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Thomas Lennon III (9 August, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is married to actress Jenny Robertson.

Lennon is a native of Oak Park, Illinois and a 1988 graduate of Oak Park River Forest High School. After graduation, Lennon went to New York University (NYU) with the intention of becoming a dramatic actor, but soon found that he preferred comedy. He joined a sketch comedy group called The New Group, the core members of which were the basis of the future comedy group The State. The group changed their name after graduation while working on a development deal for MTV. The 11-member group has always insisted that the name had no symbolic meaning.

MTV picked up The State as a series in 1993. Initially, the show was only signed for 6 episodes. While the reviews were negative, the ratings were extremely high, so MTV pursued the show as a series. In 1995, CBS was looking for a show to compete with NBC's Saturday Night Live. The State decided to make the jump to network television. In July 1995, Variety magazine made the announcement that The State was making the jump to CBS. After the low ratings of their Halloween special, their only show on CBS, the series was cancelled and the group disbanded.

Thomas Lennon is best known for his television acting. He has starred in Reno 911! (2003), Viva Variety (1996), and The State (1993). In Reno 911!, Lennon plays Lieutenant Jim Dangle, an ambiguously gay sheriff's deputy. This portrayal may explain why the show was nominated as "Outstanding Comedy Series" at the 2004 GLAAD Media Awards. He is also known as Joey Tribbiani's blackjack dealing, "identical hand twin" from the Friends fifth season finale ("The One In Vegas," Pts. I and II).

On June 17, 2005, he appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, a talk show syndicated throughout the US by CBS. Aside from being an able screenwriter, he is also a voice dubber, and has contributed to the rosters of many network television shows in this fashion. His voice acting appearances have included The Legend of Tarzan, The Walt Disney Company, and Kim Possible. Around 2004, he was seen in several Snickers Candy Bar commercials.

He is also a screenwriter and has contributed to the following films:

• Taxi (2004) - Screenplay.
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) - Screenplay, story.
• The Pacifier (2005) - Writing.

Selected filmography

• How to Survive a Robot Uprising (2008) - Writer only
• Balls of Fury (2007) - Karl Wolfschtagg also Writer and Producer
• Reno 911!: Miami (2007) - Lieutenant Jim Dangle also Writer and Executive Producer
• Night at the Museum (2006) - Writer only
• Let's Go to Prison (2006) - Writer only
• Eden Court (2006) - Shroeder Duncan
• Conversations with Other Women (2005) - Videographer
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) - Larry Murphy also Writer
• The Godfather of Green Bay (2005) - D.U.G.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Eddie the Shipboard Computer (voice)
• The Pacifier (2005) - Writer
• Taxi (2004) - Writer
• Heights (2004) - Marshall
• Le Divorce (2003) - Roger Walker
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) - Thayer
• A Guy Thing (2003) - Pete Morse
• Boat Trip (2002) - The Priest
• Out Cold (2001) - Eric Montclare
• Memento (2000) - Doctor
• Row Your Boat (2000) - Census Taker
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) - Documentarian (voice)

Trivia

• His wife, Jenny Robertson, is seven years his senior.
• He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall.
• Is a fan of Jackie Chan.
• Originally met Kerri Kenney, fellow member of The State and Reno 911!, at age 16 in theater camp.
• His favorite movie of all time is Brazil.

External links

• Thomas Lennon.net
• Thomas Lennon Gallery
• Kittenpants.org interview
• http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/thomaslennon/

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