Thomas James Jagodowski[1] (born September 2, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, and improvisational performer who resides in Chicago.
He has appeared in movies such as Stranger Than Fiction, The Ice Harvest, No Sleep Till Madison, Get Hard and the television show, Prison Break.
Jagodowski discussed this during a performance of "The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience and Hootenanny", a weekly show at iO that uses one performer's/guest monologist's stories as inspiration for improvised scenes.
The 2009 South by Southwest Film festival included the documentary "Trust Us, This is All Made Up" directed by Alex Karpovsky, which chronicles a "T. J. and Dave" performance.
[1] From 2002 to 2012 and 2014 on, Jagodowski has starred as one half of the "Two Guys" for the Sonic Drive-In commercials alongside fellow improviser Peter Grosz.
In 2019, the Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee honored Jagodowski with the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Award.