After college, Daly moved to New York City, where he performed, along with Andy Secunda, in the sketch comedy duo The Two Andys, which appeared at the 1999 Aspen Comedy Festival. He was also a part of the Mainstage company at Chicago City Limits as an improvisational actor.
When the Upright Citizens Brigade relocated to New York from Chicago in 1996, Daly was one of the first New Yorkers to study improvisation with the group and performed in many of the earliest shows produced by the UCB. He was a member of the long-form improvisation group The Swarm, which was assembled and directed by Amy Poehler.
In 2000, Daly joined the cast of MADtv. He was a featured player in the show's sixth season and returned as a full cast member the following season.
He next appeared on television in the main cast of Comedy Central's parody news show Crossballs and later played several different characters on Reno 911!, recurring as "Brad the Friendly Homeowner". He also worked as a correspondent on The Showbiz Show with David Spade for all three seasons and as an advocate on both seasons of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil.
In 2008, Daly joined the cast of the HBO series Eastbound & Down as Terrence Cutler. That same year, Daly was also the host of a Match Game revival which never aired.
Daly appeared in the NBC sitcom The Paul Reiser Show, which was a midseason replacement for the 2010–11 television season.[3] The show was cancelled after two episodes.
From 2014 to 2017, Daly starred in, executive produced, and wrote episodes of the Comedy Central series Review, which he co-adapted from the Australian series Review with Myles Barlow.
From 2016 to 2019, Daly appeared in commercials for CarMax.[4]
Ever since 2018, Daly has been the voice of the character Officer Keys in the Disney Channel animated series Big City Greens.
In 2025, Daly was cast in the television movie Mountainhead, written by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong.[5] The film is scheduled to release the same year May 31, on both HBO and Max.
Film
Daly has appeared in numerous films, most notably as courtside announcer Dick Pepperfield in the 2008 film Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell.
Daly does many different characters in his stand-up. In 2007, a character named "Jerry O'Hearn" was featured on the Comedy Death-Ray compilation album. In 2008, Daly released the critically acclaimed Nine Sweaters, a comedy album compiled from a nine-week residency at Comedy Death-Ray's Tuesday night shows, on Aspecialthing Records.
Daly has made a number of appearances on podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang!, Superego, How Did This Get Made?, The Nerdist Podcast, Office Ladies, and Never Not Funny. In 2014, he began hosting the limited-run Earwolf podcast The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, which continued in 2018 with a second season of 8 episodes.[6] He currently hosts the podcast Bonanas for Bonanza. He is well known for his character Dalton Wilcox, which he has played on Comedy Bang! Bang! (the TV show and podcast), Bonanas for Bonanza, The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, Conan, and other shows.[7][8][9][10]
Personal life
Daly lives in Los Angeles and is married to actress Carri Levinson. They have two daughters.[11]
