From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Paul Dinello born November 28 1962 is an American actor comedian writer director and an alumnus of Chicagobased The Second City Improv Institute and Annoyance Theatre He is best known for his role on Comedy Centrals Strangers with Candy as Geoffrey Jellineck the closeted gay art teacher at Flatpoint High who carries on a notsosecret relationship with his colleague Chuck Noblet Stephen Colbert Dinello dated the shows star Amy Sedaris for eight years after they met at Second City In 2003 Dinello coauthored the novel Wigfield with Sedaris and Colbert which they promoted by creating a traveling play Most recently Dinello has made guest appearances on Colberts show The Colbert Report as Tad the building manager The character is often berated by Colbert who forces him to do dangerous things Dinello has made at least five appearances on The Colbert Report including a tumbling act with Colbert and their Strangers costar Sedaris in July 2006 Dinello was also a writer producer and director for the Strangers with Candy film which was released in July 2006 In January 2009 Participant Media announced it would produce Dinellos next film Mr Burnout about a burned out teacher seeking to rekindle his love of teaching He was one of the main cast in the show Exit 57 also starring Sedaris and Colbert He also appeared as Mr Rooney in the film Be Kind Rewind alongside Jack Black and Mos Def Dinello recently directed the Nickelodeon original movie Gym Teacher The Movie starring Christopher Meloni and Amy Sedaris Dinello can be seen with Amy Sedaris in the Mummified Hand episode of the Science Channel show Oddities Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Dinello licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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