'Silicon Valley' Star Says He's Mostly Recognized as Verizon Pitchman: It's 'a Little Weird'

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Thomas Middleditch admits being known to a vast majority of the country for promoting a 4G LTE network can be awkward but is learning to deal with it.

"Not everybody has HBO," Middleditch tells . "But everybody watches [sports] and sees me during the commercials." The 37-year-old actor-comic admits it's "a little weird" being famous for peddling "America's largest and most reliable 4G LTE network" but says he's learned to accept it. "As long as it's not, 'Hey, it's the Verizon guy, now hold still while I punch you in the face,' I'm OK with it," he says.

As for the gut punch of saying goodbye to Richard Hendricks, the cast and crew, Middleditch says it’s bittersweet. "It’s nice that it’s not a situation where the show is being canceled. The story is coming to an end. That’s a very fortunate thing in the land of television. The story is finite and it always has been," he explains, adding that he’s already snagged a coveted item from set — a Piper vs. Hooli foosball table.

A version of this story first appeared in the Aug. 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,

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