Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. He is the writing partner of Robert Ben Garant.
The New Group later changed their name to The State. After performing their material at various theaters and clubs in New York City, they started work on the MTV show You Wrote It, You Watch It. This led to the self-titled series The State (1993–95), which was nominated for a Cable Ace Award for Best Comedy Series.
Thomas F. Lennon has alternated between historical and contemporary subject matter. His work, broadcast on PBS and HBO, has been nominated three times for an Academy Award, winning once, and has received major television awards including two George Foster Peabody Awards, two national Emmys and two DuPont-Columbia Journalism awards. He co-directed the HBO film Unchained Memories, along with Ed Bell, based on readings from the WPA slave narratives. For years, his work focused on ethnicity and race; recently he has focused on health, mounting, with filmmaker Ruby Yang, a vast multi-year AIDS prevention campaign seen over 900 million times on Chinese television. He and Ruby Yang made a trilogy of short documentary films about modern China, including The Blood of Yingzhou District, which won an Oscar in 2007, and The Warriors of Qiugang, nominated in 2011. This most recent film profiles an Anhui Province farmer's multi-year campaign to halt the poisoning of his village water by a nearby factory. Three weeks after the Oscar nomination, the local government of Bengbu, in Anhui, announced a 200 million yuan (US$30 million) clean-up of the toxic site shown in the film.
Thomas Lennon was the son of John Lennon, a wholesale grocer, born in Ireland in 1847, and Mary Lennon. Thomas was a World War I veteran, according to the 1930 US Census.
Motion pictures
In 1934 Lennon won recognition as author of The Laughing Journey, a bitter and brilliant Irish novel. It was too artistic for Hollywood to regard seriously, so he continued in his job as copy editor in the RKO press office. Lennon was assigned to prepare a Wheeler & Woolsey comedy but just as he was about to begin, was offered a part in Katharine Hepburn's Sylvia Scarlett. Lennon promptly accepted because, as he said, "actors make indecent wages." In 1937, Lennon was a writer of The Man Who Found Himself. After a few more assignments Lennon moved to MGM in 1938.
Hollywood Ten
Lennon wrote two screenplays with men later part of the Hollywood Ten:
I particularly love that actor/comedian ThomasLennon responded to this callback to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, as he played one of McConaughey’s friends in that very picture himself.
The media blitz by the two presidential candidates has been strategic as they look to saturate feeds with their platforms and messages in an attempt to sway and turn out voters ...Case in point ... Harris vs ... He’s joined by actor ThomasLennon as Lt ... .
MardieBaldo of Ross was hoping to just get a high-five and a photo with one of her favorite actors, ThomasLennon, at the MonroevilleConvention Center this weekend ... Lennon, who played Lt ... Lennon was one of about a dozen celebrities at the convention.
The actor was also joined by his Reno 911! castmate ThomasLennon, who wore a dark gray suit and Nike sneakers ... The actor was also joined by his Reno 911! castmate Thomas Lennon, who wore a dark gray suit and Nike sneakers.
Carey appeared as a guest on the show along with singer Weird Al Yankovic and actor ThomasLennon... “Thomas, What would you replace Arbor Day with?” she asked, prompting Lennon to reply, ...
... presentation, where comedy actors take on the roles of lawmen or police officers. The series stars Robert Ben Garant, ThomasLennon, and Kerry Kenney-Silver, who are all also billed as series creators.
'We have great chemistry when working together and it's fun to work with a close friend,' the actor, who played the slovenly Oscar Madison opposite ThomasLennon as obsessively-tidy Felix Unger, told fans at the panel in 2015.
The film is the brainchild of Robert Ben Garant and ThomasLennon, who not only penned the script but also directed the movie ... Interestingly, Garant and Lennon also appear in the film as a pair of priests.
... between many of the actors. It’s always cool seeing ThomasLennon and Kumail Nanjiani in smaller roles, almost everyone is delivering something enjoyable whenever they’re on screen in this movie.
Chicago Tribune
09 Aug 2024
Chicago Tribune
09 Aug 2024