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Thomas Lennon

Not by name, but he definitely has a familiar face that can be recognized at once as he was one of the famous members New-York based MTV show comedy troupe “The State”. His biography is an interesting one.

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Thomas Lennon was born on August 9, 1970, in Oak Park IL. He graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School and attended New York University where he pursued acting. In his teenage, he attended theatre camp and there he met actor Kerri Kenney. Later, both became the cast members of the Tv shows like “The State” and “Reno 911”. Lennon soon became the part of the sketch comedy group “The New Group”. Thomas acted in many movies and TV shows.

In the early 90’ era, Lennon became the part of the many short films that includes “The Waiters” that was getting telecasted on the Bravo Network and meanwhile he developed his interest in writing and wrote a great part of the popular sketch “Monkey Torture” and soon after show wrapped up, he joined back the cast members Kerri Kenney and Michael Ian Black and continued creating a show spoof Viva variety that followed the old sketch form “The State”. He also gave his voice to the character in the hit comedy “Drop Dead Gorgeous”. He also made appearances in movies “Ouyt Cold”, “Memento”and “Boat Trip” and also acted in TV commercials for different candy items and video games.

He then shifted his focus to the television and returned back with a series format. He grabbed a chronic role in the short ABC medical drama MDs. He then collaborated his members from “The State” and Kenney and created cop show spoof “Reno 911”, in which he himself was starring as a loving-boy lieutenant named Jim Dangle, and Jann directed show became a huge hit based on comedy in the year 2003.

The year 2004 kept Lennon busy and he appeared in many movies a supporting artist and the list of movies include “A Guy Thing”, “Le Divorce” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”. In parallel, he also did some screen writing work like in Todd Philips’ “Starsky & Hutch” an action comedy “Taxi’ that features Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. His mainstream movies as a contributory scriptwriter includes “The Pacifier” (2005), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), “Night at the Museum” (2006), and “Let’s Go to Prison”.

The year 2007 came as a new year of success for the actor and scriptwriter and he got engaged in his most determined project till date. He played three crucial role in the release of the “Balls of Fury”, he became a cast member, a screenwriter and an executive producer in the Ben Grant directed movie, who was one of the major men behind “Reno 911”. He also was casted in the movie “Hancock” and the comedy based “I Love You, Man”. In the year 2009, he co-wrote Night at the “Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”. He also had a small role in 2011’s Cedar Rapids, and also made an appearance in “Bad Teacher” and “What’s Your Number”? He also has written books about his experience of making movies and has earned a net worth of $4 million USD.

Thomas Lennon has been married and lives with his wife Jenny Robertson and son Oliver in Los Angeles.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 9 Aug, 1970
Age: 49 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Oak Park
residence: Los Angeles
Education: New York University
Gender: Male
Description: American actor and screenwriter
Twitter Id: Thomaslennon
Spouse: Jenny Robertson
Net Worth 2021: 8 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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