A short, curly-haired stage actor with Broadway credits, Chip Zien had several false starts as a regular on TV series before being cast as TV writer Gary Karp in the CBS sitcom "Almost Perfect" (1995-96).
Zien bounced around in Off-Off-and Off-Broadway productions (including a 1972 revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying") before Dustin Hoffman cast him in "All Over Town",… See Full Chip Zien Biography