Clark Duke

Clark Duke (born May 5, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films Sex Drive, Kick-Ass (2010), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), and The Croods (2013), as well as playing Clark Green in The Office, Dale Kettlewell in Greek, and Barry in Two and a Half Men. Duke is also known for his role in I'm Dying Up Here as Ron Shack.

Life and career Duke was born on May 5, 1985 and raised in Arkansas, the son of Angela and Ronnie Duke. He was raised a Baptist.

In 1992, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award as an "Outstanding Actor Under Ten in a Television Series" for his work on Hearts Afire.

Along with best friend Michael Cera, Duke created, wrote, directed and produced the web series Clark and Michael in which he plays a fictional version of himself. The pilot episode was directed by Duke as his college thesis film at Loyola Marymount University.

He was a regular on the television series Greek as Rusty's Christian dorm roommate Dale. Duke appeared in the film Superbad in the small role of 'Party Teenager #1'.

In February 2008, he starred in Volume 2 of the web video series Drunk History with Jack Black, which can be found on YouTube. Michael Cera had appeared in the previous episode, Drunk History, Volume 1.

In 2008, Duke had his first co-starring film role in Sex Drive. He co-starred with Eddie Murphy in A Thousand Words, which was completed in 2008 but remained unreleased until 2012. He appeared in Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Nicolas Cage, and played Jacob, the nephew of Adam Yates (John Cusack) in Hot Tub Time Machine. He voiced Thunk in the 2013 animated film, The Croods.

In 2010, he had a cameo in a Kid Cudi music video "Erase Me".

He also appeared as Clark Green in the ninth and final season of the American version of The Office. He reprised his role from Kick-Ass in its sequel Kick-Ass 2, released August 2013.

Duke made his major motion picture directorial debut in 2020 with the film Arkansas, about two friends who live in Arkansas and work for a Chicago-based drug kingpin, whom they have never met. Set in his home state, Duke co-starred with Liam Hemsworth, Michael Kenneth Williams, Vince Vaughn, John Malkovich, Eden Brolin, and Vivica A. Fox.

He voiced Brett Hand in the Netflix series Inside Job.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Superbad Party Teenager 2008 Sex Drive Lance Johnson 2010 Kick-Ass Marty Hot Tub Time Machine Jacob Journey of Mr. Rager Himself 2012 A Thousand Words Aaron Wiseberger 2013 Identity Thief Everett The Croods Thunk (voice) Kick-Ass 2 Marty / Battle Guy A.C.O.D. Trey 2014 A Merry Friggin' Christmas Nelson 2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Jacob 2016 Bad Moms Dale Kipler 2017 The Last Movie Star Doug 2018 Song of Back and Neck Atkins 2020 Arkansas Swin Horn Also writer, director, producer The Croods: A New Age Thunk (voice)

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1992–1995 Hearts Afire Elliot Hartman Main role 2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Frat Boy #1 Episode: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" 2006 Clark and Michael ClarkAlso producer Campus Ladies Actor Episode: "The Dare" 2007–2011 Greek Dale Kettlewell Main role 2008–2020 Robot Chicken Various (voices) 7 episodes 2010 WWE Raw Guest host Childrens Hospital Captain Stern Episode: "Joke Overload" 2012 New Girl Cliff Episode: "Valentine's Day" 2012–2013 The Office Clark Green Starring Role (Season 9); 20 episodes 2014 Two and a Half Men Barry Foster 8 episodes 2015 Mom Jackie Biletnikoff 2 episodes Adventure Time Justin Rockcandy / Jawbreaker Guy Episode: "The Diary" SuperMansion Ganky Episode: "They Shoot Omega Pets, Don't They?" 2016 Workaholics Trilly Zane Episode: "Going Viral" 2017 Room 104 Jarod Episode: "Pizza Boy" 2017–2018 I'm Dying Up Here Ron Shack Main role 2019 Veronica Mars Don 6 episodes 2021–2022 Inside Job Brett Hand Main role2023 Young RockBrian Gewirtz Episode: "Going Heavy"

+ Music video Year Song Artist Notes 2010 Erase Me Kid Cudi with Kanye West Answer to Yourself The Soft Pack

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1993 Young Artist Award Outstanding Actor Under 10 in a Television Series Hearts Afire 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series The Office 2014 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film The Croods