Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000. Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award · 1997
- Emmy Award
Filmography49 titles
Celebrity Fit Club
The Nanny
The Simpsons
The Eric Andre Show
Studio One Forever
The Proud Family
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
Hollywood Squares
RuPaul's Drag Race
I Am Divine
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Sex: The Revolution
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Vito
Jackie's Back!
Saturday Night Live
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
And the Oscar Goes To...
A Tribute to Sam Kinison
Get Bruce!
Divine Madness
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
A Disturbance in the Force
The Aristocrats
The Morning After
Breathless
Mahogany
Going Down in LA-LA Land
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Call Me Claus
The Ice Pirates
Spring Breakdown
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
Naked Boys Singing!
Tru Loved
Sister Mary
The Fabulous Allan Carr
The Drifter
Scrooge & Marley
I Brake for Caterpillars
Silent but Deadly
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
The World According to Allee Willis
Body Electric
Commitment to Life
Live at Mister Kelly's
Limelight