Larry Wilmore

Larry Wilmore

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Larry Wilmore (born 1962) is an American Emmy and Peabody award winning television producer, writer, comedian, and actor.

He has been working in television for nearly thirty years, primarily as a writer. He has written for "Into the Night with Rick Dees", "In Living Color", "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "The PJs" (which he co-created), "The Bernie Mac Show" (which he created) and "The Office", on which he appeared in two episodes, "Diversity Day", and "Gay Witch Hunt", as the character Mr. Brown. He also wrote the episode "Performance Review". He has also made appearances on such television series as "The Facts of Life", "Sister, Sister" and "How I Met Your Mother".

In March 2006, "Hollywood Reporter" reported Wilmore landed his first major on-camera role, co-starring in an untitled comedy pilot with Christine Baranski and Ed O'Neill. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060330/tv_nm/wilmore_dc] The pilot was not picked up for series.

For the 2007/2008 season, ABC hired Wilmore to develop a half hour pilot for comedian Cedric The Entertainer but the script wasn't well received and the project was abandoned.

As of May 19th, 2008, he is serving as the "Senior Black Correspondent" (briefly being the "Black Correspondent," and on one occasion the "Senior Mexican Correspondent") on "The Daily Show".

He is currently writing a book titled "I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts"

His younger brother Marc Wilmore is also a writer, producer and actor.

Awards

*In 2001, Wilmore won a Peabody Award and a Humanitas for his work on "The Bernie Mac Show".
*In 2002, Wilmore won an Emmy in the category Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work on the pilot of "The Bernie Mac Show".

External links

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* [http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3703737&page=1 Veteran TV Writer Moves in Front of the Camera] Profile from Oct. 10, 2007 on Nightline
* [http://www.thedailyshow.com/castBio.jhtml?castId=84725 Larry Wilmore videos from the Daily Show]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10731800 Wilmore Shines as 'Senior Black Correspondent': June 5, 2007 Interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air] on [http://www.npr.org National Public Radio]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/arts/television/02wilm.html?ex=1333166400&en=a53de9776c93cc13&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss They call me Mr. Correspondent] article from The New York Times with a good profile and interview


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