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Q: I would like to know the name of the actor who does the Toyota commercials and a little something about him. I had heard that he was a roommate in college of some well-known star.

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

It's likely you're thinking of the ads featuring longtime comedic supporting man and improv-troupe member Pat Finn.

Finn worked with a few different improv-comedy groups in Chicago, including the famed Second City. Among his colleagues there were such future stars as "Saturday Night Live" alumni Tim Meadows, Tim Kazurinsky and Chris Farley.

Indeed, according to "People" magazine, Finn and Farley were best friends while they attended Milwaukee's Marquette University together.

While Farley and his other Chicago friends went off to "SNL," Finn made his own way in Hollywood. He had a pretty solid start out of the gate, too, landing a lead role in the short-lived sitcom "The George Wendt Show."

He never got another series lead, but he's never stopped working on sitcoms. He most recently had a guest arc on this past season of ABC's "The Middle."

 

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