Pittsburgh’s Billy Gardell gets serious in new movie ‘The Vortex’

According to Billy Gardell, his humor is quintessentially Pittsburgh.

“My work ethic comes from there, and so I’ve been telling DVE for 20 years, everything I’ve done in Hollywood—whether it was looking for auditions, being broke, you know, being up for a yogurt commercial all the way to television success—I always connect to Pittsburgh no matter what I’m doing, and I like to bring what I’m doing there first if I can because it’s my connection to the city and it’s my good luck charm,” he said.

While Gardell’s career has often focused on stand up, as well as recurring roles on series such as Yes, Dear, and My Name Is Earl, his new film The Vortex allowed him to explore his more serious side.

The movie will be showing at the Lindsay Theater in Sewickley from Feb. 14-27.