Thomas Patrick Lennon (lahir 9 Agustus 1970) adalah aktor, komedian, penulis skenario, produser, sutradara dan novelis asal Amerika Serikat. Sebagai seorang aktor ia terkenal karena perannya sebagai anggota pemain di MTV, The State, untuk perannya sebagai Letnan Jim Dangle di serial Comedy Central, Reno 911! dan sebagai Felix Unger di serial CBS, The Odd Couple. Lennon juga seorang penulis skenario dari beberapa film komedi bersama mitra penulisannya, Robert Ben Garant. Film-film mereka termasuk film komedi seperti film Night at the Museum, The Pacifier, dan Baywatch.
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Lennon tahun 2015 | |
| Lahir | Thomas Patrick Lennon 9 Agustus 1970 Oak Park, Illinois, Amerika Serikat |
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| Almamater | Universitas New York |
| Tahun aktif | 1991–sekarang |
| Pasangan | Jenny Robertson (m. 2002) |
| Anak | 1 |
Kehidupan Awal sunting
Lennon lahir di Oak Park, Illinois. Dari keturunan Irlandia dan Skotlandia, ia adalah putra dari Kathleen (McSheehy) dan Timothy Lennon. Dia lulus dari Sekolah Tinggi Oak Park dan River Forest pada tahun 1988.
Pada usia 16 tahun, ia bertemu teman dan lawan mainnya, Kerri Kenney di Theater Camp di Universitas Northwestern. Keduanya kemudian masuk NYU, di mana mereka bergabung dengan grup komedi bernama The New Group.
Kehidupan Pribadi sunting
Lennon tinggal di Los Angeles bersama istrinya, seorang aktris, Jenny Robertson dan putra mereka Oliver (lahir 2009). Dia adalah penggemar The Smiths dan Morrissey, sesekali tampil live dengan band "Sweet and Tender Hooligans" sebagai gitaris. Lennon berteman dekat dengan Weird Al Yankovic.
Filmografi sunting
Film sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Keterangan |
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| 1994 | A Friend of Dorothy | Moonie | Film pendek |
| 1998 | Row Your Boat | Census Taker | |
| 1999 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Documentarian (suara) | |
| 2000 | Memento | Doctor | |
| 2001 | Out Cold | Eric Montclare | |
| 2002 | Boat Trip | The priest | |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Roger Walker | |
| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Thayer | ||
| A Guy Thing | Pete Morse | ||
| 2004 | Taxi | N/A | Penulis |
| Heights | Marshall | ||
| 2005 | Conversations with Other Women | Videographer | |
| Herbie: Fully Loaded | Larry Murphy | Penulis | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Eddie the Shipboard Computer (suara) | ||
| The Godfather of Green Bay | D.U.G. | ||
| The Pacifier | N/A | Penulis | |
| 2006 | Night at the Museum | N/A | Penulis |
| Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas | Police officer | ||
| Let's Go to Prison | Penulis | ||
| Eden Court | Shroeder Duncan | ||
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Karl Wolfschtagg | Penulis, produser |
| Reno 911!: Miami | Lieutenant Jim Dangle | Penulis, eksekutif produser | |
| The Ten | Scotty Pale | ||
| 2008 | Hancock | Mike | |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Orville Wright | Penulis |
| 17 Again | Ned Gold | ||
| I Love You, Man | Doug | ||
| Al's Brain in 3-D | Co-Worker | Film pendek | |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | Customer | Tanpa kredit |
| 2011 | Cedar Rapids | Roger Lemke | |
| How to Survive a Robot Uprising | Penulis | ||
| Bad Teacher | Carl Halabi | ||
| What's Your Number? | Dr. Barrett 'Barry' Ingold | ||
| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Todd | ||
| 2012 | The Hunger Pains | Buttitch Totalapathy | Film pendek |
| What to Expect When You're Expecting | Craig | ||
| The Dark Knight Rises | Doctor | ||
| Secret of the Wings | Reading Fairy (suara) | ||
| Howard Cantour.com | Rocco | Film pendek | |
| 2013 | Hell Baby | Pat | Penulis, produser, sutradara (dengan Robert Ben Garant) |
| Rapture-Palooza | Mr. Murphy | ||
| Jerry, the Exorcist Roommate | Jerry | Film pendek | |
| We're the Millers | Rick Nathanson | ||
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Italian Peasant #2 (suara) | |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | Chief of Staff | ||
| Rocky & Bullwinkle | Fearless Leader / Mayan Princess (suara) | Film pendek; penulis | |
| Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Scribble (suara) | ||
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Tom | |
| Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | BMW Guy | Tanpa kredit | |
| Grand Zero | David Van Vleck | Film pendek | |
| 2016 | Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders | Chief O'Hara / Prison Warden (suara) | |
| Monster Trucks | Dr. Jim Dowd | ||
| 2017 | Baywatch | N/A | Penulis cerita |
| Pottersville | Brock Masterson | ||
| Batman vs. Two-Face | Chief O'Hara (suara) | ||
| 2018 | A Futile and Stupid Gesture | Michael O'Donoghue | |
| The 15:17 to Paris | Principal Michael Akers | ||
| Half Magic | Darren | ||
| Dog Days | Greg | ||
| Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | Edgar | ||
| TBA | Cherry |
Televisi sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Keterangan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | You Wrote It, You Watch It | Bermacam peran | Penulis |
| 1993–95 | The State | Bermacam peran | Pembuat dan Penulis |
| 1995 | The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special | Bermacam peran | Penulis |
| 1997 | Viva Variety | Host Meredith Laupin | 16 episode; Penulis |
| 1997–99 | Hercules | Atlas (suara) | 3 episode |
| 1999 | Friends | Randall | 2 episode |
| Strangers with Candy | N/A | Penulis: "Bogie Nights" | |
| 1999–2000 | Jesse | Ernie | 2 episode |
| 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | Landlord (suara) | Episode: "Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor" |
| 2002 | Kim Possible | (suara) | Episode: "Kimitation Nation" |
| MDs | Chester E. Donge | 8 episode | |
| 2003–09 | Reno 911! | Lieutenant Jim Dangle | Pembuat |
| 2004–06 | Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | Vic (suara) | 2 episode |
| 2006 | Stacked | Gary | Episode: "You're Getting Sleepy" |
| 2007 | Wainy Days | Ice Cream Man | Episode: "Dorvid Days" |
| 2009 | The League | Bryce | Episode: "The Usual Bet" |
| 2010 | Party Down | Nick DiCintio | Episode: "Nick DiCintio's Orgy Night" |
| Svetlana | Fyodor | Episode: "Wish Fulfillment" | |
| 2010–11 | Funny or Die Presents | Richard / Co-pilot | 5 episode |
| 2010–13 | Planet Sheen | Pinter / Blurg (suara) | 15 episode |
| 2010–19 | Archer | Charles (suara) | 4 episode |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat] | Keith Grant | Episode: "Inside Man" |
| Childrens Hospital | Pat | Episode: "Home Is Where the Hospital Is" | |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Geoff Peterson The Robot Skeleton - Chloe Banderas (suara) | 3 episode | |
| 2012–15 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Bermacam peran | 4 episode |
| 2012 | New Girl | Neil | Episode: "See Ya" |
| How I Met Your Mother | Klaus | 2 episode | |
| Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Trey | ||
| Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas | Director | ||
| 2012–18 | Bob's Burgers | Chuck / bermacam (suara) | 5 episode |
| 2013 | Franklin & Bash | Harley | Episode: "Shoot to Thrill" |
| NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Santa | Episode: "Wreck the Halls" | |
| @midnight | Contestant | Eksekutif produser | |
| Key & Peele | Person at People Park #5 | Episode: "Pussy on the Chainwax" | |
| Wendell & Vinnie | Lord Derek | Episode: "Swindle & Vinnie" | |
| 2013–14 | Sean Saves the World | Max Thompson | 14 episode |
| Newsreaders | Vincent Gates / Pritchard Batchman | 3 episode | |
| 2014 | Hollywood Game Night | Diri sendiri | Episode: "Things That Go Clue-Boom in the Night" |
| The Goldbergs | Tauntaun Todd | Episode: "A Wrestler Named Goldberg" | |
| Hot in Cleveland | Agent Gilmore | Episode: "Surprise!" | |
| The Birthday Boys | Lou Skywalker | Episode: "Cerf's Folly" | |
| Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special | N/A | Penulis | |
| 2015 | Over the Garden Wall | Jimmy Brown (suara) | Episode: "Chapter 3: Schooltown Follies" |
| The Hotwives | Garrett Truesdale | Episode: "You Make Me Wanna Drought" | |
| Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer | Studio Security | ||
| Robot Chicken | Bermacam (suara) | Episode: "Garbage Sushi" | |
| 2015–17 | The Odd Couple | Felix Unger | Pemain utama; 38 episode |
| 2015–16 | Another Period | Marquis de Sainsbury | 5 episode |
| TripTank | Caller / Broker / Rob (suara) | 3 episode | |
| Dawn of the Croods | Munk / Crud (suara) | 9 episode | |
| 2015–19 | Drunk History | Bermacam peran | 3 episode |
| 2016 | Animals. | Kevin (suara) | Episode: "Rats." |
| 2016–17 | Goldie & Bear | Brian (suara) | 2 episode |
| Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures | Wick Cooper / Cleaning Droid (suara) | 6 episode | |
| 2016–19 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Serge | 9 episode; eksekutif produser |
| American Dad! | Bermacam (suara) | 8 episode | |
| 2017–19 | Santa Clarita Diet | Principal Novak | Pemeran pendukung; 6 episode |
| Lethal Weapon | Leo Getz | Pemeran pendukung | |
| 2017 | Milo Murphy's Law | Henry (suara) | Episode: "Murphy's Lard" |
| Justice League Action | Amazo (suara) | Episode: "Boo-ray for Bizarro" | |
| 2017–18 | Spirit Riding Free | Garrett Truesdale (suara) | 2 episode |
| 2018 | The Thundermans | Assista Boy | Episode: "Side-Kicking and Screaming" |
| For the People | Freddie Morris/Captain Shadow | Episode: "Everybody's a Superhero" | |
| Dallas & Robo | Dr. John Eichler / Dickie St. James | Episode: "Murder on the Georgia Overdrive" | |
| Legend of the Three Caballeros | Clinton Coot (suara) | 8 episode | |
| Sideswiped | Aaron Cunningham | Episode: "Matched Up" | |
| 2019 | Teachers | LarryBop | Episode: "Face Your Peers" |
| Knight Squad | Sir Angus Macchio | Episode: "Knight of the Living Dead" | |
| Critters: A New Binge | Mr. Weber | 3 episode | |
| American Housewife | Simon | Episode: “Insta-Friends” | |
| At Home with Amy Sedaris | Edwin Chuzzlewit | Episode: "Halloween" | |
| Modern Family | Orson | Episode: "Can't Elope" | |
| Veep | President of CBS | Episode: "Oslo" | |
| Where's Waldo? | Wizard Whitebeard | Pemain utama | |
| Crank Yankers | Diri sendiri (suara) | Episode: "Tiffany Haddish, Roy Wood Jr. & Thomas Lennon" | |
| 2020 | Supergirl | Mr. Mxyzpltk | Pemeran pendukung |
Web sunting
| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Keterangan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Diri sendiri | Episode: "For Your Inconsideration" |
Referensi sunting
- Hamill, Julie (2016-11-13). "Julie Hamill • 15 Minutes With Thomas Lennon, actor". Juliehamill.com. Diakses tanggal 2017-05-15.
- Pollak, Kevin (2018-09-11), KPCS: Thomas Lennon #371, diakses tanggal 2018-09-22
- Houston, John P. (2009-04-09). "That cop in the short shorts". Oak Leaves. Diakses tanggal 2019-08-03.
- ^ Pearlman, Cindy. "Oak Park native acts, writes way to 'Reno 911!' and beyond", Chicago Sun-Times. Published April 15, 2009.
- Harris, Will (October 17, 2016). "Interview: Thomas Lennon spontaneously pares down his list of quintessential Smiths songs". Rhino Entertainment. Diakses tanggal 2019-08-03.
- . Sweetandtenderhooligans.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2017-06-05. Diakses tanggal 2017-05-15.
- Turchiano, Danielle (February 8, 2018). "Thomas Lennon Books Guest Role on 'For The People'". Variety. Diakses tanggal 2019-08-03.
- Petski, Denise (April 26, 2019). "'Where's Waldo?': Joshua Rush, Haley Tju, Eva Carlton & Thomas Lennon Lead Voice Cast For Universal Kids Series From DreamWorks Animationi". Deadline Hollywood. Diakses tanggal May 1, 2019.
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