Attorney General	Ernie Devlin	Voice, television film
2019	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Caesar, Cruelius Sneezer	Voice, episode: "Captain Underpants and the Crazy Caustic Spray of the Contagious Cruelius Sneezer"
	GLOW	J. J. "Tex" McCready	4 episodes
	The Righteous Gemstones	Dale Nancy	3 episodes
2019–2021	Dickinson	Edward Dickinson	Main role
2020	Brews Brothers	Homeless Man	3 episodes
2022	Angelyne	Hugh Hefner	Episode: "Glow in the Dark Queen of the Universe"
2023	White House Plumbers	James W. McCord Jr.	5 episodes
	Fatal Attraction	Mike Gerard	8 episodes
2023–2025	Bookie	Carl	7 episodes
2024	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Admiral Milius	Voice, episode: "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"
2025	NCIS: Origins	Regional Director Ronald Barrett	2 episodes
	The Four Seasons	Terry	Episode: "Ski Trip"
	Chad Powers	Mike Holliday

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity	Additional voices
2000	King of the Hill	Kahn Souphanousinphone, Cotton Hill

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Kevin Pollak's Chat Show	Himself/Guest	Episode: "277"

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2023	White House Plumbers Podcast	Himself	Episode 3

Discography

• S'no Balls (2004)

External links

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