Background
Hornsby was born in Newport News, Virginia. He grew up in Houston, Texas, and majored in acting at Carnegie Mellon University.
Hornsby was born in Newport News, Virginia. He grew up in Houston, Texas, and majored in acting at Carnegie Mellon University.
Carnegie Mellon University.
Hornsby plays defrocked priest Matthew "Rickety Cricket" Mara on the Forex sitcom lieutenant"s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, also serving as an executive producer and writer on the show. He appeared as Steve "The Hutch" Hutchinson on The Joe Schmo Show, and as Patrick on Six Feet Under. His first animated role was Fanboy in Fanboy and Chum Chum.
He also starred in the independent film Pretty Bird.
Hornsby appeared in Pearl Harbor, Minority Report, and Flags of Our Fathers (in which he played United States Marine Corps photographer Louis R Lowery). He created and performed in the podcast Yoda and Maine along with Loren Tarquinio.
He adapted and created the Columbia Broadcasting System sitcom How to Be a Gentleman, serving as its lead actor, writer, and producer. Columbia Broadcasting System canceled the series in its first season.
Hornsby co-wrote, designed characters, and lent his voice to Forex"s cartoon Unsupervised, which lasted for one season.
Most recently, he created the National Broadcasting Company pilot for Mission Control, produced by Gary Sanchez Productions for National Broadcasting Company a workplace sitcom set at National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s Johnson Space Center circa 1965.