Jed Tucker Whedon (born July 18, 1975) is an American screenwriter and musician, and the son of screenwriter

Tom Whedon Thomas Avery Whedon (August 3, 1932 – March 23, 2016) was an American screenwriter and producer from New York known for his work on television programs such as ''The Golden Girls'', '' Benson'', ''Alice'', ''It's a Living'', and ''The Dick Cave ...

, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and the brother of screenwriter

Zack Whedon Zachary Adam Whedon (born August 14, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and comic book writer. Early life Whedon is from a family of writers: he is the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and t ...

and of filmmaker Joss Whedon.

Career

Alongside his brothers Joss and Zack and his then fiancée

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, he co-created and co-wrote the musical ''

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'' is a 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries in three acts, produced exclusively for Internet distribution. Filmed and set in Los Angeles, the show tells the story of Dr. Horrible (played by Neil Patrick Harris) ...

'' as well as playing almost every instrumental part. It was the subject of a salute by

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and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs. Prior to ''Dr. Horrible'', Whedon composed scores for video games, and was a member of his now defunct Los Angeles-based band The Southland. In 2010, he released an album entitled ''History of Forgotten Things'' under the band name "Jed Whedon and the Willing". Assisting him on the album were his wife Maurissa Tancharoen and their mutual friend

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, The Southland's guitarist and co-songwriter Nicholas Gusikoff and bassist Ethan Phillips, Jed's longtime friends Amir Yaghmai and Beau Barbour, and Jed's brothers Zack and Sam. With Felicia Day, he composed the music to the song "

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" and music and lyrics for ''I'm the one that's cool'' for the web series '' The Guild'', the videos for which he also directed. He and his wife, Maurissa, were staff writers on ''

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'', the

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series created by his older brother Joss, prior to its cancellation. They then joined the staffs of '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', co-created by former Mutant Enemy writer Steven S. DeKnight, and ''

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''. In 2012, he released an EP with his wife Maurissa titled ''This Girl'', which includes the track "Remains", written in 2009 for the TV show Dollhouse's season one finale, "Epitaph". Assisting on album are Felicia Day singing backing vocals on "Second Nature" and "Mr. Electric" and Sam Whedon playing guitar on "Dangerous". In contrast to most of Jed's other music, lyrics are credited to Maurissa first on this record. The following year, both he and his wife sang on Joss' original score for his movie Much Ado About Nothing. Whedon worked with his wife (Maurissa) and brother, Joss, on '' The Avengers''. He and Maurissa worked as showrunners, producers, and writers for the ABC show Marvel's ''

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, an ...

'' from 2013 to 2020. In 2016, his band, Jed Whedon and the Willing, released their second studio album, an EP titled ''Like Snow'' with assistance from longtime musical collaborators Amir Yaghmai and Zack Whedon.

Awards

For his work on ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'', Whedon won two Streamy Awards for Best Writing for a Comedy Web Series and Best Original Music for a Web Series.

Personal life

On April 19, 2009, he married fellow screenwriter

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.Official Dr. Horrible Twitter updates
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/ref> Their first child was born in 2015.

References

External links

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