Steve O'Donnell (writer)
Steve O'Donnell | |
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Born | July 19, 1954 |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | Late Night with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Chris Rock Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show, The Simpsons, Seinfeld |
Relatives | Mark O'Donnell (twin brother) |
Steve O'Donnell (July 19, 1954) is an American television writer. His credits include Late Night with David Letterman, The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and The Chris Rock Show.[1]
Biography
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Steve O'Donnell was born in
Career
O'Donnell worked on Letterman nearly since the show's inception. The
O'Donnell was later the head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, from the show's debut in January 2003 until 2008. He occasionally appeared front of the camera in bits for the show as well.[4]
In addition to his tenure as head writer of Letterman and Kimmel, O'Donnell worked as a writer and producer on The Bonnie Hunt Show, The Dana Carvey Show, Norm Macdonald Live, and Why? with Hannibal Buress on Comedy Central. He continued his work with Norm Macdonald as a writer on Norm Macdonald Has a Show for Netflix.
He has appeared in additional brief on-screen roles in
He won
In 2017, the Writers Guild of America presented O'Donnell with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence.[6] A video appearance from recently retired David Letterman was part of O'Donnell's introduction.[7]
Personal life
Steve is the identical twin of Mark O'Donnell, the Tony Award-winning co-writer of the Broadway musical Hairspray[1] who died on August 6, 2012.[8] Steve supported his brother by encouraging California voters to vote no on Prop. 8 in 2008.[9]
Simpsons Episodes Written by O'Donnell
Seinfeld Episodes Written by O'Donnell
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Episodes Written by O'Donnell
- Hungry
- Late Show
References
- ^ a b "Interview with Steve & Mark O'Donnell". The Believer. August 2004. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Sources for top-ten list:
- Gliatto, Tom (1990-08-27), "And the No.1 Reason David Letterman Keeps Reading the Top 10 List–Well, It's Funnier Than His Monologue", People, vol. 34, no. 8
- Larry McShane, Associated Press (1991-11-02), "Letterman lists take country by storm", Reading Eagle
- Phil Rosenthal (2009-12-13), "No chance of a list-less columnist this time of year", Chicago Tribune, archived from the originalon 2009-12-18
- Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ "Awards for Steve O'Donnell". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ "Longtime Letterman Writer Steve O'Donnell Set For WGA East's Herb Sargent Award". 3 January 2017.
- ^ "2017 Writers Guild Awards: Steve O'Donnell accepts the Herb Sargent Award". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-18.
- ^ Kennedy, Mark. "'Hairspray' co-writer Mark O'Donnell dies at 58". Boston.com.
- ^ "'Writer Steve O'Donnell Says NO on Prop. 8'". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
External links
- Steve O'Donnell at IMDb