Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon performing at the UCB theater in Los Angeles, CA on March 22nd, 2009.
Born	August 9, 1970 (1970-08-09) (age 39) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director, Producer
Years active	1991—present
Spouse(s)	Jenny Robertson

Thomas Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Education 1.2 Career 2 Screenwriting 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Lennon is a native of Oak Park, Illinois. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife (actress Jenny Robertson^[1]) and their son, Oliver.

[edit] Education

Lennon is a 1988 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School. At age sixteen, in summer camp, Lennon met friend and future co-worker Kerry Kenney. After graduation, the two attended NYU^[1] where they befriended fellow actors upon joining a comedy troupe (then called The New Group).

[edit] Career

The New Group later changed their name to The State. After performing their material at various establishments on and off-campus, The State started work on the MTV show You Wrote It, You Watch It. This led to the self-titled series The State (1993 - 1995).

Following The State, Lennon, Kenney and co-star Michael Ian Black went on to create and star in the Comedy Central program Viva Variety (1997 - 1999). The show was based on characters that had appeared in a sketch from the final season of The State.

After Viva Variety's cancellation, Lennon, Kenney and fellow The State member Robert Ben Garant created and starred in another show: Reno 911! (2003 - 2009). Initially slated for FOX, the program later debuted on Comedy Central.

Lennon appeared as Joey Tribbiani's blackjack dealing, "identical hand twin" on the Friends fifth season finale ("The One In Vegas," Pts. I and II).

He has made numerous appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson both as himself and as Lt. Dangle.

Lennon has done various voice work, including the show Kim Possible.

In the early 2000s, he was the star of several Snickers candy bar TV commercials, many of which were associated and airing with the television show Survivor (U.S. TV series). It would show him watching clips of scenes from the show and would comment on the scene, such as Richard Hatch nude, and would say things such as "Losing your clothes, another unfortunate side effect of hunger, Grab a Snickers!"

In 2008, Lennon started doing stand-up comedy, during which he will sometimes play guitar.

[edit] Screenwriting

Lennon, author of four of IFC's "50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time", is a screenwriter with several credits. All of Lennon's screenplays are written in collaboration with partner Robert Ben Garant.^[1]

• Taxi (2004) - Screenplay
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) - Screenplay, story
• The Pacifier (2005) - Writing
• Night at the Museum - (2006) - Screenplay, story
• Reno 911: Miami - (2007) - Written by
• Balls of Fury - (2007) - Written by
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - (2009) - Screenplay, story

[edit] Filmography

• Cedar Rapids (2010)
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) - Orville Wright, also Writer
• 17 Again (2009) - Ned Gold^[1]
• I Love You, Man (2009) - Doug
• How to Survive a Robot Uprising (2008) - Writer only
• Hancock (2008) - Mike
• Balls of Fury (2007) - Karl Wolfschtagg, also Writer and Producer
• Reno 911!: Miami (2007) - Lieutenant Jim Dangle, also Writer and Executive Producer
• Night at the Museum (2006) - Writer only
• Let's Go to Prison (2006) - Writer only
• Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) - Police Officer
• Eden Court (2006) - Shroeder Duncan
• Conversations with Other Women (2005) - Videographer
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) - Larry Murphy, also Writer
• The Godfather of Green Bay (2005) - D.U.G.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Eddie the Shipboard Computer (voice)
• The Pacifier (2005) - Writer
• Taxi (2004) - Writer
• Heights (2004) - Marshall
• Le Divorce (2003) - Roger Walker
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) - Thayer
• A Guy Thing (2003) - Pete Morse
• Boat Trip (2002) - The Priest
• Out Cold (2001) - Eric Montclare
• Memento (2000) - Doctor
• Row Your Boat (2000) - Census Taker
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) - Documentarian (voice)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Thomas Lennon at the Internet Movie Database
• Thomas Lennon's official Facebook
• Thomas Lennon's official Twitter
• Thomas Lennon's official Myspace (as Lt. Dangle)

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