Lance Crouther

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::summary American actor ::

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name	Lance Crouther
image	Lance-crouther-01.jpg
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death_date
nationality	American
known_for	Real Time with Bill Maher, Pootie Tang
occupation	Actor, television producer, television writer
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| name = Lance Crouther | image = Lance-crouther-01.jpg | imagesize = 250px | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = Real Time with Bill Maher, Pootie Tang | occupation = Actor, television producer, television writer

Lance Crouther is an American television producer, television writer and actor. He was the head writer of the TBS late night show Lopez Tonight until 2010, and was a writer for Down to Earth, Wanda at Large, and Good Hair, among others. As an actor, he was the star of the feature film Pootie Tang.

Crouther, along with Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, and Chuck Sklar, received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for Good Hair.

Filmography

As writer

• Lights Out with David Spade (2019-2020)
• Historical Roasts (2019)
• 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards (2018)
• Def Comedy Jam 25 (2017)
• The Oscars (2016)
• Saturday Night Live (2014)
• Last Comic Standing (2014)
• BET Awards 2014 (2014)
• Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious (2013)
• 2013 Billboard Music Awards (2013)
• Pauly Shore's Pauly~tics (2012)
• Lopez Tonight (2009–2010)
• Good Hair (2009)
• Frank TV (2008)
• Real Time with Bill Maher (2006–2007)
• Everybody Hates Chris (2006)
• Taurus World Stunt Awards (2005)
• Barbershop (2005)
• 2005 BET Comedy Awards (2005)
• 77th Academy Awards (2005)
• Wanda Does It (2004)
• On the Record with Bob Costas (2002–2004)
• Wanda at Large (2003)
• 55th Primetime Emmy Awards (2003)
• The Wayne Brady Show (2001–2003)
• Down to Earth (2001)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000)
• The Chris Rock Show (1997-1998)
• The Gregory Hines Show (1999)
• Comic Justice (1993)

As actor

• Lights Out with David Spade (2019-2020)
• Frank TV (2007)
• Pootie Tang (2001)
• The Chris Rock Show (1997)
• CB4 (1993)
• Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
• Class Act (1992)
• Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1991)
• Lifestories (1990)

References

References

1. "Down to Earth (2001)".
2. Johnson, Allan. (2003-03-26). "Writer, producer, performer - a comedian called Wanda". Chicago Tribune.
3. (October 8, 2009). "Good Hair".
4. Bonin, Liane. (2001-07-02). "How to understand ''Pootie Tang''". Entertainment Weekly.
5. (21 February 2010). "2010 Writers Guild Award Winners".

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