Dax Shepard
Named after the protagonist in Harold Robbins' novel The Adventurers, Dax Shepard moved to California in 1995 to study at UCLA and with the famed Groundlings improve troupe. Although he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's in anthropology, Shephard, who can be seen weekly as a Braverman sibling on NBC's acclaimed drama "Parenthood", pursued acting and after eight years of failed auditions, he finally booked his first paying gig as a prankster on MTV's "Punk'd" in 2003. He hasn't stopped working in both film and TV ever since, building a resume that includes cult fave "Idiocracy", ""Robot Chicken", "Baby
