Orny Adams

Orny Adams is an American actor, comedy writer and stand-up comic. He is best known for his role as Coach Bobby Finstock on the MTV series Teen Wolf.

Personal life

Adam Jason Orenstein was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He was raised in a Conservative Jewish household, and at summers he attended Camp Tel Noar in nearby New Hampshire. He has two sisters. In 2018, Adams and his family visited Israel for the first time.
He graduated from Lexington High School in 1989, then earned a bachelor's degree from Emory University in 1993, majoring in political science and philosophy.

Career

Adams has made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He was featured in the 2002 documentary Comedian starring Jerry Seinfeld.
Adams' comedy DVD/CD Path of Most Resistance was released on November 10, 2006. On October 29, 2010, Adams' one-hour comedy special Orny Adams Takes The Third premiered on Comedy Central. On December 1, 2017, Adams' third comedy special, Orny Adams: More Than Loud, premiered on Showtime.
In 2007, CBS Television Distribution and Yahoo! announced a development deal with Ashton Kutcher’s production company Katalyst for Tube, which was to have been hosted by Adams and featured viral videos, comedy bits and sketches. In 2011, Adams was cast as Coach Bobby Finstock in the MTV series Teen Wolf. It was originally announced that he would not return to the show beyond season 5 to focus more on his comedy, but would return for the last ten episodes of season 5. However, he ended up reprising the role in several episodes of season 6, even appearing in the series' final episode.
In September 2021, it was announced that a reunion film for Teen Wolf had been ordered by Paramount+, with Jeff Davis returning as a screenwriter and executive producer for the film. The majority of the original cast members, including Adams, reprised their roles. The film, Teen Wolf: The Movie, was released on January 26, 2023.
On July 5, 2022, Orny uploaded his full comedy special, "More Than Loud," to his YouTube channel. By March 2024, it has over 5.2 million views.
In his stand-up, Adams does observational comedy.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Late Show with David Letterman	Himself	1 episode
2003	Last Call with Carson Daly	Himself	1 episode
2004	Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn	Himself	1 episode
2004–2007	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Himself	4 episodes
2007	Tom Green's House Tonight	Himself	1 episode
2010	Takes the Third	Himself	Comedy Central special
2011–2017	Teen Wolf	Coach Bobby Finstock	Recurring role ; guest role
2012–2014	Comics Unleashed	Himself	2 episodes
2014	Just for Laughs: On Tour	Himself	Television film
2015	Just for Laughs	Himself	1 episode
2015	The Halifax Comedy Festival	Himself	4 episodes
2016	All Def Digital's Roast of America	Himself	Television film
2016–2017	WGN Morning News	Himself	2 episodes
2017	Conan	Himself	1 episode
2017	More Than Loud	Himself	Showtime comedy special