Background:

American comedic actor Nate Torrence initially gained national fame through his roles in a number of television advertisements, including for the Capital One, Volkswagen and Golden Grahams, to name a few. He has had regular roles on the television shows “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” (2006-2007) and “Mr. Sunshine” (2011) and has guest starred in many TV shows, including “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Ghost Whisperer.” His film credits include “Suits on the Loose” (2005), “Get Smart” (2008), “She's Out of My League” (2010) and “The Big Year” (2011).  Torrence more recently provides the voice of Chuck on the animated show “Motorcity” (Disney XD, 2012-?).             


Trampoline Gymnast

Childhood and Family:

Nate Torrence was born Nathan Andrew Torrence on December 1, 1977, in Canton, Ohio. He graduated from Hiland High School in Berlin, Ohio. He briefly attended Kent State University in Kent, Ohio before relocating to Chicago and studying at the Players Workshop of the Second City. After finding out that he was too young to legally enter the majority of improv clubs in Chicago, he returned back to Ohio and founded his own comedy troupe, Corn, Beef and Cabbage, which toured local coffee houses and theatres. He later studied improv at Second City in Cleveland and in Los Angeles, and The Groundlings and Comedy Sportz in Los Angeles. Nate has a brother named Jay, who also performed with him at Corn, Beef and Cabbage. Nate was a trampoline gymnast when he was younger and won  national competitions for age group 12-14.    

Nate is married to Christie Mullet. They have one child together.   


What's In Your Wallet

Career:

Nate Torrence made his early series television appearance as a guest star in “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “The Mullets,” playing Daniel O'Hannissey and Tud, respectively (both 2003). He continued to have one episode stint in many other television series such as “Malcolm in the Middle” (2004, as Private Turner), “Quintuplets” (2004, as Pizza Guy), “House M.D.” (2004), “Girlfriends” (2005), “Las Vegas” (2005), “Ghost Whisperer” (2005), “One on One” (2005-2006) and “How I Met Your Mother” (2006).

Torrence made his feature film debut in “Little Athens” (2005), a comedy/drama directed and co-written by Tom Zuber and starring John Patrick Amedori, Shawn Hatosy and Michelle Horn. There he appeared as a card player. It was followed by a bigger part as elder Lewis in the comedy film “Suits on the Loose” (2005), written and helmed by Rodney Henson. He also appeared in two short films, “Marksman” and “Driftwood” (both 2007).

Torrence landed the secondary role of a rookie member named Dylan Killington on the Aaron Sorkin created dramedy television show “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” which ran on NBC from September 18, 2006 to June 28, 2007. Co-stars in the series included Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford, Steven Weber, D. L. Hughley, Sarah Paulson, Nate Corddry and Timothy Busfield.

After a guest spot in “Reno 911!,” where he played crazy shirtless boxing man in the episode “Baghdad 911” (2008), Torrence was cast in the supporting role of Lloyd, a lab assistant, on the Peter Segal big screen version of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's 1960s spy parody television series, “Get Smart” (2008), starring Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99. The film was a commercial success despite a mixed reception from critics. The actor also reprised his role on  a video spin-off, “Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control” (2008). The same year, Torrence also portrayed Craig in “My Best Friend's Girl,”a romantic comedy film starring Dane Cook and Kate Hudson and directed by Howard Deuth, and co-starred with Dreama Walker, Matthew Perry and Kiele Sanchez in the made for television film “The End of Steve” (Showtime).  

In 2010, Torrence played airline reservations agent Devon in the romantic comedy film “She's Out of My League,” starring Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve. The film, which is director Jim Field Smith's  feature debut, grossed nearly     $50 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million. In the following year, he appeared with Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Rosamund Pike, JoBeth Williams and Rashida Jones in the comedy film “The Big Year,” by David Frankel. 2011 also saw Torrence return to series television as a regular on the ABC mid-season replacement sitcom “Mr. Sunshine” (February-April), which was co-created by Matthew Perry, who also starred in the series. He portrayed Roman Cohen, the lovable but weird son of  Crystal (played by Allison Janney).

In 2012, Torrence starred as the protagonist Chuck, Mike's best friend and computer expert for the Burners, on the animated television series “Motorcity,” which premiered on April 30, 2012 on Disney XD. He also guest starred in “Are You There, Chelsea?” (2012, as Captain Steve) and “Happy Endings” (2012, as Slacker Buddy).

Torrence has completed filming the short “We Think Nate Torrence Is Dead” (2012), which he wrote, directed and starred in.

Torrence has also been famous for his work in television commercials. He is perhaps well remembered for his role as a credit card customer service representative with David Spade, in the Capital One “What's In Your Wallet” advertising campaign” and as the shrieking Jetta test driver in a Volkswagen campaign, from which he received a 2005 AICP award for Best Talent/Performance in a Commercial. Torrence has also appeared in several other commercials, like for Cingular Wireless, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Golden Grahams, Pringles, H-E-B, and NFL.com.

Today, Torrence remains active performing sketch/improve shows in area theaters, including  The Second City Studio Theater in LA.
    

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