Walter Flanagan
Biography
Walter Flanagan is a comic book artist, podcaster and former comic book store manager, and a longtime friend and collaborator of Kevin Smith, who credits him with turning him on to comic books. He grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, and attended high school with Smith. Flanagan took four credited roles in Smith's debut, Clerks (1994), and originated Olaf, Silent Bob's Russian cousin. He played the fanboy Walt Grover in Mallrats (1995) and returned to the part in a deleted scene in Chasing Amy (1997). He co-hosts the Tell 'Em Steve-Dave podcast and starred in AMC's Comic Book Men, which ran from 2012 to 2018. He drew the art for the comic miniseries Karney and War of the Undead, written with Bryan Johnson, and for Smith's Batman: Cacophony, whose collected edition became a New York Times bestseller.
59years old
Turns 60 on October 23in 345 days
- Born Perth Amboy
- Star sign: ScorpioFirst day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Also credited as Walt Flanagan
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 27 years1994 to 2021
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First role
Flanagan was credited with four different roles in Kevin Smith's 1994 debut Clerks, which led Smith on the commentary to call him the Lon Chaney Sr. of the 1990s.
Behind the camera
Flanagan created the clown animation used for the View Askew logo. He also showed up in the Soul Asylum video for "Can't Even Tell," which Smith directed.
A first
Flanagan supplied the artwork for Batman: Cacophony, a limited series written by Smith. The trade paperback of that series reached the New York Times Bestseller list in the Hardcover Graphic Books section.
Beyond film
Flanagan wrote the lyrics for a song called "I Sell Comics," and a contest had Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! listeners submit music for it, with Courage My Love's version winning.
Behind the camera
Flanagan and Bryan Johnson published Karney through IDW Publishing in 2005, a four-issue horror miniseries about sideshow freaks in an 1800s traveling circus, adapted from a screenplay Johnson had written for a film.
Walter Flanagan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Clerks1994 Comedyas Woolen Cap Smoker / Egg Man / Offended Customer / Cat-Admiring Bitter Customer
IMDb rating 7.7242K votes
- Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie2013as Shower Bully 3 / Giagra Ad Narratorvoice
IMDb rating 4.82.4K votes
Most often with
Kevin Smith directed three of these films. Two actors appear in seven of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kevin Smith's page
Jason Mewes's page
Brian O'Halloran's page
Scott Mosier's page
Bryan Johnson's page
Ben Affleck's page
Also three films together2 more actors
- Joey Lauren AdamsClerk (2021), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) and Mallrats (1995)
- Scott SchiaffoShooting Clerks (2019), Vulgar (2000) and Clerks (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.