| Thomas Lennon | |
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 Thomas Lennon performing at the UCB theater in Los Angeles, CA on March 22nd, 2009. |
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| Born | August 9, 1970 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director, Producer |
| Years active | 1991—present |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Robertson |
Thomas Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer best known as a cast member on MTV's The State, for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!, and for the creation of the Little Gary character on the Comedy Death Ray radio show/podcast.
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Lennon is a native of Oak Park, Illinois. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife (actress Jenny Robertson[1]) and their son, Oliver.
Lennon is a 1988 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School. At age sixteen, in summer camp, Lennon met friend and future co-worker Kerri Kenney. After graduation, the two attended NYU[1] where they befriended fellow actors upon joining a comedy troupe (then called The New Group).
The New Group later changed their name to The State. After performing their material at various establishments on and off-campus, The State started work on the MTV show You Wrote It, You Watch It. This led to the self-titled series The State (1993 - 1995).
Following The State, Lennon, Kenney and co-star Michael Ian Black went on to create and star in the Comedy Central program Viva Variety (1997 - 1999). The show was based on characters that had appeared in a sketch from the final season of The State.
After Viva Variety's cancellation, Lennon, Kenney and fellow The State member Robert Ben Garant created and starred in another show: Reno 911! (2003 - 2009). Initially slated for FOX, the program later debuted on Comedy Central.
Lennon appeared as Joey Tribbiani's blackjack dealing, "identical hand twin" on the Friends fifth season finale ("The One In Vegas," Pts. I and II).
He has made numerous appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson both as himself and as Lt. Dangle.
Lennon has done various voice work, including the show Kim Possible.
In the early 2000s, he was the star of several Snickers candy bar TV commercials, many of which were associated and airing with the television show Survivor (U.S. TV series). It would show him watching clips of scenes from the show and would comment on the scene, such as Richard Hatch nude, and would say things such as "Losing your clothes, another unfortunate side effect of hunger, Grab a Snickers!"
In 2008, Lennon started doing stand-up comedy, during which he will sometimes play guitar.
Lennon, author of four of IFC's "50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time", is a screenwriter with several credits. All of Lennon's screenplays are written in collaboration with partner Robert Ben Garant.[1]
  | UGO interview with Thomas Lennon by Daniel Robert Epstein - Interview with Thomas Lennon of Reno 911 - UGO.com Film/TV |
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