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Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968), best known as Paul F. Tompkins, is an American actor and comedian. Tompkins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a receptionist mother and railway worker father. He started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, PA, where he was half of a duo with the late Rick Roman. He moved to Los Angeles in 1994. In what has been characterized as his first big entertainment industry job, Tompkins appeared as a featured player on Mr. Show with Bob and David and served as a staff writer for the show's second and third... MORE

Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968), best known as Paul F. Tompkins, is an American actor and comedian. Tompkins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a receptionist mother and railway worker father. He started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, PA, where he was half of a duo with the late Rick Roman. He moved to Los Angeles in 1994. In what has been characterized as his first big entertainment industry job, Tompkins appeared as a featured player on Mr. Show with Bob and David and served as a staff writer for the show's second and third seasons. He also appeared in several episodes of the short-lived Tenacious D TV series and appeared in the 2006 Tenacious D film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Tompkins was a contributor on The Daily Show in 1998 doing a semi-weekly segment called Us People's Weekly Entertainment, where he would poke fun at entertainment magazines. In 1998, he created Driven to Drink, a one-man show that aired on HBO. He recorded two half-hour specials for the Comedy Central Presents TV series, one in 2003 and another in 2007. In the first season of Real Time with Bill Maher, Tompkins had his own segment. He began LESS