Why These Drunk History Actors Look So Familiar

It's not an exaggeration to call David Wain an architect of modern comedy. Wain got his start as a member of The State, the sketch troupe with its own popular MTV series in the early '90s. Honing his comedic chops and sensibilities there, Wain went on to perform a combination of creating, writing, directing, as well as appearing in some of the most beloved funny projects of all time.

He co-wrote and directed Wet Hot American Summer, as well as its two Netflix spinoff series, Ten Years Later and First Day of Camp, and he popped up as sexy Israeli guy Yaron (and Bill Clinton). Wain developed and appeared on the Adult Swim series Children's Hospital and its spinoff, Newsreaders, too. He stayed mostly behind the camera for writing/directing efforts like They Came Together and Wanderlust, but he co-starred on Another Period as Albert Downsy Jr., and he has a recurring voice role on Bob's Burgers as tween girl Courtney. 

Besides that, his most notable on-screen work came on Drunk History, narrating the story of rock n' roll popularizer Alan Freed and portraying Julius Caesar, as well as Thomas Jefferson in Lin-Manuel Miranda's boozy, non-musical version of Hamilton.

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