- Is the fourth of six children. His father Jack was a salesman and his mother Helen was a homemaker.
- With friend Jeanie Cunningham, recorded songs and comedy sketches for astronaut Bonnie Dunbar who took them on four Space Shuttle missions and shared them with the other astronauts. Altman and Cunningham customized the material using the astronauts' biographies and made fake commercials "selling" the specific items they were using in their experiments.
- His oldest brother, John D. Altenburg Jr., is a retired Major General for the U.S. Army.
- Cared for his mother, Helen, for five years from the onset of her dementia until her death. During that time they appeared together in a national commercial promoting Alzheimer's research.
- Co-hosts Tuesdays@9, a showcase for emerging actors and writers in Los Angeles, started by Naked Angels - the acclaimed New York theatre company.
- Performed for Prince Rainier and Princess Stephanie in Monte Carlo while touring with Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth (1995) and Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (1996).
- Was commissioned by Brad Garrett to paint portraits of famous comics for Garrett's new club in Las Vegas.
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