Adam Pally knows that you think of him as the wild guy. In almost all of his roles, from the loveable, slovenly Max on "Happy Endings" to the titular interloper of 2023's "Who Invited Charlie?" The 41-year-old actor and performer always seems to gravitate toward havoc. It's a bit of typecasting that stems partly from reality. Recollecting his improv years during "Salon Talks" (which we filmed on June 20 before SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA in its labor strike), Pally begins an anecdote of his early years by saying, "If you liked to party after a show, which I don't know if you can tell by the way I look, I do . . ."
In the Arnold Schwarzenegger Netflix series "FUBAR," Pally plays a similarly off-the-rails character, a shady operator known only as the Great Dane. But the home owner and middle-aged father of three is also a gifted storyteller, musician and character actor. "Chaos can be thought of as a negative word, but it also means that things are happening that are unexpected," he said. "To me, that's where the real meat on the bone is."
