Thomas Lennon Books Guest Role on ‘For The People’ (EXCLUSIVE): Thomas Lennon will appear on “For The People” this spring, Variety has learned exclusively. Lennon will play Freddie Morris, a self-made New York vigilante in the sixth episode of the A…
Thomas Lennon: Episode 285: Thomas Lennon made his name as a member of The State, an early 90s sketch group that changed comedy in America. He has gone on to create and appear in movies and shows such as Night at the Museum, Mem
On The Late Show, Thomas Lennon shows clips from his first novel—wait, what?: In the 11-person ranks of the ridiculously prolific and influential comedy troupe The State, it’s tough to say just who has killed it the most. From their fecund minds have come cultural comedy touchstones like Wet Hot American Summer (film and series), Reno 911 (series and film), Stella, the Risk podcast, Burning Love, Wanderlust, Viva Variety, Search Party, and many others people will be mad aren’t included for space reasons. Joe Lo Truglio’s a delight on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Michael Showalter directed The Big Sick. Michael Patrick Jann directed Drop Dead Gorgeous, which some people continue to swear by. It’s all enough to make aspiring comic tastemakers sick, none more so than Thomas Lennon who, in addition to being the highlight of whatever TV show, movie, or, one assumes, cocktail party he’s in, also moonlights as the lucrative co-writer (with The State pal Ben Garant) of Hollywood blockbusters. And, you know, the Martin Lawrence vehicle Rebound.
You Too Can Be A Successful Screenwriter: Screenwriters and comedians Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon are out with a new guide for hopeful screenwriters: Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too! They talk to Renee Montagne about their book.
‘Supergirl’: Thomas Lennon To Recur As Mxyzptlk In CW Series: EXCLUSIVE: The magical menace called Mxyzptlk is returning to National City. Thomas Lennon (The State) is set to recur as the mercurial trickster in the fifth season of the CW’s Supergirl. Mx…
Thomas Lennon – IMDb: Thomas Lennon, Actor: Reno 911!. Thomas Lennon is a writer and actor from Oak Park, Illinois. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he was a member of the influential sketch comedy group The State. The State’s hit television series ran on MTV for three seasons and received an Ace Award nomination for best comedy series. After his work on The State…
KPCS: Thomas Lennon #371: THE Thomas Lennon returns to the Chat Show, and this time, it’s personal… and, of course, damn hell funny.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, director and novelist . he is also an accomplished screenwriter of several major studio comedies with writing partner Robert Ben he graduated from Oak Park and River Forest high school in 1988 . at the age of 16, he met friend and future co-star Kerri Kenney at Theatre Camp at Northwestern University . the two later attended NYU, where the show was based on a sketch that lennon had written for the final season of The State . Viva Variety received a 1997 cable Ace Award nomination for best comedy series . lennon has appeared as a guest star in dozens of television shows . he has appeared on the show’s fifth season finale . at 31, he had the second-most appearances on the late late show in 2010, Lennon and Garant created and starred in a sitcom pilot for NBC called The Strip . in May that year it was announced that NBC had decided not to produce it as a series . Lennon’s voice acting work includes Kim Possible, Bob’s Burgers, Archer and Planet Sheen . he played Scribble in Secret of the Wings and Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverB since its premiere in October 2013, Lennon has appeared 17 times on the late-night internet-based improv panel game show, @midnight . in 2014, he was cast as Felix Unger in the television series Robert Ben Garant’s films have earned over $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office . Garant and Lennon wrote and directed the 2013 film Hell Baby starring Rob Corddry and Leslie Bibb. Hell Baby premiered at the 2013 sundance film festival . Garant and Lennon are credited as story co-writers on the film version of Baywatch (2017) . more recently, The Machine, written by Garant lennon is the author of four of IFC’s “50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time” the book debuted on the new york times bestseller list . he is a fan of the Smiths
