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Bob Odenkirk Recovers From 2021 Heart Attack, Stars in “Normal”

5/16/2026

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Bob Odenkirk (actor) collapsed from a heart attack while filming Better Call Saul in July 2021, prompting his son to tweet “He’s going to be OK.”
He plays Ulysses Richardson, a docile lawman, in Ben Wheatley’s Normal, which features Final Destination-style kills that Odenkirk calls “fun with an audience.”
Odenkirk has watched Normal eleven times and holds two writing Emmys and six Better Call Saul nominations but no acting Emmy wins.

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Bob Odenkirk (actor) collapsed from a heart attack while filming Better Call Saul in July 2021, prompting his son to tweet “He’s going to be OK.”
He plays Ulysses Richardson, a docile lawman, in Ben Wheatley’s Normal, which features Final Destination-style kills that Odenkirk calls “fun with an audience.”
Odenkirk has watched Normal eleven times and holds two writing Emmys and six Better Call Saul nominations but no acting Emmy wins.