Robert Padnick is an American
television writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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and
actor
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. He is the son of
Castle Rock Entertainment executive Glenn Padnick.
Career
As a child, Padnick appeared in the 1996 ''
Seinfeld
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'' episode "
The Foundation" as one of the children in
Kramer's karate class. Footage of Padnick's
bar mitzvah was included as a bonus feature on the ''Seinfeld'' DVD containing the episode. In 2011, he wrote an episode for the American version of ''
The Office
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The original series of ...
'', for the
seventh season, entitled "
PDA
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", which resulted in a nomination for the
.
He graduated from
Harvard University
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, where he was president of the
Harvard Lampoon.
References
External links
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American television writers
American male television writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
The Harvard Lampoon alumni
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