Jerry Trainor

Since 2004, Trainor has worked primarily on the Nickelodeon network. Outside of this, he has had recurring and guest roles on young adult–oriented shows on the Disney Channel and Netflix as well as in the more mature shows Crossing Jordan and 2 Broke Girls.

• Name — Jerry Trainor • Birth Name — Gerald William Trainor • Born — 21 January 1977 • Birthplace — San Diego, California, U.S. • Education — University of California, Santa Barbara (B.F.A.) • Occupation — * Actor • musician • Years Active — 2000–present

Gerald William Trainor was born on January 21, 1977 and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Bill Trainor, a retired Navy fighter pilot and public defender, and Madelyn (née McNenly), a retired high school calculus teacher. He has an older sister named Liz. He is of Croatian, German and Irish descent. Trainor grew up in the San Diego community of Scripps Ranch and attended the University of San Diego High School. He studied drama at the University of California, Santa Barbara, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He studied improvisation at The Groundlings school in Los Angeles. Before becoming an actor, he worked at San Diego SeaWorld.

• Illustration — Trainor in 2012 His first television role was in the MTV series Undressed as Eric. Some of his other television credits include Law & Order True Crime, Angel, and Malcolm in the Middle. His first recurring TV role was as Brian "the A.V. guy" on Crossing Jordan. He has had several small roles in films such as the science fiction drama Donnie Darko and the cheerleader comedy Bring It On Again. He appeared on the web series Hungry Girl. Trainor had a recurring role on Drake & Josh as "Crazy Steve", a movie theater worker, from 2004 to 2007. He starred in iCarly as Spencer Shay, the older brother and guardian of Miranda Cosgrove's title character from 2007 to 2012 (him and Cosgrove had both previously acted on Drake & Josh, as Cosgrove played the role of the title duo's little sister Megan). For iCarly, he won three Kids' Choice Awards. He completed the 2008 music-themed comedy Wreckless Epic, in which he stars. Trainor starred in the animated series T.U.F.F. Puppy as the voice of Dudley Puppy, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program. Trainor was involved in a World of Warcraft video series titled Project Lore, playing the Draenei shaman Goggins. In February 2009, he left the series and was replaced by Jeff Cannata. He also starred alongside iCarly co-star Jennette McCurdy in the Nickelodeon TV movie Best Player, where he played Quincy Johnson, a video-game enthusiast whose main competition in a video-gaming contest is McCurdy's character. In 2013, Trainor starred in the short-lived series Wendell & Vinnie as Vinnie, the uncle and guardian of Buddy Handleson's character Wendell. He played Commander Michael Sullivan for both seasons of the Halo in-universe podcast Hunt the Truth. In 2017, Trainor voiced the recurring role of Commander Cone on Bunsen Is a Beast. • Illustration — Trainor on set of the iCarly revival Since 2018, Trainor and Mike O'Gorman have starred in a comedy Web series called The Porch, which can be found on YouTube. In 2018, Trainor starred in the film Cover Versions written and directed by award-winning filmmaker Todd Berger. The film premiered at the 2018 Palm Springs Film Festival and was acquired for distribution by Sony Pictures. Parts of the film were shot on location during the KAABOO Del Mar music festival (in coastal northern San Diego County). Trainor's performance was heralded as being edgy and thought-provoking. In March 2021, it was announced that iCarly was being revived. The series premiered on Paramount+ in June of that year, with Trainor reprising his role as Spencer Shay.

In October 2015, Trainor formed the band Nice Enough People with guitarist-vocalist Mike O'Gorman, drummer Andrew Zuber, and guitarist Allison Scagliotti, who also happened to be a co-star of Trainor's in Drake & Josh as the character Mindy Crenshaw. Trainor plays bass for the group. The group released its first EP, Hanover Hideaway, on June 22, 2016.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Undressed — Eric — 2 episodes • 2001 — Malcolm in the Middle — Private Edwards — Episode: "Evacuation" • 2002 — My Wife and Kids — Star Trek fan — Episode: "The Bowling Show" • Angel — Jared — Episode: "Supersymmetry" • ER — Darius — Episode: "One Can Only Hope" • 2004–2005 — Crossing Jordan — Brian - A.V. Guy — Recurring role • 2004–2007 — Drake & Josh — "Crazy" Steve — Recurring role • 2007–2012 — iCarly — Spencer Shay — Main cast; also director, 2 episodes • 2008 — Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh — Crazy Steve — TV movie • 2010 — The Penguins of Madagascar — Eddie (Cockroach) — Voice role, episode: "Stop Bugging Me" • 2010–2015 — T.U.F.F. Puppy — Dudley Puppy — Main cast, voice role • 2010, 2012 — Victorious — Audience member; Spencer Shay — Uncredited, episode "Jade Dumps Beck"; episode: "April Fools Blank" • 2011 — Best Player — Quincy "Q" Johnson — TV movie • iParty with Victorious — Spencer Shay — TV movie • That Movie Show — 1 episode • 2012 — Simian Undercover Detective Squad — Kelly the Elastic Man / Heptagan Scientist — 2 episodes • 2013 — Wendell & Vinnie — Vinnie — Title role • 2014 — Sam & Cat — "Crazy" Steve (voice only) / Himself — 2 episodes • Living the Dream — Cal Logan — TV movie • 2016 — 2 Broke Girls — Lenin — Episode: "And the Partnership Hits The Fan" • Still the King — Reggie — 10 episodes • Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Roy — Voice role; episode: "Goblin Dogs" • 2017 — Bunsen Is a Beast — Commander Cone — Voice role; 3 episodes • Law & Order True Crime — Will Canton — Episode: "The Menendez Murders: Episode 3" • 2018 — The Adventures of Kid Danger — The Wahoo Punch Bro — Voice role; episode: "The Wahoo Punch Bro" • Henry Danger — Joey — Episode: "Thumb War" • 2019 — No Good Nick — Todd — Recurring role • 2020 — Apocalypse Goals — News Janitor — 1 episode • Bunk'd — Dave — Episode: "My Fairy Lady" • 2021–2022 — Tooned In — Himself — Co-host (season 2) • 2021–2023 — iCarly — Spencer Shay — Main role; also producer • 2022 — Snow Day — Snowplow Man — TV movie

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — iCarly — Spencer Shay — Voice role • 2010 — iCarly: iDream in Toons • iCarly 2: iJoin the Click! • 2014 — Cars: Fast as Lightning — Todd Marcus

• Year — Title — Song • 2022 — Snow Day — "These Kids"

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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1977 at San Diego. It is also recorded that jerry Trainor is recorded at birth as Gerald William Trainor.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Born on 21 January 1977.