Andrew Tarver (born May 6, 1986) is an American actor and comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. He is best known for playing one of the leads for three seasons on the Emmy-nominated comedy series The Other Two, starring opposite Kate Hudson in the Netflix series Running Point, and for his appearances on comedy podcasts, including Comedy Bang! Bang! and Big Grande: The Teacher's Lounge.
Early life Tarver was born in Glennville, Georgia. His graduating class had 20 people. His family owned a local candy factory. Tarver is the oldest of four children: he has two sisters, Amanda and actress and singer Katelyn Tarver; and a younger, "cooler" brother, Jake.
Tarver moved to New York City when he was 18. After taking improv classes at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, he eventually moved to Los Angeles and began performing at the Los Angeles UCB Theater.
Career Tarver has performed comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles since 2010. He is a member of the sketch and improv comedy group Big Grande (alongside comedians Jon Mackey, Ryan Rosenberg, and Dan Lippert) and plays Bill Cravy on their podcast, Big Grande: The Teacher's Lounge. With Big Grande, Tarver co-wrote and starred in a 22-minute original comedy pilot for Funny or Die and several episodes of The UCB Show. Tarver is also a regular guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!, where his popular characters include Heimlich maneuver inventor Henry Heimlich, 80s new wave singer Martin Sheffield-Lickley, and one half of the country music duo Memphis Kansas Breeze, opposite Carl Tart. The latter two characters originated on the UCB stage and were written by Tarver's frequent collaborators Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans.
In 2014, Tarver played Todd, the gay best friend of lead Greta Gerwig on the pilot How I Met Your Dad, which was not picked up by CBS.
He was an ensemble cast member on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, in which he portrayed the role of Baxter Reynolds. The first three seasons streamed on Seeso from 2016 to 2017. The fourth and final season aired on Pluto TV in 2019.
Tarver was cast in the lead role of Cary Dubek in the 2019 Comedy Central series The Other Two. He described it as his first series role that is not an exaggerated comedic character as seen in his previous work in improv and sketch comedy. The show received positive critical reception and ran for three seasons, concluding in June of 2023.
In 2025, Tarver starred opposite Kate Hudson in the Netflix streaming series Running Point. The series, about a family that owns the fictional NBA team the Los Angeles Waves, was co-created by Mindy Kaling and Ike Barinholtz.
Personal life Tarver came out as bisexual at age 26.
Filmography + Feature films Year Title Role Notes 2016 Other People Craig Dean Kip 2024 The American Society of Magical Negroes Jason Unfrosted Pop
+ Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2012 Animal Practice Todd Episode: "Dr. Yamamazing" 2013 Newsreaders Counselor #3 Episode: "Gay Camp" Big Time Rush Executive #2 Episode: "Big Time Cartoon" NTSF:SD:SUV:: Marcus Episode: "A Hard Drive to Swallow" 2014 How I Met Your Dad Todd Unaired CBS/FOX pilot The McCarthys Ben Episode: "Love, McCarthys Style" 2015 Filthy Preppy Teen$ Homeless Teen Episode: "Hangout" 2016 Angel from Hell Oliver Episode: "Angel Probation" 2016–17 The UCB Show Various 5 episodes 2016–19 Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Baxter Reynolds Series regular; 34 episodes 2016 Tween Fest Zayden Ostin Storm Series regular; 8 episodes 2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Donny Gary Episode: "Scott Aukerman Wears a Tailored Black Suit" 2017 Girlboss Psychic Episode: "Thank You, San Francisco" 2018 LA to Vegas Farley Episode: "Two and a Half Pilots" Love Andrew Cruikshank Recurring role, 2 episodes 2018–19 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Officer Gary Jennings Recurring role, 2 episodes 2018 Superstore Lonnie Episode: "Maternity Leave" 2019–23 The Other Two Cary Dubek Lead role, 30 episodes 2019–21 Bless the Harts Randy / Charles Lee (voice) Recurring role, 23 episodes 2019 Astronomy Club Robin Hood Episode: "Lamp Room" 2020 Three Busy Debras Jason Episode: "Debspringa" Mapleworth Murders Brent Davenport Recurring role, 3 episodes Hoops (voice) Episode: "Zen" 2021 Inside Job Kevin (voice) Episode: "The Brettfast Club" 2022 Ghosts Micah Episode: "Jay's Friends" 2023 History of the World, Part II Adolf Hitler / Private Tully 2 episodes 2025–presentRunning Point Alexander "Sandy" Gordon Series regular, 20 episodes
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