Church started in the entertainment business as a radio personality and doing 

voice-over work.
[8]
 After appearing in an independent film, he moved to California to pursue an acting career. His
character delivers a love letter to Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) from her deceased former lover,
Eddie LaBec, in the Cheers episode, "Death Takes a Vacation on Ice". He played the part of
slow-witted aircraft mechanic Lowell Mather for six seasons (1990–95) on
the NBC sitcom Wings.[9]
He worked in television for two more seasons, with a lead role in Ned & Stacey opposite Debra
Messing. He has had supporting roles in films such as Tombstone, George of the Jungle, The
Specials, and Demon Knight.
Church bought a ranch in Texas in 1998. In late 2000, he took a break from films.[8] After having
small roles in films such as Monkeybone and 3000 Miles to Graceland, he made his directorial
debut with Rolling Kansas in 2003. He has voiceover work in commercials, such as for Merrill
Lynch and Icehouse beer.[citation needed]
In 2003, director Alexander Payne called him regarding the role of Jack, the selfish best friend
of Paul Giamatti's character, in Sideways. During the audition, Church stripped naked to read the
audition scene, later saying "To me, it was painfully obvious... I was reading the scene where
Jack comes in naked and there has to be in-born vulnerability in the scene."[8] (He later found that
he was the only actor to strip down for the audition).[10] Sideways earned acclaim for Church; he
won an IFP Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor.

Church at the Spider-Man 3 (2007) premiere in New York City

He has since appeared in films such as Idiocracy, done voice-over work on films such as Over
the Hedge and starred in one of AMC's highest rated television productions, Broken Trail,
with Robert Duvall, in 2006, for which he won an Emmy. In 2007, he appeared as the
villain Sandman in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.[11] He
received praise for his portrayal of the character.[12][13] Although he was not present on set he lent
his voice to Sandman (digitally created) for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-
Man: No Way Home, released in 2021 and linked both the Raimi and Marc Webb franchises to
the MCU. Archival footage from Spider-Man 3 was used to show his human form at the end of
the film where Jon Watts provided the motion-capture for Sandman.[14]
In 2005, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In October
2008, Church appeared as "Joe Six-Pack" in a video on funnyordie.com, challenging Joe the
Plumber to a beer-drinking contest.[15] Church starred in the FEARnet webseries, Zombie
Roadkill, alongside David Dorfman.[16] He also appeared in the HBO original series Divorce.
In December 2021, it was announced that Church will star alongside Toni Collette and Anna
Faris in the comedy film The Estate, directed by Dean Craig.[17]

Personal life[edit]
Church lives on his 2,000-acre (810 ha) ranch in Kerrville, Texas.[8][18] During the filming
of Divorce, he rented a house in New Rochelle, New York.[19] He has two children from a former
relationship with Mia Zottoli, but was never married to her or anyone else despite a 2008 article
in the Los Angeles Times incorrectly claiming he was married to his partner.[1][20][18] Church's father,
Carl, died in 2008,[6] and his stepfather, George, died in 2012.[7]

Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year Title Role Notes

1989 Version
1990 Gypsy Angels Roommate
uncredited

1993 Tombstone Billy Clanton

1995 Demon Knight Roach

George of the Jungle Lyle Van de Groot

1997
One Night Stand Don

Susan's Plan Dr. Chris Stillman

1998
Free Money Larry Lundstrom

1999 Goosed Steven Troy

2000 The Specials The Strobe

3000 Miles to Graceland US Marshal Quigley

2001
Monkeybone Death's Assistant Uncredited

Lone Star State of Mind Killer

2002
The Badge David Hardwick

Agent Madsen / Uncredited

Rolling Kansas
Trooper Also writer/director
2003

George of the Jungle 2 Lyle Van de Groot Direct-to-video

Serial Killing 4 Dummys Vince Grimaldi

2004 Sideways Jack Cole

Spanglish Mike

Over the Hedge Dwayne Voice

2006 Idiocracy Brawndo CEO

Charlotte's Web Brooks Voice

2007 Spider-Man 3 Flint Marko / Sandman

2008 Smart People Chuck Wetherhold

 Don McKay Don McKay Also executive producer

Imagine That Johnny Whitefeather

2009
Aliens in the Attic Tazer Voice

All About Steve Hartman

201 Mr. Griffith

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