Thomas Lennon
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Lennon in 2015
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Thomas Patrick Lennon August 9, 1970 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, director |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Robertson |
| Children | 1 |
Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. He is the writing partner of Robert Ben Garant.
Lennon was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Kathleen (McSheehy) and Timothy Lennon. He is of Irish descent. Lennon is a 1988 graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School. At age 16, Lennon met friend and future co-worker Kerri Kenney at Theatre Camp at Northwestern University. The two later attended NYU, where they joined a comedy troupe called The New Group.
The New Group changed their name to The State. While performing their material at theaters and clubs in New York City, they started work on the MTV show You Wrote It, You Watch It. This led to the self-titled series The State (1993–95), which was nominated for a Cable Ace Award for Best Comedy Series.
Following the cancellation of The State after one special on CBS, Lennon, along with Kenney, Robert Ben Garant and Michael Ian Black went on to create and star in the Comedy Central program Viva Variety (1997–99). The show was based on a sketch that Lennon had written for the final season of The State, called "The Mr. and Former Mrs. Laupin Variety Programme". Viva Variety received a Cable Ace Award nomination for Best Comedy Series. After Viva Variety, Lennon, Kenney and Garant created and starred in Reno 911! (2003–09). Initially slated for Fox, the program later debuted on Comedy Central.
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