Rod Knoll

MY BIO:

I usually play frumpy nerds, nebbishes and "squares" such as "Arthur Jolene", a by the book, nerdy bird watcher on an episode of "Bull" on CBS. I filmed a recent episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" where I played a nerdy, hapless nebbish, but unfortunately, most of my role was cut out of the episode. I also played another frumpy, helpless, nerdy nebbish who gets caught in a vulnerable position on an episode of Marvel's hit series "Daredevil" and an obsessed gay peep show customer on an episode of the HBO series "The Deuce".

I have been a professional actor for more than thirty years, and I'm equally at home in both comedies and dramas. My first TV role was on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" playing a preppy friend of "Carlton" and member of the ultra-preppy and ultra-"square" high school glee club called the "Alligaroos" at the Bel-Air Academy.

I have also worked in theater, often playing leading roles, and my most notable theater role was the comedic leading role of "Eugene Jerome" in several stage productions of Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical "Brighton Beach" plays, "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and its sequel, "Biloxi Blues".

I'm a New York-trained actor with extensive training. I spent many years in New York studying various techniques and approaches to acting under many acting teachers. I moved to New York City right after high school and started studying acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Through NYU, I was able to get a diverse array of training. Most notably, I studied with several first generation Michael Chekhov acting technique teachers as well as many first generation Strasberg acting technique teachers.