Career
Dunn was best known to audiences for his appearances on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, a sketch comedy television series. Dunn, who was known for his glasses, listed his physical features as 5-foot-10 tall and 125 pounds on his resume. Dunn portrayed many different characters (often bizarre versions of himself) in many episodes of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! from 2007 until 2010.
In addition, Dunn had small roles in House, Parks and Recreation, Weeds and Nip/Tuck.
He also appeared in the 1998 film, The Wedding Singer, and the music video for Diddy"s 2000 single, "Bad Boy for Life.". He volunteered to be a "gofer" (production assistant) for Marcus" productions.
Marcus wrote a book about how to be a production assistant and dedicated it to Dunn. He first got his start as an actor by taking roles as a background actor, and subsequently took classes for acting.
He performed a number of roles in commercials and music videos.
Richard was approached by Tim Heidecker in a parking lot and offered a gig playing Tim"s father in the first episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. After this, Richard was a regular feature in the show, as well as other outlets of the Tim and Eric franchise until his death, and was posthumously honored in the first episode of spin-off series Check lieutenant Out! with Doctor Steve Brule and the song "Richard Dunn is Done" by fellow Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! regular David Liebe Hart on his album Mixtape.