Lance Barber (born June 29, 1973) is an American actor. He gained recognition for his main role as Paulie G on the HBO sitcom The Comeback (2005; 2014), which was followed with a starring role in the film The Godfather of Green Bay (2005). In the 2010s, Barber had recurring roles as Bill Ponderosa on the FX and FXX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2010–2013; 2015–2018) and Lucas on the MTV television series Faking It (2014–2016). He received renewed attention for his main role as George Cooper Sr. on the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon (2017–2024).
For Your Consideration
(Dinkie)
Fool's Paradise
(Side Kick)
Timms Valley
(2nd Executive)
Bad Meat
(Buddy)
The Godfather of Green Bay
(Kenny Caruso)
Leatherheads
(Toledo Referee)
Penny
(Frank)
Like Mike
(Director in Commercial (uncredited))
Gangster Squad
(Comanche)
Young Sheldon
(George Cooper)
What I Like About You
(Phone Guy)
Joey
(Steve)
Californication
(Nick Lowry)
CSI: Miami
(Al Wayons)
Monk
(Bill the Deliveryman)
Free Agents
(Thad)
The Mentalist
(Daniel)
Gilmore Girls
(The Man at Inn)
United States of Tara
On the Spot
The Middleman
(Johnny John)
Faking the Video
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
(Bill Ponderosa)
The Comeback
(Paulie G.)
Baby Daddy
(Tommy)
Faking It
(Lucas Ashcroft)
Men of a Certain Age
All Hail King Julien
(Bruce (voice))
Dr. Ken
(Phil Stockton)
Grey's Anatomy
(Phil)
The Talk
(Self)
ER
(Howard Norden)
Young Sheldon
(George Cooper)
Gilmore Girls
(Hugo Gray)
Franklin & Bash
(Teddy Lazlow)
Bob's Burgers
(Justgrillin' (voice))
The Big Bang Theory
(Jimmy Speckerman)
Justified
(Frank)
The Big Bang Theory
(George Cooper)
Masters of Sex
(Larry)
ER
(Howard)
How I Met Your Mother
(Guard #1)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(Self)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
(Patrick)
black-ish
(Dr. Gabler)
Stars in the House
(Self)
Hot in Cleveland
(Tyler)
The Crazy Ones
(Clyde)
Key & Peele
(Cop)
Garfunkel and Oates
(Drew)
Whitney
(Nate)
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
(George Cooper)
Harry's Law
(David Kerwin)
The Soul Man
(Mr. Richardson)