Actor

Bruce Vilanch

1975–presentb. 1948DocumentaryComedyRomanceDrama

Comic Visionary

Also wrote 19 screenplays ↗

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Known For

55 acting credits

as Bruce Vilanch

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

as Bruce Vilanch

2008

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Filmography

2025Whale 52Kaufman 2024I Brake for CaterpillarsWalter Precup3.0 2024Studio One ForeverSelf7.8 2024The World According to Allee WillisSelf 2024Outstanding: A Comedy RevolutionSelf6.2 2023A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special HappenedSelf6.0

About

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.

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

1976Charo 1997Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas 1978The Star Wars Holiday Special 2010Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On 1984Bette Midler: Art or Bust 1977Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back

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