Nar Williams

Nar Williams
Born	Cincinnati, Ohio[1]
Residence	Los Angeles
Education	Ohio State University
Occupation	Host, Producer, Writer, Actor
Website
narwilliams.com/blog/

Nar Williams is an American television host, producer, comedic actor, and writer.

Television

Nar Williams is the host of Science of the Movies, which airs on the Science Channel, and is a production of Discovery Communications. He has appeared as a film critic on Current TV's The Rotten Tomatoes Show and as a guest host on G4's Attack of the Show!

Fanboy Funhouse

Nar writes, produces, and hosts Fanboy Funhouse, a fast-paced comedy series that uses geek culture news (movies, video games, comic books, and tech) as inspiration for comedic sketches and guest interviews—all while following the antics of an odd cast of characters including an ornery dragon, an alien janitor with a pig nose, and a talking brain who has a mancrush on Johnny Depp.

In a 2010 interview with Tubefilter, Williams said of Fanboy Funhouse: “Shows like The Mighty Boosh and Pee-wee's Playhouse are a big inspiration for me. There’s no shortage of geek culture news on the internet, so my goal is to present it in a wild and unpredictable way -– with a cast of crazy characters that people will hopefully find entertaining. And I’m pretty sure it’s the only talk show with a playground slide for the guests.”^[2]

NextMovie Daily

Williams writes and hosts the daily movie news show NextMovie Daily on MTV Networks' NextMovie.com.

New Media

In addition to Fanboy Funhouse, Williams has been heavily involved in New Media since 2005. He was formerly a producer of live, interactive talk shows at Nowlive, an early rival of popular live streaming websites like Ustream and Justin.tv. He is the co-creator and host of the improv comedy podcast Goober and the Viking , a double act with comedy partner Ryan J. McDonald. Williams hosted, wrote, and produced CraveOnline's comedy web series Heads Up! with Nar Williams, which showcased movies, video games, and comic books through commentary and sketch comedy.

Williams writes a weekly column for the popular website Ain't It Cool News called "Cinematic Shrimp", in which he features short films and young up-and-coming filmmakers.

Recognition

Williams is listed by Wired.com as one of the "Top 150 Geeky Media People to Follow on Twitter". He was also nominated by Wired's GeekDad blog as one of the "Best TV Personalities" in 2010.

His web series Heads Up with Nar Williams was an official Honoree in the Variety Show category for the 14th Annual Webby Awards in 2010.^[3]

In 2009 he was recognized by the fan community at Geekscape.net as the year's "Best Guest Host" on the popular video podcast.

In 2003 Williams was awarded the "Artist of the Year" award from the Contemporary American Theatre Company for his performance as "Jeff" in the Midwest premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero.

Radio

Williams' broadcasting career began at Ohio State University, where he hosted his own music/comedy show, Renegade Rock on KBUX 91.1FM Columbus. The show featured Williams voicing many different characters in between sets of rock music.

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1361533/bio
2. ^ http://news.tubefilter.tv/2010/04/02/fanboy-funhouse-slides-onto-crave-online/
3. ^ http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?media_id=97&category_id=144&season=14

External links

Biography portal

• Official website of Nar Williams
• Official website of Science of the Movies
• Official website of Fanboy Funhouse
• Nar Williams at the Internet Movie Database
• Wired's 150 Geeks to Follow on Twitter

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