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Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Oswald on The Drew Carey Show.

He was born in Alexandria, Virginia. At the age of two, his family moved to Paris, France, but returned to the U.S. to attend high school and later college at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

After a few guest roles on popular television series such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap and Cheers, Bader's first major role was in the 1993 series Danger Theatre, playing The Searcher.

He moved into cinema acting for the 1993 movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies, but returned to TV, playing Oswald on The Drew Carey Show starting in 1995.

Having a deep and easily-recognizable voice, Bader is a natural choice for a voice actor and has had roles in such animated features as Ice Age, The Simpsons, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

He appeared in the 1999 film Office Space as Peter's mulleted neighbor Lawrence, and in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite Bader played Rex, the owner of a martial arts dojo. He was also in the 2004 film Eurotrip as a thief. All of these roles had Bader altering his appearance in some way so as to be less recognizable.

• Korgoth of Barbaria (2006) (TV) (voice) - Korgoth
• National Lampoon's Cattle Call (2005) (post-production) - Glenn Dale
• Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005) (voice) - John
• Kim Possible: So the Drama (2005) (TV) (voice) - Lars
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) - Joel
• Center of the Universe (2004) TV Series - Tommy Barnett
• Dead & Breakfast (2004) - Chef Henri
• EuroTrip (2004) - Mugger
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Rex
• The Country Bears (2002) - Officer Cheets/Voice of Ted Bedderhead
• Ice Age (2002) (voice) - Saber-Toothed Tiger
• A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002) (TV) (voice) - Kenny
• Evil Alien Conquerors (2002) - My-ik
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2002) - Hoss Delgado
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) - Miramax Security Guard Gordon
• Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) - Guard #2
• Lloyd in Space (2001) TV Series (voice) - Harvulian 'Boomer' Standervault
• The Zeta Project (2001) TV Series (voice) - Zeta/Zee
• Drew Carey's Rock & Roll Back to School Special(2001) (TV) - Oswald Lee Harvey
• Certain Guys (2000) - Ronald
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (V) (voice) - Warp Darkmatter
• Baby Blues (2000) TV Series (voice) - Kenny/Various Characters
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) TV Series (voice) - Warp Darkmatter
• Couple Days... A Period Piece (2000) - Josh
• Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) (TV) (voice) - Zoo Director
• Bartok the Magnificent (1999) (V) (voice) - Vol
• Office Space (1999) - Lawrence
• Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) (V) (voice) - Adonis
• Hercules (1998) TV Series (voice) - Adonis
• Pepper Ann (1997) TV Series (voice)
• The Assassination File (1996) (TV) - Scott McDonough
• The Drew Carey Show (1995) TV Series - Oswald Lee Harvey
• Teresa's Tattoo (1994) - Higgins
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993 film) (1993) - Jethro Bodine/Jethrine Bodine
• Danger Theatre (1993) TV Series - The Searcher
• The Preppie Murder (1989) (TV) - Peter
• Desert Rats (1988) (TV) - Mort
• Cheers (1982) (TV) - Waiter

• Diedrich Bader at the Internet Movie Database
• Diedrich Bader at the Voice Chasers Database
• Diedrich Bader article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.