Bill Odenkirk
Bill Odenkirk | |
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Born | Naperville, Illinois, U.S. | October 13, 1965
Occupation | Television writer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Humor |
Years active | 1995–present |
Relatives | Bob Odenkirk (brother) |
Bill Odenkirk (born October 13, 1965) is an American comedy writer.
Biography
Odenkirk was born in Naperville, Illinois. He is the younger brother of American actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk, and worked as a writer, producer and actor on sketch comedy TV show Mr. Show with Bob and David, which featured his brother as co-star. Odenkirk went on to write for Tenacious D and Futurama. He has written and executive produced episodes of The Simpsons. He holds a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Chicago.[1][2]
Writing credits
Tenacious D episodes
He is credited with writing the following episodes, along with Jack Black, David Cross, Kyle Gass, Tom Gianas, and Bob Odenkirk:
The Simpsons episodes
He is credited with writing the following episodes:
- "Treehouse of Horror XV" (all three segments) (2004)
- "The Seven-Beer Snitch" (2005)
- "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" (2006)
- "Crook and Ladder" (2007)
- "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" (2008)
- "Million Dollar Maybe" (2010)
- "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing" (2011)
- "Adventures in Baby-Getting" (2012)
- "Pulpit Friction" (2013)
- "Super Franchise Me" (2014)
- "To Courier with Love" (2016)
- "The Last Traction Hero" (2016)
- "Forgive and Regret" (2018)
- "The Fat Blue Line” (2019)
Futurama episodes
He is credited with writing the following episodes:
- "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" (2000)
- "A Tale of Two Santas" (2001)
- "Insane in the Mainframe" (2001)
- "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" (2003)
- "The Farnsworth Parabox" (2003)
References
- ^ "A Look at Science on The Simpsons". University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. July 18, 2017. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011.
- ^ W. W. Ellis; T. K. Hollis; W. Odenkirk; J. Whelan; R. Ostrander; A. L. Rheingold & B. Bosnich (1993). "Synthesis, structure, and properties of chiral titanium and zirconium complexes bearing biaryl strapped substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands". Organometallics. 12 (11): 4391–4401. doi:10.1021/om00035a026.
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- University of Chicago alumni
- Emmy Award winners
- Comedians from Illinois
- Inorganic chemists
- Screenwriters from Illinois
- 21st-century American comedians
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- 20th-century American comedians
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