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He played himself portraying Jed Mosely, the film's villain, which the screenwriter bases on his girlfriend's ex-fiancé, series protagonist, Ted Mosby.

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Kattan appeared in an episode of How I Met Your Mother as a star in ' The Wedding Bride', a fictional movie within the show. Kattan played Bob, a colleague of Frankie Heck's at Mr. Starting in late 2009, Kattan appeared in a supporting role in The Middle. In August 2009, Kattan starred in the Independent Film Channel (IFC) miniseries Bollywood Hero, where he portrays himself and the difficulties he faces after a career as a comic actor, trying to attain leading man status. Kattan appeared in a Diet Pepsi Max commercial during Super Bowl XLII in 2008 that featured the song What Is Love and had many actors in the commercial performing the head bob from A Night at the Roxbury.

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Kerri Strug (also appeared in Weekend Update with Strug as her fictional brother, Kippy).Kattan and Ferrell continued the characters in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury. Peepers, Mango, Azrael Abyss, Kyle DeMarco from The DeMarco Brothers, Gay Hitler, Suel Forrester (known for the term 'dagitybo') and, most notably, one half of the Butabi Brothers with fellow SNL (and Groundlings) cast member Will Ferrell, known for their trademark head-bobbing. He moved to New York City to work on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. Kattan also did some minor roles on TV, including the second episode of the second season of NewsRadio, ' No, This Is Not Based Entirely on Julie's Life', as a photo shop employee. His father was an original member of the troupe. Kattan was a member of several improvisational comedy (improv) and sketch comedy troupes, one of them being The Groundlings in Los Angeles. He moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington, where he attended Bainbridge High School, graduating in 1989. Kattan was raised on a Zen retreat on Mount San Antonio, outside Los Angeles.

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His half-brother, Andrew Joslyn, is a professional musician and composer. His stepfather was a Buddhist therapist and monk. She is a native of Hungary and is a Buddhist. His mother, Hajnalka Biro, was once photographed for Playboy and worked as a model in London. His father, Kip King, was born to Jewish parents from Iraq and Poland and worked as an actor and voice actor. Production A Night at the Roxburyis a 1998 American comedy film based on a recurring skit on television's long-running Saturday Night Live called The Roxbury Guys.Kattan was born in Culver City, California. Saturday Night Liveregulars Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon, and Colin Quinn star. In the original sketches, Doug and Steve were often joined by that night's host, though this aspect of the sketch was not included in the film. Other roles include Jennifer Coolidge as a police officer, Chazz Palminteri's uncredited role as gregarious night club impresario Mr. Benny Zadir, and Colin Quinn as his bodyguard. Ex- SNLer Mark McKinney has a cameo as a priest officiating a wedding.

Wealthy Yemeni-American brothers Steve ( Will Ferrell) and Doug Butabi (Chris Kattan) enjoy frequenting nightclubs, where they bob their heads in unison to dance music (specifically Haddaway's hit song 'What is Love') and fail miserably at picking up women. Their dream is to party at the famous L.A. Nightclub The Roxbury, a fabled nightclub where they are continually denied entrance by a hulking bouncer (Michael ClarkeDuncan). By day, the brothers work at an artificial plant store owned by their wealthy father, Kamehl Butabi (Dan Hedaya). hey spend most of their time goofing off, daydreaming about opening a club as cool as the Roxbury together, and Doug using credit card transactions as an excuse to hit on a phone approval operator.