When Tony Clifton showed up and wreaked havoc on the set of the late '70s and early '80s sitcom Taxi, the cast was not amused. The alternate persona of comedian Andy Kaufman — who played Latka ...

Additionally, he penned the biography Andy Kaufman Revealed!, published in 1999. Script for Dirty Rotten Bastard was written by Brent Dillon (Night Teeth).

Segura will play legendary avant-garde comedian Andy Kaufman’s larger-than-life comedic persona Clifton, as well as the performer’s friend and longtime collaborator Bob Zmuda.

Both men regularly gave interviews in character and, to the viewing public, the “real” Kaufman and Reubens were their ...

Another alter ego, Tony Clifton, was a vile, obnoxious, middle-aged standup. To portray Clifton, the teetotal, vegan, non-smoking Kaufman would drink hard liquor, eat steak and smoke cigars.