Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an American

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and a member of

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, an art collective based in

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. He created the television series '' Wonder Showzen'', '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'', '' The Heart, She Holler'' and ''

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''. He also produces and voices characters for ''

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''.

Early life

Chatman was born in

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. He is of mixed race, half Euro-American and half

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. Chatman attended

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, from which he graduated in 1994.

Career

In 1996 Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician, and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as '' The Chris Rock Show'' (for which he won an

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), '' Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', ''

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'' and ''The Downer Channel''. Before ''Wonder Showzen'', he and long-time friend and

collaborator John Lee created the

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comedy series ''

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'' for

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. Along with Lee, he is the co-creator of the

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series '' Wonder Showzen'' as well as the

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shows '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'' and '' The Heart, She Holler''. The two met as undergraduates at

. One of his most high-profile voice acting roles is as

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, the

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-smoking talking towel on ''

'', where he also serves as a staff writer. In 2012, he became a producer on the third season of the FX series '' Louie''. In 2017,

ordered ''

'', a "darkly surreal anthology comedy" from Chatman. In January 13 2022, it was announced that he will write an untitled comedy film with involvement from

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, Dave Free, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Voices on ''South Park''

(2001–2010, 2018–present) *

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Discography

*''Rock Rocker Rocketh'' (

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, self-released) *''

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'' (

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, Birdman) *''Dark Louds Over Red Meat'' (

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, Housewife Records)

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Books

*''The External World'', co-written with David O'Reilly (2010) *''The Original Black Swan'', collaboration with

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(2011) *''Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for the Online Homework Cheating Industry'' (April 23, 2013, )

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

Chatman has been nominated for seven

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, winning four. * 2013 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) for "

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" * 2009 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) for " Margaritaville" * 2008 –

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for " Imaginationland" * 1999 – Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for " The Chris Rock Show"

Nominations

* 2011 – Outstanding Animated Program for "

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* 2010 – Outstanding Animated Program for " 200/ 201" * 2000 – Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for " The Chris Rock Show"

Writers Guild of America Awards

Chatman has won two WGA Awards. * 2013 – Comedy Series - Series for " Louie" * 2000 – Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for " Late Night with Conan O'Brien"

References

External links

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