
Bruce Vilanch
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1948-11-23
Place of birth: New York, New York
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.
Known for

The Ice Pirates
1984Wendon
Love Can Be Murder
1992Bernie
I Brake for Caterpillars
2024Walter Precup
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023Self
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021Self
The Aristocrats
2005SelfEloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
1999Self
Body Electric
2023Self
Get Bruce!
1999Self
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989Philpot
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020Self
Studio One Forever
2024Self
Going Down in La-La Land
2011Missy
Scrooge & Marley
2012Fezziwig
Sister Mary
2011Farmer Jake
I Am Divine
2014Self
Inside the Golden Statue
1998Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020Self
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
2022Self