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William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. He created and stars in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family (2015–present), played Patrick Kuby in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), and Migs Mayfeld in the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian (2019–present). He co-founded the All Things Comedy network and has hosted the twice-weekly comedy podcast, titled Monday Morning Podcast, since May 2007. His first nomination for a Grammy came in 2021 for his special Paper Tiger.

William Frederick Burr was born on June 10, 1968, in Canton, Massachusetts, the son of nurse Linda Ann (née Wigent) and dentist Robert Edmund Burr. He has four brothers and one sister and is of German-Irish heritage. He graduated from high school in 1987. In 1993, he obtained a bachelor's degree in radio from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. In college, one of his professors was writer David Foster Wallace. He worked in warehouses before starting his comedy career, later stating that he enjoyed the freedom of the job: "If my boss gave me a rough time, I could just get on a forklift and just, like, drive away."