In June , when Devine was 11, he walked his bicycle across a road in Omaha. After he waited for three cement trucks to pass, a fourth truck, which he had not seen due to traffic traveling in the opposite direction, struck him while he was in the street. The first two wheels of the ton truck rolled over him and he slid ft m. He was knocked unconscious, suffered acute shock , and fell into a coma. He was rushed to intensive care , where he woke up two weeks later.
He had broken all the bones in both of his legs, severely crushed his legs below the knee, ripped the skin off from his legs, had a collapsed lung , several broken ribs, and developed multiple infections, and it was unknown whether he would walk again. Over several years, he had 26 surgeries and spent much of his time in a wheelchair. Due to the extent of his injuries, Devine was at a high risk of having to have his legs amputated, and having multiple organ failure.
It was discovered that the reason he was not killed was that his bicycle took the full force of the truck. The legs were totally mangled. I think that experience helped me realize that anything is possible. He later said that his experiences had contributed to how he saw comedy as a way of bringing people together.
Devine moved to Los Angeles where he began working as a stand-up comedian and actor. They toured together live and found greater success on websites such as MySpace and YouTube. In April , the G4 series Attack of the Show! He had a recurring role on the television series Samantha Who? He appeared on an episode of the Fox show Traffic Light In season 4 of Community , he played a small role as William Winger, Jr.
In the first episode of Arrested Development 's fourth season, he played an airport ticket attendant alongside his Workaholics co-stars. He co-starred as Bumper Allen in the musical comedy film Pitch Perfect. Devine has appeared in the SimCity video game trailers as The Mayor. Devine is the voice artist for the character Pizza Steve in the Cartoon Network animated series Uncle Grandpa , which premiered on September 2, Devine plays Andy Duckerman, a failed magician who goes back to the camp of his youth to mentor a rag-tag bunch of magicians.
