List of famous television writers, with photos, bios, and other information when available. Who are the top television writers in the world? This includes the most prominent television writers, living and dead, both in America and abroad. This list of notable television writers is ordered by their level of prominence, and can be sorted for various bits of information, such as where these historic television writers were born and what their nationality is. The people on this list are from different countries, but what they all have in common is that they're all renowned television writers.
This list features people like Ricky Gervais and Seth Rogen.
From reputable, prominent, and well known television writers to the lesser known television writers of today, these are some of the best professionals in the television writer field. If you want to answer the questions, "Who are the most famous television writers ever?" and "What are the names of famous television writers?" then you're in the right place. (657 items)
Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, film director, producer, musician, screenwriter, and radio presenter. Gervais worked initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s with Seona Dancing and working as the manager of a then-unknown Suede ...more
Age: 55
Birthplace: South East England, Eurasia, Reading, United Kingdom, England, + more
Profession: Television director, Comedian, Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter, + more
Credits: The Office, The Invention of Lying, Cemetery Junction, Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special
Also Ranked
#49 on The Funniest People of All Time
#19 on The Funniest Stand Up Comedians of All Time
#97 on The Best TV Actors of All Time
#3 on The Funniest British and Irish Comedians of all Time
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Seth Rogen is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, producer, director, and comedian. Rogen began his career performing stand-up comedy during his teenage years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in the series ...more
Age: 34
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Profession: Comedian, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Voice acting, + more
Credits: This Is the End, Pineapple Express, Superbad Superbad, Knocked Up
Also Ranked
#74 on The Funniest People of All Time
#71 on The Best Film Actors Who Got Famous on TV First
#11 on The Funniest Canadian Comics & Actors of All Time
#13 on The Funniest Jewish Comedians And Actors
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Wanda Sykes is an American writer, comedian, actress, and voice artist. She earned the 1999 Emmy Award for her writing on The Chris Rock Show. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is well known for her role as Barbara Baran on The New Adventures ...more
Age: 53
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States of America
Profession: Comedian, Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, + more
Credits: Over the Hedge, Rio, Evan Almighty, Monster-in-Law
Also Ranked
#39 on Who Should Replace Jon Stewart as Host of The Daily Show?
#36 on The Best Emmy Hosts Ever
#6 on The Best Female Stand Up Comedians of the '90s
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John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's ...more
Age: 77
Birthplace: Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom
Profession: Comedian, Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, + more
Credits: A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life
Also Ranked
#21 on The Best English Actors of All Time
#28 on The Best Living English Actors
#20 on The Funniest People of All Time
#82 on Actors You Would Watch Read the Phone Book
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