T.J. Miller

Todd Joseph Miller (born June 4, 1981), better known as TJ Miller, is an American actor and stand-up comedian.

Life and career
Miller was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended East High School. Miller then attended the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. where he was a member of the comedy group receSs and the Lambda chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa.

Stand-up comedy
Miller was selected as a new face in the 2007 HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival. He appeared as Marmaduke Brooker in the TV series Carpoolers. Miller has co-hosted on the comedy radio show Red Bar Radio a number of times.

Miller was named one of Variety magazine's Top Ten Comics to Watch in 2008, and also one of Entertainment Weekly's 12 rising stars of comedy.

On December 13, 2010, October 28, 2011, and June 14, 2012 he performed stand-up on Conan.

Miller appears frequently as a member of the "round table" on Chelsea Lately.

On November 15, 2011, TJ Miller's stand-up special "No Real Reason" premiered on Comedy Central. Topics include his ex-wife Karen, getting his driver's license, and open-source coding.

Film acting
Miller plays Hudson "Hud" Platt in the 2008 feature film Cloverfield. In 2009, he played Cessna Jim in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. In 2010, he co-starred in She's Out of My League as Stainer, provided the voice of Tuffnut in the animated film How to Train Your Dragon, played Brian the Concierge in Get Him to the Greek and appeared in a supporting role in the film Unstoppable. He also played Dan in Gulliver's Travels, released in December 2010.

Miller played the supporting character of Ranger Jones in the live-action Yogi Bear 2010 film. Unlike his character on the cartoon show, he is "dumb-but-not-in-a-funny-way," according to the Buffalo News. Miller was cast in the part after two auditions; as a joke, he sent Warner Bros. an improvised video audition with an actual bear, though he had already been offered the part before they received it.

In 2011, he appeared in the film Our Idiot Brother. He also had a cameo as administrative personnel for Rolling Stone in the 2012 film Rock of Ages.

Podcasting

 * Miller hosts a podcast with friend and fellow comedian Cash Levy, titled Cashing in With TJ Miller, which began airing in March 2012 on the Nerdist Network.
 * Miller is also a frequent guest on Doug Benson's podcast Doug Loves Movies.