Benjamin "Ben" Koldyke (born March 27, 1968) is an American
actor.Originally a high school English teacher and football coach in
Chicago, Koldyke's acting career received a jump start after a chance
encounter with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator-star, Rob
McElhenney. Regulars at the same Venice cafe, he covered Rob's tab
with a note that said he "thought his show was fantastic," and this
exchange led to Koldyke's first TV pilot, Boldly Going Nowhere for
Fox, a few years later.After Boldly was not picked up, Koldyke went on
to recur as Dale Tomasson in the HBO series Big Love and as Don Frank
in How I Met Your Mother for CBS.In 2012, Koldyke starred as the lead
character in the short-lived ABC comedy series Work It and later guest
starred in HBO's The Newsroom. 2013 saw him star in another ABC
sitcom, Back in the Game, opposite James Caan and Maggie Lawson. He
had a significant arc on Showtime's Masters of Sex as teacher and
football coach Paul Edley, and played male chauvinist Brent throughout
the final season of The Good Place.
actor.Originally a high school English teacher and football coach in
Chicago, Koldyke's acting career received a jump start after a chance
encounter with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator-star, Rob
McElhenney. Regulars at the same Venice cafe, he covered Rob's tab
with a note that said he "thought his show was fantastic," and this
exchange led to Koldyke's first TV pilot, Boldly Going Nowhere for
Fox, a few years later.After Boldly was not picked up, Koldyke went on
to recur as Dale Tomasson in the HBO series Big Love and as Don Frank
in How I Met Your Mother for CBS.In 2012, Koldyke starred as the lead
character in the short-lived ABC comedy series Work It and later guest
starred in HBO's The Newsroom. 2013 saw him star in another ABC
sitcom, Back in the Game, opposite James Caan and Maggie Lawson. He
had a significant arc on Showtime's Masters of Sex as teacher and
football coach Paul Edley, and played male chauvinist Brent throughout
the final season of The Good Place.
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