Dino Stamatopoulos

Dino Stamatopoulos
Stamatopoulos (center) at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con for TV Funhouse
Born	December 14, 1964 (1964-12-14) Norridge, Illinois
Occupation	Writer Producer
Nationality	American
Genres	Comedy Satire Black comedy
Notable work(s)	Late Night with Conan O'Brien The Ben Stiller Show Mr. Show TV Funhouse Mad TV Moral Orel The Drinky Crow Show Mary Shelley's Frankenhole
Notable award(s)	Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program 1993 The Ben Stiller Show

Dino Stamatopoulos is an American television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, The Dana Carvey Show, Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He is also the creator of the Adult Swim programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole. Stamatopoulos also currently plays the recurring role of "Star-Burns" on the NBC comedy series Community.

Biography

While at Ridgewood High School (Illinois), Stamatopoulos wrote for his school variety show and was astounded he could get laughs with the material he had written. While attending Columbia College Chicago he performed a duo act with comedian Andy Dick, in which Stamatopoulos played a ventriloquist and Dick played a dummy under the influence of sleeping pills.

Stamatopoulos had written a spec script for a Simpsons episode, just out of love for the show, and Andy convinced him to submit it to The Ben Stiller Show, which got him hired. He met and worked with Bob Odenkirk. After Stiller's show was canceled, he moved to New York and joined the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also with Odenkirk. During the '90s he wrote for Late Show with David Letterman, The Dana Carvey Show and Mr. Show with Bob and David. In 2000 Dino and Robert Smigel pitched Comedy Central a spin-off of Smigel's TV Funhouse SNL cartoons which would be a half-hour sketch comedy show. TV Funhouse premiered on 2000 and was canceled after one season. He later joined the writing staff on Mad TV.

He also worked on Tom Goes to the Mayor with Mr. Show alumnus Bob Odenkirk. He created the stop motion animated series Moral Orel for Adult Swim which premiered on Christmas of 2005 and aired its final episode in December 2008. He also does the voice of Drinky Crow on The Drinky Crow Show.

Stamatopoulos's current stop motion series Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, will begin its upcoming second season on Adult Swim on January 22, 2012.

Since 2009, Stamatopoulos has been appearing in a recurring role as "Star-Burns" on the NBC comedy series Community. He is also a consultant and writer on the show. He co-wrote the stop motion animation Christmas episode which aired on December 9, 2010.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type of show	Character
2010–present	Mary Shelley's Frankenhole	Creator Writer Executive Producer	Animated series	Various characters
2010	Yappy Broads	Actor	Adult Swim Pilot	Co-host
2009–present	Community	Recurring Guest Writer Consultant	TV Sitcom	Star-Burns
2008–2009	The Drinky Crow Show	Voice actor	Animated series	Drinky Crow Lt. Vronchy Additional voices
2006	Lucky Louie	Writer	TV Sitcom
2005–2008	Moral Orel	Creator Writer Director Executive Producer	Animated series	Various characters
2004–2005	Tom Goes To The Mayor	Writer Creative Consultant	Animated series
2002–2003	Mad TV	Writer	Sketch Comedy series
2000–2001	TV Funhouse	Writer Actor Executive Producer	Sketch Comedy series	Chickey Mr. Whiskers Various characters
1996–2006	Saturday Night Live	Writer (TV Funhouse) Voice Actor	Sketch Comedy series	Michael Jackson
1996–1998	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Writer Executive Producer	Sketch Comedy series	Various characters
1996–1997	Late Show with David Letterman	Writer	Late Night Talk Show
1996	The Dana Carvey Show	Writer	Sketch Comedy series
1993–1999	Late Night with Conan O' Brien	Writer Sketch Actor	Late Night Talk Show	Tomari the Ostrich Kiss-Ass Turkey Abe Lincoln Various characters
1992–1993	The Ben Stiller Show	Writer	Sketch Comedy series

External links

• Dino Stamatopoulos at the Internet Movie Database
• TV Squad interview with Dino Stamatopoulos