Danny Pudi, actor (Community, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet).

My guest today is Danny Pudi, an American comedian and actor, who played the role of Abed Nadir in the long-running American sitcom Community . Born in Chicago, Illinois to a Polish mother and an Indian father, he studied communication and theatre at Marquette University in Milwaukee having won the inaugural Chris Farley Scholarship – an award that led him to perform improv comedy alongside Dave Chappelle. In 2005 he moved to Los Angeles, and starred in several sitcom pilots before joining the cast of Community, in which he starred for six seasons. In 2017 my guest voiced Huey in the reboot of DuckTales . He has also provided cameo appearances in Captain America: The Winter Soldier , and Star Trek Beyond , as well as appearing in TV advertisements for the Far Cry series. He currently plays Brad Bakshi, the head of the monetization department at a video game studio in the TV series Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet . Play the console: Gauntlet NHLPA Hockey '93 Mortal Kombat II Professor Layton and the Curious Village The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Thank you for listening to My Perfect Console. Please consider becoming a Patreon supporter; your small monthly subscription will help to make the podcast sustainable for the long term, and you'll receive bonus content, and access to the My Perfect Console community: https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.