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Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, director, and novelist. He plays Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the series ''
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'' Lennon is an accomplished screenwriter of several major studio comedies with writing partner
Robert Ben Garant Robert Ben Garant (born September 14, 1970), credited earlier in his career as Ben Garant, is an American screenwriter, producer, director, actor and comedian. He has a long professional relationship with Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silve ...
. They wrote the ''
Night at the Museum ''Night at the Museum'' is a 2006 fantasy comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. It is based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Croatian illustrator Milan Trenc. The film had an ense ...
'' films, ''
The Pacifier ''The Pacifier'' is a 2005 American family action comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, written by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant and stars Vin Diesel. After a failed rescue mission, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is assigned as babysitter to th ...
'', ''
Balls of Fury ''Balls of Fury'' is a 2007 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Ben Garant, who also wrote the screenplay with Thomas Lennon, who also co-starred and produced with Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman. The film stars Dan ...
'', and ''
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''.


Early life

Lennon was born on August 9, 1970 in
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. Of Irish and Scottish descent, he is the son of Kathleen (McSheehy) and Timothy Lennon. He graduated from
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in 1988. At the age of 16, he met friend and future co-star
Kerri Kenney Kerri Kenney-Silver (born January 20, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and musician. She is best known for starring as Trudy Wiegel on the mockumentary series '' Reno 911!'' and previously for her sketch comedy work on MT ...
at Theatre Camp at
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. The two later attended
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, where they joined a comedy troupe called The New Group.


Career


Acting and performing

While Lennon was a member of The New Group, the comedy troupe changed its name to
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. As they performed their material at theaters and clubs in New York City, they worked on the MTV show ''
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''. This led to the self-titled series ''
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'' (1993–95), which was nominated for a 1995
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for Best Comedy Series. That same year, they created a special for CBS called ''The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special''. Following the departure of ''The State'' from MTV, and failed long-term deals with both
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and
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, Lennon, along with Kenney,
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and
Michael Ian Black Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including ''The State'', '' Viva Variety'', '' Stella'', '' Wet Hot American Summer: F ...
, went on to create and star in the
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program ''
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'' (1997–99). The show was based on a sketch that Lennon had written for the final season of ''The State'', called "The Mr. and Former Mrs. Laupin Variety Programme." ''Viva Variety'' received a 1997
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nomination for Best Comedy Series. After ''Viva Variety'', Lennon, Kenney and Garant created and starred in ''
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'' (2003–09). The series was initially slated for
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, but the channel rejected it for being too risque, and the program eventually ended up on
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. Lennon has appeared as a guest star in dozens of TV shows, including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' How I Met Your Mother'', ''
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'', '' Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23''. One of his notable guest starring roles was as
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's blackjack-dealing "identical hand twin" on the '' Friends'' fifth-season finale ("The One In Vegas," Pts. I and II). Additionally, he has appeared on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', and at 31, had the second-highest number of appearances on ''
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''. In 2008, Lennon started doing stand-up comedy, occasionally playing guitar and incorporating music. He has appeared on ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. He was the guest on the first episode of
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's ''
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'', which was recorded in Lennon's garage. In 2010, Lennon and Garant created and starred in a sitcom pilot for
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called ''The Strip''. In May that year it was announced that NBC had decided not to produce it as a series. In November and December 2011, Lennon filled in as guest voice for the robot sidekick
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on the
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show ''
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''. Lennon has also appeared in numerous films, including ''
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'', '' Memento'', ''
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'', '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'', and ''
I Love You, Man ''I Love You, Man'' is a 2009 American bromantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg, based on a script by Larry Levin. The film stars Paul Rudd as a friendless man looking for a best man for his upcoming wedding. However, his new ...
'', for which he and co-star
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were nominated for a 2009
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for Best Kiss. In both
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's film '' Memento'' (2000) and ''
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'' (2012), Lennon played the role of a doctor. Lennon's voice acting work includes '' Kim Possible'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', in which he played the character of Pinter. He played Scribble in ''
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'' and ''
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''. He supplied the voice of Eddie the Shipboard Computer in the film version of ''
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'' and plays the voice of Fearless Leader in the 2014 DreamWorks short film version of ''
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.'' He is also the voice of Munk on ''
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'' and the voice of Chief O'Hara in the Warner Brothers animated film '' Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders''. Lennon was a producer of the 2013-2017 late-night
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, ''
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'', hosted by Hardwick, and appeared 17 times on the show as a panelist/contestant. He won the show seven times. Lennon played Felix Unger in 2015-2017 television series
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of ''
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'' opposite
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, who played Oscar Madison. In 2016, he co-starred as a scientist in
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's ''
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'' and began a recurring role on the Fox action sitcom ''
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'' as Leo Getz, a character previously portrayed on film by
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. At the 2016
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ceremony, he participated in an on-stage sketch parodying the recent gaffe by
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at the
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pageant. In 2020 and 2021, he has recurred in ''
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''’s fifth and sixth seasons as Mr. Mxyzpltk, taking over from
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. In 2020, Lennon reprised his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle in the seventh season of ''Reno 911!'' which aired on
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. He also appeared in the 2021 movie, ''Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon''. The eighth season of the series, now titled ''Reno 911! Defunded'', premiered on
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in February 2022.


Screenwriting

Lennon is a successful screenwriter and script doctor. Most of Lennon's screenplays are written in collaboration with writing partner
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. Their films have earned over $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office. Among Garant and Lennon's credits are the ''
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'' films, the 2005 Disney comedy ''
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'' and the 2006 prison comedy ''
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''. In 2010,
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ordered a pilot episode for a Garant/Lennon
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comedy called ''USS Alabama'', set 1000 years in the future, aboard a
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Peacekeeping spaceship, the U.S.S. ''Alabama''. Garant and Lennon released a book about writing for film called ''Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can Too!'' in 2011. Garant and Lennon wrote, directed and starred in the 2013 film ''
Hell Baby ''Hell Baby'' is a 2013 American horror-comedy film written and directed by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. The film stars Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Keegan-Michael Key, Riki Lindhome, Rob Huebel, and Paul Scheer. Writer-directors Garant and ...
'' starring
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and
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. The film was produced by Darko Entertainment, and shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana. ''Hell Baby'' premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Garant and Lennon are credited as story co-writers on the film version of ''
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'' (2017). More recently, ''The Machine'', written by Garant and Lennon, is set to star
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. Additionally, their script ''Action No. 1'' is in pre-production. Lennon is also the author of four of IFC's "50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time."


Novels

Lennon has written three
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novels titled ''Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles'', ''Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death'', and ''Ronan Boyle into the Strangeplace''. ''Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles'' debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list. ''Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death'' released on March 17, 2020 He wrote the book for the theatrical production of "Trading Places: The Musical!" which debuted at the
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in Atlanta in June 2022.


Personal life

Lennon lives in Los Angeles and Wisconsin with his wife, actress Jenny Robertson, and their son Oliver (born 2009).Pearlman, Cindy. "Oak Park native acts, writes way to 'Reno 911!' and beyond", ''
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''. Published April 15, 2009.
He is a fan of
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and Morrissey, occasionally performing live with the tribute band "Sweet and Tender Hooligans" as a guitarist.


Filmography


Film


Television


Web


References


External links

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