The deputies run into bounty hunter Tommy Hawk (Diedrich Bader), the star of his own Reality TV show.

The deputies run into bounty hunter Tommy Hawk (Diedrich Bader), the star of his own Reality TV show.

Joel (Diedrich Bader) begins his make-over of Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock).

Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock), Sam Fuller (Regina King), and Joel (Diedrich Bader) go undercover at a retirement home.

Cleveland's favorite son Drew Carey stars as Cleveland's favorite son Drew Carey in the first season of the popular ABC sitcom bearing his name. Of course, Carey does not really play himself, a successful standup comedian: The TV version of Drew Carey is the long-suffering, overworked and underpaid assistant personnel director at Cleveland's fictional Winfred-Louder department store. Given the choice, Drew would rather spend all his time at home or at the Warsaw Tavern with his lifelong best friends: hoydenish, perennially unemployed Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller), geekish DrugCo janitor and sci-fi aficionado Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles), and erstwhile deejay Oswald Harvey (Diedrich Bader), who in the course of the first season launches a lengthy if unrewarding job at Global Parcel Service. These are the regulars in the first episode, soon to be joined by Kathy Kinney as Drew's mortal enemy, the garishly outfitted and cosmetically challenged Mimi Bombeck. Originally, Mimi was to have been a one-shot character,

The directorial debut of filmmaker Jared Hess, who also co-wrote the screenplay, Napoleon Dynamite is a quirky, offbeat comedy set in the small Idaho town of Preston. Jon Heder stars in the titular role, a carrot-topped oddball with a decidedly eccentric family that includes his llama-loving, dune-buggy enthusiast grandmother. The story centers on the local high school's race for class president. Using some nontraditional means, Napoleon is determined to help his pal Pedro (Efrem Ramirez) run a winning campaign and defeat popular girl Summer (Haylie Duff). Also starring The Drew Carey Show's Diedrich Bader, Napoleon Dynamite premiered at the {~2004 Sundance Film Festival}. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide.

A road trip rolls through a small town where the line between the dead and the living has become a bit problematic in this horror parody. A handful of twentysomethings are driving to Galveston, TX, in an RV to attend the wedding of a close friend. After a long day on the road, the travelers find themselves in a tiny town called Lovelock, where the only available accommodations are at a bed and breakfast run by the eccentric Mr. Wise (David Carradine). One of the kids, Johnny (Oz Perkins), notices that Mr. Wise is carefully looking after a small box; curious about its contents, Johnny opens it, only to unleash a torrent of evil spirits who turn the local rednecks into bloodthirsty creatures hovering somewhere between life and death. Dead & Breakfast features supporting performances by Portia de Rossi, Diedrich Bader, Jeremy Sisto, and David Carradine's daughter Ever Carradine; co-star Oz Perkins is also the offspring of a well-known actor, Anthony Perkins. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide.