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William Tokarsky is an American character actor known for his recurring role as Len on Welcome to Flatch. He is also known for playing the Demon William on the Adult Swim series Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, and the Killer in the cult film Too Many Cooks.

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Welcome to Flatch

Welcome to Flatch

Welcome to Flatch is an American mockumentary sitcom that premiered on Fox on March 17, 2022. It is based on the British series This Country, which was created and written by Daisy May Cooper and her brother Charlie Cooper who also played the lead roles. The US adaptation was developed by Jenny Bicks. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on September 29, 2022.

Adult Swim

Adult Swim

Adult Swim is a prime time and late night programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action series targeting a young adult audience, including original programming, syndicated series, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim is programmed by Williams Street, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios that also produces much of the block's original programming.

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell is an American live-action television series on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late night programming block. The series made its official debut on April 18, 2013, on Adult Swim. The show is a live-action workplace comedy about Gary, an associate demon, as he attempts to capture souls on earth in order to climb the corporate ladder of the underworld. Gary hopes to advance in Hell, but he may be too stupid, lazy and kind-hearted to realize his dreams of promotion.

Too Many Cooks (short)

Too Many Cooks (short)

Too Many Cooks is a surreal black comedy short that originally aired as a special during Adult Swim's "infomercials" block on October 28, 2014, at 4:00 am Eastern Time. It was created, written, and directed by Casper Kelly, and produced by Williams Street. After its original airing, the piece became a viral video online and was repeated each night at midnight Eastern Time during the week of November 11, 2014.

Career

Tokarsky began acting following retirement from a job at General Motors in Doraville, Georgia.[1] While visiting the film set for Get Low to catch a glimpse of its stars, Robert Duvall and Bill Murray, Tokarsky spoke with some extras and decided that acting "looked like fun".[1] His first roles were bit parts in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Following his role as William the Demon on the Adult Swim series Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, Tokarsky was cast as the killer Bill in the short film Too Many Cooks.[2][3]

In a 2015 article about Adult Swim for the British newspaper The Guardian, it was mentioned that tourists took photos of "William Tokarsky’s grim face, as he reprises his role from Adult Swim’s 70s and 80s sitcom title-sequence parody Too Many Cooks."[4]

In 2015, a life cast mold of Tokarsky was made by Silver Scream FX Lab.[5]

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General Motors

General Motors

The General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.

Doraville, Georgia

Doraville, Georgia

Doraville is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,623.

Get Low (film)

Get Low (film)

Get Low is a 2009 drama film directed by Aaron Schneider, and written by Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell. It tells the story of a Tennessee hermit in the 1930s who throws his own funeral party while still alive. The film stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black. Duvall was awarded the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his lead performance.

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Duvall started his career on stage before transitioning to film and television.

Bill Murray

Bill Murray

William James Murray is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. Known for his deadpan delivery, Murray rose to fame on The National Lampoon Radio Hour (1973–1974) before becoming a national presence on Saturday Night Live from 1977 to 1980, where he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He starred in comedy films including Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Scrooged (1988), What About Bob? (1991), Groundhog Day (1993), Kingpin (1996), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Garfield (2004). His only directorial credit is Quick Change (1990), which he co-directed with Howard Franklin.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt, based on the 2009 novel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The sequel to The Hunger Games (2012), it is the second installment in The Hunger Games film series. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland reprise their roles from the previous film while Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Lynn Cohen, Jena Malone, and Amanda Plummer join as new characters. The plot of Catching Fire begins a few months after the previous installment; Katniss Everdeen and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) have returned home safely after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Throughout the story, Katniss senses that a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol is simmering among the districts.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is a 2013 American comedy film and the sequel to the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. As with the original film, it is directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow, written by McKay and Will Ferrell, and stars Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and Christina Applegate, all reprising their roles from the first film. Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Meagan Good, and Dylan Baker all join the cast.

Adult Swim

Adult Swim

Adult Swim is a prime time and late night programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action series targeting a young adult audience, including original programming, syndicated series, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim is programmed by Williams Street, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios that also produces much of the block's original programming.

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell is an American live-action television series on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late night programming block. The series made its official debut on April 18, 2013, on Adult Swim. The show is a live-action workplace comedy about Gary, an associate demon, as he attempts to capture souls on earth in order to climb the corporate ladder of the underworld. Gary hopes to advance in Hell, but he may be too stupid, lazy and kind-hearted to realize his dreams of promotion.

Too Many Cooks (short)

Too Many Cooks (short)

Too Many Cooks is a surreal black comedy short that originally aired as a special during Adult Swim's "infomercials" block on October 28, 2014, at 4:00 am Eastern Time. It was created, written, and directed by Casper Kelly, and produced by Williams Street. After its original airing, the piece became a viral video online and was repeated each night at midnight Eastern Time during the week of November 11, 2014.

The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers, The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of The Guardian in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of The Guardian free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for The Guardian the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Someone Else
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Cab Driver
2014 Too Many Cooks Killer short film
Lifelines Mike/Michael short film
Play Birtram Terra
Home for the Holiday Santa short video
Hearts of Dust Chaplain short film
2015 The Lost Footage The Body short film
Auld Lang Syne The Black Mask short film
The Exchange CMF Brother 2 short film
Mallick Cheating Lawyer short film
Five Windows Thomas short film
Keening Nigh The Taise short film
Samhain Grandpaw short film
Gwilliam Ex-Con short film
Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony Englishman #1
2016 Crime Avenue Harvey Feueranzunder short film
Bleed Prisoner
Osterhase Osterhase short film
Hart of America Not the serial killer TV short
The Conscience Michael Bailey short film
Conflicted Boss short film
Escape Killer short film
Merry Christmas, Baby Nursing Home Resident
Behind 13 Phil
2017 The People Could Fly Master short film
Tragedy Girls Mr. Gordon
Hamlet & Hutch Trailer Park Trash
The God Inside My Ear Mr. Stuffy Bottoms voice
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Bread/Cake Vendor
Manak: Deck The Halls Veteran short video
Progidy [sic?] Coach Ramrod
2018 The Good Die Young Buck
Through Her Eyes Harvey Winstein
Tropical Cop Tales Man with Gold Boots
My Annoying Dead Brother Groundskeeper
Trial by Fire Man in the Stetson Hat
2019 Jacob's Ladder Commuter
TBA Miss Winn's Garden Mr. Hill short film
Penance Lane Crazy Ray post-production
Indomitable Bartender Jack post-production
The Bounty Hunter Clarence 'Preacher' Turner filming
The Poison Rose Sanitarium Patient filming
Fetal Position Jedidiah short film
Brothers TBA
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Swamp Murders Choppin Charlie Episode: "Quilbillies"
2015 The Carbonaro Effect Eugene Burger Episode: "Dangerously Drinkable"
2015 Snapped: Killer Couples Willis Honeycutt documentary; episode: "Dena Riley & Richard Dean Davis"
2015 Fatal Attraction Neighbor documentary; episode: Social Media Murder
2015 Victoria's Path Gruff the Troll Episode: "My Bully"
2014-16 Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda Freddie/Joe Economy documentary; 2 episodes: "Bump in the Night", "Murder Haunts Me"
2016 #killerpost Melvin Potter Episode: "Payne/Potter"
2016 Hidden America with Jonah Ray Redneck Episode: "Atlanta: Past, Present, Living, and Dead"
2014-2016 It's Supernatural! Crippled Man/Neighbor 3 episodes: "James Durham", "Steve Swanson", "Aliss Cresswell 2016"
2015–2016 The Bubble Creepy Stalker Mini-series; 2 episodes: "Double Trouble", "Pilot"
2013-2017 Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell William/Demon William 14 episodes
2017 Kelly Talk Show Himself
2017 Love in 500 Characters Jake Episode: "Pilot"
2018 Murder Comes to Town Carl Sanders documentary; episode: "The Sinner and the Saint"
2018 Lodge 49 Older Gentleman Episode: "Full Fathom Five"
2018 Murder by Numbers Neighbor Episode: "Monster Among Us"
2020 A-Men Nuada Necht Episode: ”Pilot”
2022 Welcome to Flatch Len 7 episodes

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt, based on the 2009 novel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The sequel to The Hunger Games (2012), it is the second installment in The Hunger Games film series. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland reprise their roles from the previous film while Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Lynn Cohen, Jena Malone, and Amanda Plummer join as new characters. The plot of Catching Fire begins a few months after the previous installment; Katniss Everdeen and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) have returned home safely after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Throughout the story, Katniss senses that a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol is simmering among the districts.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is a 2013 American comedy film and the sequel to the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. As with the original film, it is directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow, written by McKay and Will Ferrell, and stars Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and Christina Applegate, all reprising their roles from the first film. Harrison Ford, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Meagan Good, and Dylan Baker all join the cast.

Santa Claus

Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve to "nice" children, and either coal or nothing to "naughty" children. He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in his North Pole workshop, and with the aid of flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2017 American fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan from a screenplay by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg, and Jeff Pinkner. The film is the third installment in the Jumanji film series and the indirect sequel to Jumanji (1995). It stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, and Bobby Cannavale. The story focuses on a group of teenagers who come across Jumanji, now transformed into a video game twenty-two years after the events of the 1995 film. They find themselves trapped in the game as a set of adult avatars, seeking to complete a quest alongside another player who has been trapped since 1996.

Sic

Sic

The Latin adverb sic inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling, punctuation, or grammar. It also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might be interpreted as an error of transcription.

The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young is a 1954 British crime film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker, Richard Basehart and John Ireland. It was made by Remus Films from a screenplay based on the novel of the same name by Richard Macaulay. It tells the story of four men in London with no criminal past whose marriages and finances are collapsing and, meeting in a pub, are tempted to redeem their situations by a robbery.

Jacob's Ladder (2019 film)

Jacob's Ladder (2019 film)

Jacob's Ladder is a 2019 American psychological horror film directed by David M. Rosenthal and written by Jeff Buhler and Sarah Thorp. A remake of the 1990 film of the same name, it stars Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nicole Beharie, Karla Souza, and Guy Burnet. It was broadcast on DISH Network on July 25, 2019, before the theatrical release on August 23, 2019, by Vertical Entertainment, to mostly negative reviews.

Brothers (upcoming film)

Brothers (upcoming film)

Brothers is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Max Barbakow from a screenplay by Etan Cohen and Macon Blair. The film stars Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage as the titular siblings and is produced by Legendary Pictures. The film will be released by Sony Pictures Releasing.

The Carbonaro Effect

The Carbonaro Effect

The Carbonaro Effect is an American hidden camera practical joke reality television series hosted by magician and prankster Michael Carbonaro, who performs tricks on people caught on hidden camera. It debuted on April 1, 2014, and is currently airing on truTV. To promote the second half of the first season, TBS aired a two-hour marathon on October 30, 2014. The second season premiered on April 1, 2015; the third season premiered on February 1, 2017; and the fourth season premiered on May 17, 2018, along with a new insider series titled The Carbonaro Effect: Inside Carbonaro. On October 11, 2019, it was announced that the fifth season would premiere on November 7, 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series has been on hiatus. As of 2023, it is unknown if it will continue after its fifth season.

Snapped: Killer Couples

Snapped: Killer Couples

Snapped: Killer Couples is an American true crime television series currently airing on the Oxygen Network. The program details couples who commit crimes together. The program is a spin-off of the Oxygen series Snapped and has a similar format to the Investigation Discovery program Wicked Attraction. As of summer 2022 the show has aired sixteen seasons, each with ten episodes. The current narrator is Anna Vocino.

Fatal Attractions (TV series)

Fatal Attractions (TV series)

Fatal Attractions is a recurring documentary series on Animal Planet. First aired in 2010, the show focused on humans who have kept animals as unconventional pets that have turned out to be dangerous and sometimes fatal. This program held a TV-14 rating due to the disturbing content in each episode.

Hidden America with Jonah Ray

Hidden America with Jonah Ray

Hidden America with Jonah Ray is a travel parody series that debuted on June 2, 2016 on Seeso. Parodying the style of Anthony Bourdain's travel show, viewers follow Jonah Ray as he explores and pokes fun at local restaurants, memorials and historical sites in various cities. Ray visits American cities including Boston, Austin, New Orleans and Chicago. The nine-episode first season features guests like Weird Al Yankovic, Ralph Garman, Jeff B. Davis, William Tokarsky, Randall Park, David Koechner, Conphidance and many more. On August 18, 2016 it was announced that Hidden America had been renewed for a second season.

Source: "William Tokarsky", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 29th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tokarsky.

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References
  1. ^ a b Joyner, Chris (4 January 2018). "Watchdog: New tax bill bad for Georgia's film workers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Talking With the Killer From 'Too Many Cooks'". Vulture. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Adult Swim smash "Too Many Cooks" is made with Atlanta ingredients". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Lee, Cristina (18 June 2015). "A day inside Adult Swim: the craziest TV network in America". The Guardian. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Molding William Tokarsky". SSFXLab. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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