The Biography

Jackie Flynn (born John Arthur Flynn, 20 January 1961 in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA) – American actor and stand-up comedian, discovered on stage in Boston by the Farrelly brothers, who cast him in a string of their comedies. A graduate of the University of Miami (BA, 1980–1984), he won the 1994 San Francisco International Comedy Competition and has performed at the Improv, Comedy Store, and Just For Laughs. His most notable film roles include Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Osmosis Jones (2001), Shallow Hal (2001), Stuck on You (2003, opposite Cher), The Game Plan (2007), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Here Comes the Boom (2012, opposite Kevin James), The Three Stooges (2012), The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022), and Ricky Stanicky (2024). On television he was a series regular as Tony Rosetti in Loudermilk (2017–2020, Peter Farrelly's directing debut for TV), and appeared in The King of Queens (1998–2005), Veep (HBO), Bizaardvark (2016), and Special Unit (2017). He is also a golfer and was featured in the Miller Lite "Man Law" commercials alongside Burt Reynolds and Jerome Bettis.