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Derek Waters is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for his work on the television series (2013–2019), which earned him eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations.


Early life
Waters was raised in Lutherville, Maryland. Waters is Jewish, dyslexic, and was in special education in school. As a child, he aspired to be a professional baseball player, but didn't make his high school team, and so became a umpire. He attended Towson High School in Towson, Maryland, graduating in 1998. The following year, he went to Second City in Toronto, Canada, 1999 to study and .


Career
After moving to Los Angeles, he worked at Tower Video, a job he liked since he had never been exposed to independent movies before. He has performed sketch comedy in Los Angeles since 2000, and for many years was part of the comedy duo Derek & Simon with . The two starred together in the web series Derek & Simon: The Show on the comedy website , which they created with comedian . They made two short films "Derek & Simon: The Pity Card" (co-starring Zach Galifianakis and ) and "Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette" (co-starring and ) and had a pilot deal with in 2005.

In 2003, he co-starred in the ABC series Married to the Kellys.

Waters has appeared on television programs such as , Funny or Die Presents, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, Maron, Happy Endings, , The Sarah Silverman Program, Santa Clarita Diet, and The Middle. He has also appeared in films such as The Brothers Solomon, , For Your Consideration, and This Means War. Waters also voiced the self-centred, non sequitur-spouting Dipster in the 2012 Shut Up! Cartoons series Weasel Town, starring with . Weasel Town on IMDB

Waters co-created and hosts the series . The show originally started as a series of shorts for Funny or Die. The show has won multiple awards, such as the jury prize in short filmmaking at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for seventeen Primetime Emmy Awards, garnering Waters eight nominations.


Influences
Some of Waters's influences are and Christopher Guest.


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