Greg Hollimon (born May 2, 1956) is an actor best known for his work on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy.
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Sedaris, Dinello, and Colbert created the role of Principal Blackman with Hollimon in mind for the Strangers with Candy TV series.
Amy Sedaris, author, humorist and actress; creator and star of the "Strangers with Candy" television series on Comedy Central and the 2006 major motion picture release of the same title (1979)
He has since directed episodes of The Secret World of Alex Mack, Strangers with Candy, Dead Like Me, Arrested Development, Malcolm in the Middle, Chuck, Scrubs, Wonderfalls, Remember WENN, Sons of Tucson, and the Nickelodeon film Cry Baby Lane among other series.
His film and TV work includes "Naked Brothers Band", "Viralcom", "Law & Order", "Strangers with Candy", Across the Universe, and the film Afterwards with John Malkovich.
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In 2006, he was published as the "male hand model" in Strangers with Candy star Amy Sedaris' book I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence.
With this experience she parlayed her talents into several primetime roles, including the leading role of Bianca on Lifetime's Monarch Cove, Claudia on five episodes of the hit series How I Met Your Mother, Shelley Long's daughter who was snubbed at the altar in the film Honeymoon with Mom, and two seasons on Comedy Central's Strangers with Candy.
The band formed under the name Strangers with Candy in early 1999 and is most notable for winning MTV's Ultimate Cover Band contest, where they performed their own version of a-ha's hit song "Take On Me." They released a 7 song EP titled No Need in late March 2000.