Tom Flanigan is an American actor, writer and comedian.

Biography

Flanigan grew up in

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, south of Buffalo in western

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state. He attended the

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where he majored in

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and was a member, director, and producer of the improvisational comedy troupe IC Improvs. Flanigan graduated with a

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in 1996 and moved to

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, where he was employed by

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. He attended classes at

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and was later hired as a member of the Training Center faculty. In 1998, Flanigan (with Ronnie Feldman and Matt Hovde) co-founded Galileo Players, a sketch comedy troupe inspired by science. Between 2008 and 2010, as a member of

e.t.c. ensemble, Flanigan helped create the revues "Campaign Supernova", "Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?", "Studs Terkel's Not Working", and "The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life" Flanigan was hired as a

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...

for Season 36 of

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in August 2010.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flanigan, Tom American male comedians 21st-century American comedians American television writers American male television writers Living people University of Iowa alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers Comedians from New York (state)