justin linville

This page is for the people that want to know a little more about me.

I am a former Air Force Brat born in Covina, CA.

When I was a kid, my catchphrase was “Ya Gotta Laugh” and my favorite TV Show was a show called “Bonkers” about an anthropomorphic cat named Bonkers D. Bobcat.

He was a former cartoon star who retired and became a police officer in Hollywood.

When I was a kid, we were stationed in Portugal, Iceland, South Carolina, and South Dakota. My dad retired from the Air Force and my family moved to San Antonio, Texas when I was in seventh grade.

I loved reading and writing stories growing up. My favorite genre was Young Adult Fantasy and my favorite authors were D.J. MacHale and Roald Dahl.

I went to a funny high school called “Judson Early College Academy” in Live Oak, Texas. It was a public school built on a community college campus. Half my classes were on the college campus and half were on the high school campus.

I was able to graduate high school with an Associate’s Degree. Pretty Cool.

While I was in high school, I started interning and taking improv classes at a place called ColdTowne Theatre, a long-form improv theatre in Austin, Texas.

ColdTowne Theatre placed an emphasis on organic improv.

I moved to New York City when I was eighteen with the plan to get a TV & Film Degree from Brooklyn College.

While I was attending college, I started interning at a show called “The Chris Gethard Show”, a live weekly experimental comedy show.

TCGS introduced me to a punk-rock approach to comedy.

I also started interning and taking classes at an Improv Theatre called The Annoyance, a short-lived offshoot of The Annoyance Theater in Chicago.

The Annoyance placed an emphasis on taking care of yourself and knowing your deal in every scene.

I left college before graduating and took a job as Chris’ personal assistant. I worked with him on his first national headlining tour, his off-broadway show, his first HBO Special, and pre-production for the third season of The Chris Gethard Show.

I then became Chris’ executive assistant at The Chris Gethard Show. This means, I was an employee of the show rather than of Chris’. Still working in Chris’ interest but liaising with a lot of departments rather than just with Chris.

I did that job for about a year, appearing on camera many times.

After that season ended, I went back to working as Chris’ personal assistant.

Right around then, I got my first manager and my first acting job on an HBO Show called Crashing. I played the personal assistant to comedian, John Mulaney.

A few months later, I was cast on FX’s What We Do in the Shadows as Bobby, The Animal Control Guy.

That was where I met Siobhan Fallon Hogan who gave me my first job in a movie, Rushed, a thriller about a fraternity hazing gone wrong.

At the same time, I was filming a feature called Here Today; written by, directed by, and starring Billy Crystal.

I was thankful to have begun studying at HB Studio before filming any of my movie roles. This is where I learned the tenants of acting.

A few months later, during my second pilot season, I was cast in a sitcom called Welcome to Flatch, executive produced by Jenny Bicks and Paul Feig. I auditioned once, without callback.

We filmed the first season between November 2020 and March 2021.

The first season began airing in March 2022.

Currently, I’m working on a pro-environment claymation short called “Georgie at the Creek”, a relationship comedy called “Then, Maybe”, and a podcast called “Excellent Week” with my friend and collaborator, Maya Sharma.

More information can be found at www.bumpytoad.com and www.excellentweek.com.