Bruce Vilanch
Actor
- Born
- November 23, 1948 (age 77) · New York, New York
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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.
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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.
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Known for
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
June 5, 2008
Breathless
May 13, 1983
The Ice Pirates
March 16, 1984
Call Me Claus
December 3, 2001
The Aristocrats
July 29, 2005
The Morning After
December 25, 1986
Spring Breakdown
May 22, 2009
I Am Divine
March 26, 2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
February 1, 2014
Going Down in La-La Land
May 1, 2011
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
June 18, 2010
Mahogany
October 8, 1975
Acting58
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- 2023Commitment to Life as Self
- 2022