After leaving The Daily Show in 2007, he has since moved to Los Angeles and went on to have supporting roles in the films such as Observe and Report, The Heat, and This Is 40.

From 2010 through 2011, Bakkedahl appeared in a series of commercials for T-Mobile cellular phones, where he plays a human likeness of AT&T's 3G network.

In 2015, he began recurring roles The Goldbergs as science teacher Mr. Woodburn and on The Mindy Project as Dr. Adrian Bergdahl.

Aftwards, he next starred as Tim Hughes on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces, which began airing in 2015 and concluded after four seasons in 2019.

Bakkedahl co-stars in the HBO Max comedy series Made for Love, which premiered on April 1, 2021.