American showrunners

The list American showrunners includes Taylor Sheridan. The list consists of 405 members.

1.

Seth MacFarlane

American actor, animator, filmmaker, and singer (born 1973)

Overview: Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is the creator of the TV series Family Guy (1999–present) and The Orville ( ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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American parodists 175T

Singer-songwriters from Connecticut 68T

20th-century American male singers 1,964T
2.

Eric André

American comedian and actor (born 1983)

Overview: Eric Andre (born April 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, television host, writer and producer. He is best known as the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim comedy series The Eric Andre ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American parodists 177T

Jewish American television producers 76T

African-American television writers 46T
3.

Whitney Cummings

American actress, comedian and writer (born 1982)

Overview: Whitney Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, director, producer, and podcaster.

Date of birth: 4 September 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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OnlyFans creators 65T

American women podcasters 296T

American women television writers 825T
4.

Louis C.K.

Mexican American comedian

Overview: Louis Székely (born September 12, 1967), best known by his stage name Louis C.K. (), is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and filmmaker. C.K. won a Peabody Award in 2012 and has received six ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Dasha Nekrasova (Dating)

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American male television writers 1,879T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T

Newton North High School alumni 29T
5.

Mindy Kaling

American, Actress

Overview: Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), known professionally as Mindy Kaling (), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Known for her extensive work on television, she has ...

Date of birth: 24 June 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Comedians from Cambridge, Massachusetts 15T

American sitcom actresses 542T

American comedy actresses 409T
6.

Ali Adler

Canadian-American television producer and writer

Overview: Allison Beth Adler (born May 30, 1967) is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. She is the co-creator of Supergirl and The New Normal, and is also known for her work on Chuck and Family Guy ...

Date of birth: 30 May 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Sophie Watts (Dating)

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Canadian lesbian writers 120T

American lesbian writers 466T

21st-century LGBT people 3,387T
7.

Tina Fey

American comedy writer and actress

Overview: Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ...

Date of birth: 18 May 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Jeff Richmond (Married)

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American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T

Actresses of Irish descent 597T
8.

Lisa Kudrow

American actress (born 1963)

Overview: Lisa Valerie Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. After making appearances in several 1980s television sitcoms, Kudrow came to international prominence ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Michel Stern (Married)

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Actors from the San Fernando Valley 39T

21st-century American Jews 7,865T

20th-century American Jews 4,923T
9.

Amy Poehler

American actress and comedian (born 1971)

Overview: Amy Poehler (born September 16, 1971) is an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co- ...

Date of birth: 16 September 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Joel Lovell (Dating)

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Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences alumni 152T

American women television directors 304T

Television producers from Massachusetts 73T
10.

Lena Dunham

American writer and actress (born 1986)

Overview: Lena Dunham (born May 13, 1986) is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several ...

Date of birth: 13 May 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Luis Felber (Married)

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American women civil rights activists 391T

Dunham family 4T

Film directors with disabilities 70T
11.

Shonda Rhimes

American television producer and writer

Overview: Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author. She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television ...

Date of birth: 13 January 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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American women television writers 652T

American women television producers 668T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T
12.

Trey Parker

American actor, animator, and filmmaker (born 1969)

Overview: Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director, and composer. He is known for co-creating South Park (1997–present) and ...

Date of birth: 19 October 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Boogie Tillmon (Dating)

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Broadway composers and lyricists 196T

Comedy film directors 139T

American male television writers 1,879T
13.

Larry David

American comedian, writer and actor (born 1947)

Overview: Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television series Seinfeld, of which David was the head ...

Date of birth: 2 July 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Ashley Underwood (Married)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

American male television writers 1,879T

Sheepshead Bay High School alumni 10T
14.

Bill Cosby

American, Comedian

Overview: William Henry Cosby Jr. (KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality. He performed over a period of decades in film, television, and stand-up comedy, with ...

Date of birth: 12 July 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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American male sitcom actors 604T

Comedians from Philadelphia 75T

20th-century African-American male actors 910T
15.

Aaron Sorkin

American filmmaker (born 1961)

Overview: Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright. His works include the Broadway plays A Few Good Men, The Farnsworth Invention and To Kill a M ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Writers from Manhattan 74T

Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 58T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T
16.

Jerry Seinfeld

American comedian

Overview: Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( SYNE-feld; born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld ...

Date of birth: 29 April 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Jessica Seinfeld (Married)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

American male television writers 1,879T

Las Vegas shows 68T
17.

David E. Kelley

American television producer, writer and attorney

Overview: David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is an American television writer, producer, and former attorney, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

Partner: Michelle Pfeiffer (Married)

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Ice hockey players from Massachusetts 419T

Television producers from Massachusetts 74T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,401T
18.

Peter Berg

American actor and director

Overview: Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. His directorial film works include the black comedy Very Bad Things (1998), the action comedy The Rundown (2003) ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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21st-century American Jews 3,006T

American male television writers 2,053T

Superhero film directors 65T
19.

Frankie Shaw

American actress

Overview: Rachel Frances Shaw (born 1981) is an American actress, writer, director and producer. She is best known for playing Bridgette Bird on the Showtime series SMILF, based on the 2015 short film of the same ...

Date of birth: 11 November 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Zach Strauss (Married)

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Writers from Brookline, Massachusetts 21T

Women television producers 947T

Showrunners 389T
20.

Marc Maron

Comedian

Overview: Marc David Maron ( MAIR-ən; born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor.

Date of birth: 27 September 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Stand Up! Records artists 62T

American men podcasters 368T