Who Plays The Uber Driver In Old Dads

Bill Burr's Netflix comedy Old Dads has a handful of high-profile cameo appearances, including a Hollywood legend playing an Uber driver.

Summary

• Bruce Dern, a Hollywood legend, makes a cameo appearance as an Uber driver in Bill Burr's Netflix comedy Old Dads.
• Dern's character plays a pivotal role in the plot, as he is the one who gets the drunken protagonist to the hospital for the birth of his daughter.
• Unfortunately, Old Dads has received a low rating of 17% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of Dern's lowest-rated films in the past 24 years. Critics, including Patrice Witherspoon, have not been impressed with the movie.

Bill Burr’s Netflix comedy Old Dads has a few cameo appearances by high-profile performers, including a Hollywood legend playing the small but pivotal role of an Uber driver. Old Dads marks Burr’s directorial debut, and stars the comedian alongside Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine as a trio of Gen X fathers frustrated with millennial culture and the modern world. Burr’s script, co-written with Ben Tishler, has the same cranky, acerbic tone as his standup act, with the lead character Jack Kelly acting as a stand-in for Burr himself.

The cast of Old Dads features such recognizable comic talents as Jackie Tohn, Natasha Leggero, Josh Brener, and Katrina Bowden in supporting roles. Rory Scovel plays a passer-by riding a Huffy in the final scene. Rachael Harris plays Dr. Lois Schmieckel-Turner, the unbearable director of Jack’s son’s private kindergarten. C. Thomas Howell plays Ed Cameron, the average guy that Aspen wants to turn into the LeBron James of not being famous. The actor who plays the Uber driver who takes Jack to the birth of his second child is a long-time Hollywood icon.

Bruce Dern Cameos As An Uber Driver In Old Dads

Richie, the Uber driver who picks up a drunken Jack and his friends at a casino to take him to the birth of his daughter, is played by Bruce Dern. Dern is a legendary actor who first rose to prominence in the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s with roles in films like Silent Running, The Great Gatsby, and The Driver. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1978’s Coming Home and earned a later nomination for Best Actor for Nebraska.

The casting of such a recognizable star in such a small role highlights the importance of Dern’s character. Since Jack and his friends are drunk at the casino, they rely on the Uber driver to get them to the hospital in time for the birth. Getting to the hospital is the key to Jack’s reconciliation with his wife Leah and his pledge to become a better person at the end of Old Dads. If Richie hadn’t picked him up, that wouldn’t have been possible.

Bruce Dern's Old Dads Cameo Gives Him His Third-Worst Rotten Tomatoes Score In 24 Years

Dern’s appearance in Old Dads has given him his third-worst Rotten Tomatoes rating in 24 years. Old Dads has a “rotten” approval score of 17%, which is Dern’s worst rating since the rare 0% score received by his 2021 comedy Last Call. It’s the third-worst Rotten Tomatoes score of Dern’s career since the 1999 remake of The Haunting, which also received 17%. While Old Dads is perfect for fans of Burr’s comedy style, a lot of critics weren’t impressed (including Screen Rant’s Patrice Witherspoon, who gave Old Dads 2.5 stars).