Tom Root
Tom Root | |
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 Tom Root at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | September 20, 1973 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Central Michigan University |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for Robot Chicken.
Early life
Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper CM Life.[citation needed]
Career
Root was one of the original staffers of ToyFare magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications.[1] While at ToyFare he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular Twisted ToyFare Theatre feature.[2]
Root co-wrote Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004.[3] He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of Jughead in 2010.[4]
Root and Robot Chicken co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series Titan Maximum which premiered on September 27, 2009.[5] He was a writer on Lucasfilm's Star Wars Detours animated series. Root also wrote The Simpsons' Robot Chicken-style animated opening in 2013.[6]
Filmography
Tom Root's production company is called Tom is Awesome and produces many television shows, seen in the table below.
| Year | Title | Contribution | Role | Notes | |||
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| Writer | Producer | Actor | Director | ||||
| 2005–2020 | Robot Chicken | {X} | {X} | {X} | Various (Voice Role) | Head Writer (145 episodes) Writer (15 episodes) Actor (91 episodes) Director (7 episodes) | |
| 2007 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars | {X} | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer) | |||
| 2008 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | {X} | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer) | |||
| 2009 | Titan Maximum | {X} | {X} | {X} | "Spud" Cunningham / Cadet #2 | Creator (6 episodes) Story (9 episodes) Writer (4 episodes) Executive Producer (9 episodes) Actor (2 episodes) | |
| 2010 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars III | {X} | {X} | TV movie (Head Writer & Co-Executive Producer) | |||
| 2011–2020 | Robot Chicken | {X} | Executive producer (91 episodes, 2011–2020) Co-producer, 79 episodes, 2005–09) Co-Executive Producer, 6 episodes, 2010–11) Consulting Producer, 1 episode, 2018) | ||||
| 2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | {X} | {X} | Icicle / B'dg (Voice Role) | TV Short | ||
| 2013 | Übermasion | {X} | Brad (Voice Role) | TV Short | |||
| 2013–17 | The Simpsons | {X} | {X} | Executive producer (2 episodes) — "The Fabulous Faker Boy" (2013) — "The Cad and the Hat" (2017) (also Writer) | |||
| 2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | {X} | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer & Executive Producer) | |||
| 2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer) | ||||
| 2015–19 | SuperMansion | {X} | {X} | {X} | Brad / Buster Nut (Voice Role) | Executive producer (44 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) series regular (24 episodes) | |
| 2017 | American Dad! | {X} | Townsperson / Fan | 3 episodes | |||
| 2020–2021 | Crossing Swords | {X} | {X} | Creator (10 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) Executive Producer (1 episode) | |||
| 2020 | Stargirl | {X} | Consulting Producer (13 episodes) | ||||
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | {X} | Manage (Voice Role) | — "Together Again" | |||
References
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (25 January 2011). "The Boys of Wizard". The Beat.
- ^ Twisted Toyfare Theatre: Collector's Edition, vol. 3 (Wizard Entertainment, 2003).
- ^ Writers on Comics Scriptwriting (Titan Books, 2004) ISBN 1840238089.
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey. "Robot Chicken's Tom Root (Jug)Heads to Riverdale," Comic Book Resources (Dec. 30, 2009).
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (6 May 2009). "'Robot Chicken' crew sets new series: Adult Swim to launch stop-motion 'Titan' in September". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Robot Chicken Couch Gag". Fox.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013.
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