Editing Andy Dick (section)

{{Short description|American comedian and actor (born 1965)}}
{{other uses|Andrew Dick (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| image = Andy Dick 2012 Shankbone.JPG
| alt = A smiling Andy Dick with glasses, wearing black and white clothes with an American Express logo behind him
| caption = Dick at the 2012 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] premiere of ''Freaky Deaky''
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|21}}
| birth_place = [[Charleston, South Carolina]], U.S.<ref name="LATimesJul1997" />
| subject = [[Improvisational theatre|Improv]]<br />[[sketch comedy]]<br />[[Recreational drug use]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Ivone Kowalczyk|1986|1990|reason=divorced}}
| children = 3
| birth_name = Andrew Thomlinson
| medium = {{flatlist|
* Stand-up
* television
* film
* radio
}}
| active = 1986–present
}}
'''Andrew Roane Dick''' (born '''Andrew Thomlinson''', December 21, 1965) is an American actor and comedian.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ogunnaike |first1=Lola |date=June 30, 2003 |title=No Mealworm Snacks For Late-Night Comic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/arts/no-mealworm-snacks-for-late-night-comic.html |access-date=March 24, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=January 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125014118/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/arts/no-mealworm-snacks-for-late-night-comic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dick was born in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], and joined [[The Second City]] and studied [[improvisational theater]]. Dick has had a long career as a stand-up comedian; he has appeared throughout the U.S., has released several [[comedy album]]s, and has acted in television and film. Dick's first regular television role was on ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'' on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]. In the mid-1990s, he regularly appeared on [[NBC]]'s ''[[NewsRadio]]'' and as a supporting character on ''[[Less than Perfect]]''. He also had two short-lived television series on [[MTV]]; these were the [[sketch comedy]] series ''[[The Andy Dick Show]]'' (2001) and the reality series [[The Assistant (TV series)|''The Assistant'']] (2004). He also is noted for his behavior on a number of ''[[Comedy Central Roast]]s'', stand-up comedy performances, and [[late night talk show]] appearances.

Dick is also known for his eccentric behavior, problems with [[drug addiction]], and allegations of [[sexual misconduct]] and arrests.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Comedian-Andy-Dick-Faces-Sexual-Harassment-Allegations-487142621.html |title=Comedian Andy Dick Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations |work=NBC Los Angeles |date=July 2, 2018 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013014423/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Comedian-Andy-Dick-Faces-Sexual-Harassment-Allegations-487142621.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/andy-dick-fired-sexual-harassment-claims |title=Andy Dick Dropped from Film Amid Latest Sexual Harassment Claims |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 31, 2017 |last=Desta |first=Yohana |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027010710/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/andy-dick-fired-sexual-harassment-claims |url-status=live}}</ref> Dick has said he has tried to deal with his drug and alcohol-use disorders for years and by 2016, he said he had undergone [[drug rehabilitation]] programs 20 times.<ref name=":2" /> In 2022, after a conviction for a 2018 offense, Dick was ordered to [[Sex offender registries in the United States|register as a sex offender]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Emlyn |date=January 13, 2023 |title=Andy Dick arrested and charged with public intoxication, failing to register as sex offender |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/andy-dick-arrested-charged-public-intoxication-failing-to-register-as-sex-offender/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324113537/https://ew.com/celebrity/andy-dick-arrested-charged-public-intoxication-failing-to-register-as-sex-offender/ |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |access-date=March 24, 2023 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>