Thomas Lennon (actor and screenwriter)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas Lennon
Born	9 August 1970 (1970-08-09) (age 37) Oak Park, Illinois

Thomas Lennon III (9 August 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Lennon is a native of Oak Park, Illinois, U.S., and a 1988 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School. Lennon is married to actress Jenny Robertson.

[edit] Career

Lennon originally met Kerri Kenney, fellow member of The State and Reno 911!, at age sixteen in theater camp. After graduation, Lennon attended New York University (NYU). Thereafter he joined a sketch comedy group called The New Group, the core members of which were the basis of the future comedy group The State.

Lennon is known for his television acting. He has starred in Reno 911! (2003), Viva Variety (1996), and The State (1993). He is one of the co-creators of Reno 911!, in which Lennon plays Lieutenant Jim Dangle, a gay sheriff's deputy. He is also known as Joey Tribbiani's blackjack dealing, "identical hand twin" from the Friends fifth season finale ("The One In Vegas," Pts. I and II).

On June 17, 2005, he appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, a talk show syndicated throughout the US by CBS. He has made several appearances on the Late Late Show, on occasion staying in character as Jim Dangle. Aside from being an able screenwriter, he is also a voice dubber, and has contributed to the rosters of many network television shows in this fashion. His voice acting appearances have included The Legend of Tarzan, The Walt Disney Company, and Kim Possible. Around 2004, he was seen in several Snickers Candy Bar commercials.

He is the author of 4 of IFC's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time.

He is also a screenwriter and has contributed to the following films:

• Taxi (2004) - Screenplay
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) - Screenplay, story
• The Pacifier (2005) - Writing
• Night at the Museum - (2006) - Screenplay, story (with Robert Ben Garant)
• Reno 911: Miami - (2007) - Written by
• Balls of Fury - (2007) - Written by

[edit] Filmography

• I Love You, Man (2009) - Doug
• How to Survive a Robot Uprising (2008) - Writer only
• Balls of Fury (2007) - Karl Wolfschtagg, also Writer and Producer
• Reno 911!: Miami (2007) - Lieutenant Jim Dangle, also Writer and Executive Producer
• Night at the Museum (2006) - Writer only
• Let's Go to Prison (2006) - Writer only
• Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) - Police Officer
• Eden Court (2006) - Shroeder Duncan
• Conversations with Other Women (2005) - Videographer
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) - Larry Murphy, also Writer
• The Godfather of Green Bay (2005) - D.U.G.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Eddie the Shipboard Computer (voice)
• The Pacifier (2005) - Writer
• Eurotrip (2004) - Robot Mime from the Louvre
• Taxi (2004) - Writer
• Heights (2004) - Marshall
• Le Divorce (2003) - Roger Walker
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) - Thayer
• A Guy Thing (2003) - Pete Morse
• Boat Trip (2002) - The Priest
• Out Cold (2001) - Eric Montclare
• Memento (2000) - Doctor
• Row Your Boat (2000) - Census Taker
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) - Documentarian (voice)

[edit] External links

• Thomas Lennon at the Internet Movie Database
• UGO interview with Thomas Lennon by Daniel Robert Epstein
• Heavy In The Streets Interview with Thomas Lennon by DJ Sorce-1