:Thomas Lennon

{{Short description|American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1970)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Thomas Lennon

| image = Thomas Lennon February 2015.jpg

| caption = Lennon in 2015

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|8|9}}

| birth_place = Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater = New York University

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Comedian
actor
screenwriter

}}

| years_active = 1991–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Jenny Robertson|2002}}

| children = 1

}}

Thomas Lennon (born August 9, 1970{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2023-08-09 |title=Famous birthdays list for August 9, 2023 includes celebrities Gillian Anderson, Anna Kendrick |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/08/famous-birthdays-list-for-august-9-2023-includes-celebrities-gillian-anderson-anna-kendrick.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=cleveland |language=en}}) is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He plays Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the series Reno 911!, Andrei Novak on Santa Clarita Diet and Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. He is the screenwriter of several comedies released by major film studios with writing partner Robert Ben Garant, with whom he wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier, Balls of Fury, and Baywatch.

Early life

Lennon was born on August 9, 1970{{cite tweet|number=1504304779656265736|user=thomaslennon|title=Lotta websites asking if I'm worried about WWIII. I was born in 1970, bitch. Never thought about anything else.|date=March 17, 2022}} in Oak Park, Illinois. Of Irish and Scottish descent,{{cite web| first=Julie| last=Hamill| url=http://www.juliehamill.com/post/153127048969/15-minutes-with-thomas-lennon-actor| title=Julie Hamill • 15 Minutes With Thomas Lennon, actor| publisher=Juliehamill.com| date=November 13, 2016| access-date=May 15, 2017}}{{Citation|first=Kevin|last=Pollak |title=KPCS: Thomas Lennon #371 |date=September 11, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlvQ7fb1rV0 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/SlvQ7fb1rV0| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|access-date=September 22, 2018 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} he is the son of Kathleen (née McSheehy) and Timothy Lennon.{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PGHB&p_multi=OAKB&p_theme=pghb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1284B540E4841178&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| title=That cop in the short shorts| first=John P.| last=Houston| newspaper=Oak Leaves| date=April 9, 2009| access-date=August 3, 2019}} He graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1988.

At 16, he met friend and future co-star Kerri Kenney at theater camp at Northwestern University. The two later attended NYU, where they joined a comedy troupe called The New Group.

Career

=Acting and performing=

While Lennon was a member of The New Group, the comedy troupe changed its name to The State. As they performed material at theaters and clubs in New York City, they worked on the MTV show You Wrote It, You Watch It. This led to the self-titled series The State, which ran from 1993 to 1995 on MTV. It was nominated for a 1995 Cable Ace Award for Best Comedy Series. In the same year, they created a special for CBS called The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special.

After the departure of The State from MTV and failed long-term deals with both ABC and CBS, Lennon, along with Kenney, Robert Ben Garant, and Michael Ian Black, created and starred in the Comedy Central program Viva Variety (1997–99). The show was based on a sketch which Lennon had written for the final season of The State, called "The Mr. and Former Mrs. Laupin Variety Programme." Viva Variety received a 1997 Cable Ace Award nomination for Best Comedy Series.

After Viva Variety, Lennon, Kenney, and Garant created and starred in Reno 911! (2003–09). The series was initially slated to be on Fox, but the channel rejected it for being too risqué and the program ended up on Comedy Central.

Lennon has appeared as a guest star in dozens of TV shows including The League, Childrens Hospital, Party Down, New Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Comedy Bang Bang, and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. One of his notable guest starring roles was as Joey Tribbiani's blackjack-dealing "identical hand twin" on the Friends fifth-season finale ("The One In Vegas", Pts. I and II). Additionally, he has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show, The Daily Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and with 31, had the second-highest number of appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. In 2008, he began doing stand-up comedy, occasionally playing guitar, and incorporating music. He appeared on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, The Jeselnik Offensive, and The Benson Interruption. He was the guest on the first episode of Chris Hardwick's The Nerdist Podcast, which was recorded in Lennon's garage. In 2010, Lennon and Garant created and starred in a sitcom pilot for NBC called The Strip. In May of that year, it was announced that NBC had decided not to produce it as a series.

In November and December 2011, Lennon filled in as guest voice for the robot sidekick Geoff Peterson on the CBS show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Lennon has appeared in many films including Bad Teacher, Memento, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and I Love You, Man, for which he and co-star Paul Rudd were nominated for a 2009 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss. In two Christopher Nolan's films, Memento (2000) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Lennon played a doctor.

Lennon's voice acting work includes Kim Possible, Bob's Burgers, Archer, Planet Sheen in which he played the character of Pinter, and Rock Paper Scissors in which he voiced one of the titular characters, Paper. He played Scribble in Secret of the Wings and Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast. He was the voice of Eddie the Shipboard Computer in the film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the voice of Fearless Leader in the 2014 DreamWorks short film version of Rocky and Bullwinkle. He is also the voice of Munk on Dawn of the Croods and the voice of Chief O'Hara in the Warner Brothers animated film Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders.

Lennon was a producer of the 2013-17 late-night panel game show, @midnight, hosted by Hardwick; Lennon appeared 17 times on the show as a panelist/contestant. He won the show seven times.{{cite web| title=Tom Lennon| url=http://www.cc.com/shows/-midnight/guests/tom-lennon| access-date=March 26, 2015| archive-date=October 15, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015033734/http://www.cc.com/shows/-midnight/guests/tom-lennon| url-status=dead}} He played Felix Unger in the 2015-17 television series reboot of The Odd Couple opposite Matthew Perry, who played Oscar Madison.{{cite journal |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=March 13, 2014 |title=The Odd Couple Pilot Scoop: Look Who's Playing the Felix to Matthew Perry's Oscar |url=http://tvline.com/2014/03/13/the-odd-couple-cast-thomas-lennon-felix/ |journal= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730210225/https://tvline.com/2014/03/13/the-odd-couple-cast-thomas-lennon-felix/ |archive-date=July 30, 2014 |access-date=March 14, 2014 |website=TVLine.com}} In 2016, he co-starred as a scientist in Paramount Animation's Monster Trucks and began a recurring role on the Fox action sitcom Lethal Weapon as Leo Getz, a character which was previously portrayed on film by Joe Pesci. At the 2016 People's Choice Awards ceremony, Lennon participated in an on-stage sketch parodying a recent gaffe by Steve Harvey at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jane-lynch-steve-harvey-spoof-peoples-choice_568e6398e4b0cad15e63823d| title=Jane Lynch Spoofs Steve Harvey's Miss Universe Gaffe At People's Choice Awards| access-date=January 9, 2016| newspaper=Huffington Post| date=January 7, 2016}} In 2020 and 2021, he had a recurring role in Supergirl{{'}}s fifth and sixth seasons as Mr. Mxyzptlk, taking over from Peter Gadiot.{{cite web |last1=Boucher |first1=Geoff |last2=Petski |first2=Denise |title='Supergirl': Thomas Lennon To Recur As Mxyzptlk In CW Series |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/supergirl-thomas-lennon-recur-season-5-cw-series-mxyzptlk-1202805769/ |website=Deadline |date=December 10, 2019}}

In 2020, Lennon reprised his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle in the seventh season of Reno 911! which aired on Quibi. He appeared in the 2021 film Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon. The eighth season of the series, now titled Reno 911! Defunded, premiered on The Roku Channel in February 2022. In 2023, he was cast in the Zoey 101 reboot, Zoey 102.{{cite web |title=Jamie Lynn Spears Shares Big Update About Zoey 102: Release Date, Cast and More |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1374866/jamie-lynn-spears-shares-big-update-about-zoey-102-release-date-cast-and-more |website=www.eonline.com|date=May 18, 2023 }} The film was released on July 27, 2023, on Paramount+.{{cite web |title=Jamie Lynn Spears reprises her iconic role in Zoey 102 first-look photos |url=https://ew.com/tv/zoey-102-first-look-photos-new-cast-jamie-lynn-spears/ |website=ew.com |access-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519051211/https://ew.com/tv/zoey-102-first-look-photos-new-cast-jamie-lynn-spears/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Swift|first=Andy|title=Zoey 102 Trailer Reunites Jamie Lynn Spears With Her Nickelodeon Classmates, 15 Years Later|url=https://tvline.com/trailers/zoey-102-release-date-trailer-paramount-plus-reunion-video-1235002814/|website=TVLine|date=June 20, 2023|access-date=June 20, 2023|archive-date=June 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620155143/https://tvline.com/trailers/zoey-102-release-date-trailer-paramount-plus-reunion-video-1235002814/|url-status=live}}

=Screenwriting=

Lennon is a successful screenwriter and script doctor. Most of his screenplays are written in collaboration with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. Their films have earned over $1.4 billion at the worldwide box office.{{cite news| series=Morning Edition| url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/05/137617840/you-too-can-be-a-successful-screenwriter| title=You Too Can Be A Successful Screenwriter| work=NPR| date=July 5, 2011| access-date=March 13, 2014}} Among Garant and Lennon's credits are the Night at the Museum films, the 2005 Disney comedy The Pacifier, and the 2006 prison comedy Let's Go to Prison.

In 2010, FX Network ordered a pilot episode for a Garant/Lennon science fiction television comedy called USS Alabama, set 1000 years in the future aboard a United Nations Peacekeeping spaceship, the U.S.S. Alabama. Garant and Lennon wrote a book about writing for film called Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can Too! in 2011. They wrote, directed, and starred in the 2013 film Hell Baby starring Rob Corddry and Leslie Bibb. The film was produced by Darko Entertainment and shot on location in New Orleans. Hell Baby premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.{{IMDb name|502073|Thomas Lennon}} Garant and Lennon are credited as story co-writers for the film version of Baywatch (2017). Lennon is the author of four of IFC's "50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time".[http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7648516 "50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time"] IFC; April 7, 2008

=Novels and stage<span class="anchor" id="Novels"></span>=

Lennon has written three young adult novels titled Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles, Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death, and Ronan Boyle into the Strangeplace. Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2019/03/24/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover/|title=Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - March 24, 2019 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 11, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news| title=On The Late Show, Thomas Lennon shows clips from his first novel—wait, what?| url= https://www.avclub.com/on-the-late-show-thomas-lennon-shows-clips-of-his-firs-1833057973| first=Dennis| last=Perkins| date=March 5, 2019| newspaper=The A.V. Club}}{{cite podcast |author-link=Jarlath Regan |first=Jarlath |last=Regan |edition=285 |work=An Irishman Abroad |title=Tom Lennon |url=https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/thomas-lennon-episode-285 |date=March 2, 2019 |access-date=March 6, 2019}} Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death released on March 17, 2020{{Cite web | url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/community/ronan-boyle-swamp-certain-death-thomas-lennon |title = Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death, Thomas Lennon|date = March 2, 2020}} He wrote the book for the theatrical production of "Trading Places: The Musical!" which debuted at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in June 2022.ArtsATL.org (June 1, 2022) https://www.artsatl.org/alliances-trading-places-musical-trades-some-dated-plotlines-for-inclusiveness/

Personal life

Lennon lives in Wisconsin with his wife, actress Jenny Robertson whom he married in 2002, and their son.Pearlman, Cindy. "Oak Park native acts, writes way to 'Reno 911!' and beyond", Chicago Sun-Times. Published April 15, 2009. He is a fan of The Smiths and Morrissey,{{cite web| url=http://www.rhino.com/article/interview-thomas-lennon-spontaneously-pares-down-his-list-of-quintessential-smiths-songs| title=Interview: Thomas Lennon spontaneously pares down his list of quintessential Smiths songs| website=Rhino Entertainment| first=Will| last=Harris| date=October 17, 2016| access-date=August 3, 2019}} occasionally performing live as a guitarist with the tribute band Sweet and Tender Hooligans.{{cite web| url=http://sweetandtenderhooligans.com/about| title=Sweet & Tender Hooligans – About| publisher=Sweetandtenderhooligans.com| access-date=May 15, 2017| archive-date=June 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605184119/http://sweetandtenderhooligans.com/about/| url-status=dead}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1994 \| A Friend of Dorothy \| 'Moonie' \| Short film
1998 \| Row Your Boat \| Census Taker \|
1999 \| Drop Dead Gorgeous \| Documentarian \| Voice{{cite web \|title=Thomas Lennon (visual voices guide) \|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Thomas-Lennon/ \|access-date=February 8, 2024 \|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
2000 \| Memento \| Doctor \|
2001 \| Out Cold \| Eric Montclare \|
2002 \| Boat Trip \| The Priest \|
rowspan=3 \| 2003 \| Le Divorce \| Roger Walker \|
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days \| Thayer \|
A Guy Thing \| Pete Morse \|
rowspan=2 \| 2004 \| Taxi \| Unknown \| Writer
Heights \| Marshall \|
rowspan=5 \| 2005 \| Conversations with Other Women \| Videographer \|
Herbie: Fully Loaded \| Larry Murphy \| Also writer
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy \| Eddie the Shipboard Computer \| Voice
The Godfather of Green Bay \| D.U.G. \|
The Pacifier \| rowspan=2\| Unknown \| rowspan=2\| Writer
rowspan=4 \| 2006 \| Night at the Museum
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas \| Police officer \|
Let's Go to Prison \| Unknown \| Writer
Eden Court \| Shroeder Duncan \|
rowspan=3 \| 2007 \| Balls of Fury \| Karl Wolfschtagg \| Writer, producer
Reno 911!: Miami \| Lieutenant Jim Dangle \| Writer, executive producer
The Ten \| Scotty Pale \|
2008 \| Hancock \| Mike \|
rowspan=4 \| 2009 \| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian \| Orville Wright \| Writer Uncredited cameo
17 Again \| Ned Gold \|
I Love You, Man \| Doug \|
Al's Brain in 3-D \| Co-Worker \| Short film
2010 \| Hot Tub Time Machine \| Customer \| Uncredited
rowspan=5 \| 2011 \| Cedar Rapids \| Roger Lemke \|
How to Survive a Robot Uprising \| Unknown \| Writer
Bad Teacher \| Carl Halabi \|
What's Your Number? \| Dr. Barrett 'Barry' Ingold \|
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas \| Todd \|
rowspan=5 \| 2012 \| The Hunger Pains \| Buttitch Totalapathy \| Short film
What to Expect When You're Expecting \| Craig \|
The Dark Knight Rises \| Doctor \|
Secret of the Wings \| Reading Fairy \| Voice
Howard Cantour.com \| Rocco \| Short film
rowspan=4 \| 2013 \| Hell Baby \| Pat \| Writer, producer, director (with Robert Ben Garant)
Rapture-Palooza \| Mr. Murphy \|
Jerry, the Exorcist Roommate \| Jerry \| Short film
We're the Millers \| Rick Nathanson \|
rowspan=4 \| 2014 \| Mr. Peabody and Sherman \| Italian Peasant #2 \| Voice; also wrote additional dialogue
Transformers: Age of Extinction \| Chief of Staff \|
Rocky & Bullwinkle \| Fearless Leader, Mayan Princess \| Voice, short film; also writer
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast \| Scribble \| Voice
rowspan=3 \| 2015 \| Knight of Cups \| Tom \|
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 \| BMW Guy \| Uncredited
Grand Zero \| David Van Vleck \| Short film
rowspan=2 \| 2016 \| Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders \| Chief O'Hara \| Voice
Monster Trucks \| Dr. Jim Dowd \|
rowspan=3 \| 2017 \| Baywatch \| Unknown \| Story writer
Pottersville \| Brock Masterson \|
Batman vs. Two-Face \| Chief O'Hara \| Voice
rowspan=5 \| 2018 \| A Futile and Stupid Gesture \| Michael O'Donoghue \|
The 15:17 to Paris \| Principal Michael Akers \|
Half Magic \| Darren \|
Dog Days \| Greg \|
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich \| Edgar Easton \|
2019 \| VHYes \| Tony V. \|
rowspan=2 \| 2020 \| Valley Girl \| Rodney Bingheimer \|
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics \| Himself \|
rowspan="3" \| 2021 \| Cherry \| Dr. Whomever \|
Shoplifters of the World \| Uncle Dick \|
Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon \| Lieutenant Jim Dangle \| Writer, executive producer
rowspan="2" \| 2022 \| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story \| Salesman \|
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again \| Theodore Roosevelt \| Voice
Rowspan="3"\|2023 \| Zoey 102 \| Kelley Kevyn \|{{Cite news \|last=Reeves \|first=Brianne \|date=June 21, 2023 \|title=Everything we know about Zoey 102: Release date, returning cast, more \|publisher=Dexerto \|url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/zoey-102-release-date-returning-cast-reunion-plot-2185273/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=23 June 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623035956/https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/zoey-102-release-date-returning-cast-reunion-plot-2185273/ \|archive-date=23 June 2023}}
Urkel Saves Santa: the Movie \|V.D.I \|Voice; Direct-to-Video
Organ Trail \| Royale Fitzgibbon \|
rowspan="2" \| 2024 \| Chosen Family \| Max \|
Unfrosted \|Harold von Braunhut \|
2025 \| Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie \| TBA \| Post-production{{cite web\|last=Parlevliet\|first=Mirko\|title=Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie Trailer and Poster Debut\|url=https://www.vitalthrills.com/gabbys-dollhouse-the-movie/\|date=May 8, 2025\|access-date=May 8, 2025\|website=Vital Thrills}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1994

| A Friend of Dorothy

| 'Moonie'

| Short film

1998

| Row Your Boat

| Census Taker

1999

| Drop Dead Gorgeous

| Documentarian

| Voice{{cite web |title=Thomas Lennon (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Thomas-Lennon/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

2000

| Memento

| Doctor

2001

| Out Cold

| Eric Montclare

2002

| Boat Trip

| The Priest

rowspan=3 | 2003

| Le Divorce

| Roger Walker

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

| Thayer

A Guy Thing

| Pete Morse

rowspan=2 | 2004

| Taxi

| Unknown

| Writer

Heights

| Marshall

rowspan=5 | 2005

| Conversations with Other Women

| Videographer

Herbie: Fully Loaded

| Larry Murphy

| Also writer

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

| Eddie the Shipboard Computer

| Voice

The Godfather of Green Bay

| D.U.G.

The Pacifier

| rowspan=2| Unknown

| rowspan=2| Writer

rowspan=4 | 2006

| Night at the Museum

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

| Police officer

Let's Go to Prison

| Unknown

| Writer

Eden Court

| Shroeder Duncan

rowspan=3 | 2007

| Balls of Fury

| Karl Wolfschtagg

| Writer, producer

Reno 911!: Miami

| Lieutenant Jim Dangle

| Writer, executive producer

The Ten

| Scotty Pale

2008

| Hancock

| Mike

rowspan=4 | 2009

| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

| Orville Wright

| Writer
Uncredited cameo

17 Again

| Ned Gold

I Love You, Man

| Doug

Al's Brain in 3-D

| Co-Worker

| Short film

2010

| Hot Tub Time Machine

| Customer

| Uncredited

rowspan=5 | 2011

| Cedar Rapids

| Roger Lemke

How to Survive a Robot Uprising

| Unknown

| Writer

Bad Teacher

| Carl Halabi

What's Your Number?

| Dr. Barrett 'Barry' Ingold

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

| Todd

rowspan=5 | 2012

| The Hunger Pains

| Buttitch Totalapathy

| Short film

What to Expect When You're Expecting

| Craig

The Dark Knight Rises

| Doctor

Secret of the Wings

| Reading Fairy

| Voice

Howard Cantour.com

| Rocco

| Short film

rowspan=4 | 2013

| Hell Baby

| Pat

| Writer, producer, director (with Robert Ben Garant)

Rapture-Palooza

| Mr. Murphy

Jerry, the Exorcist Roommate

| Jerry

| Short film

We're the Millers

| Rick Nathanson

rowspan=4 | 2014

| Mr. Peabody and Sherman

| Italian Peasant #2

| Voice; also wrote additional dialogue

Transformers: Age of Extinction

| Chief of Staff

Rocky & Bullwinkle

| Fearless Leader, Mayan Princess

| Voice, short film; also writer

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

| Scribble

| Voice

rowspan=3 | 2015

| Knight of Cups

| Tom

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

| BMW Guy

| Uncredited

Grand Zero

| David Van Vleck

| Short film

rowspan=2 | 2016

| Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

| Chief O'Hara

| Voice

Monster Trucks

| Dr. Jim Dowd

rowspan=3 | 2017

| Baywatch

| Unknown

| Story writer

Pottersville

| Brock Masterson

Batman vs. Two-Face

| Chief O'Hara

| Voice

rowspan=5 | 2018

| A Futile and Stupid Gesture

| Michael O'Donoghue

The 15:17 to Paris

| Principal Michael Akers

Half Magic

| Darren

Dog Days

| Greg

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich

| Edgar Easton

2019

| VHYes

| Tony V.

rowspan=2 | 2020

| Valley Girl

| Rodney Bingheimer

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

| Himself

rowspan="3" | 2021

| Cherry

| Dr. Whomever

Shoplifters of the World

| Uncle Dick

Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon

| Lieutenant Jim Dangle

| Writer, executive producer

rowspan="2" | 2022

| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

| Salesman

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

| Theodore Roosevelt

| Voice

Rowspan="3"|2023

| Zoey 102

| Kelley Kevyn

|{{Cite news |last=Reeves |first=Brianne |date=June 21, 2023 |title=Everything we know about Zoey 102: Release date, returning cast, more |publisher=Dexerto |url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/zoey-102-release-date-returning-cast-reunion-plot-2185273/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623035956/https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/zoey-102-release-date-returning-cast-reunion-plot-2185273/ |archive-date=23 June 2023}}

Urkel Saves Santa: the Movie

|V.D.I

|Voice; Direct-to-Video

Organ Trail

| Royale Fitzgibbon

rowspan="2" | 2024

| Chosen Family

| Max

Unfrosted

|Harold von Braunhut

2025

| Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

| TBA

| Post-production{{cite web|last=Parlevliet|first=Mirko|title=Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie Trailer and Poster Debut|url=https://www.vitalthrills.com/gabbys-dollhouse-the-movie/|date=May 8, 2025|access-date=May 8, 2025|website=Vital Thrills}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1992 \| You Wrote It, You Watch It \| Various characters \| Also writer
1993–1995 \| The State \| Various characters \| Also co-creator and writer
1995 \| The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special \| Various characters \| Television special; also writer
1997 \| Viva Variety \| Host Meredith Laupin \| 16 episodes; also writer
1997–1999 \| Hercules \| Atlas \| Voice, 3 episodes
rowspan=2 \| 1999 \| Friends \| Randall (Joey's hand twin) \| 2 episodes
Strangers with Candy \| Unknown \| Writer: "Bogie Nights"
1999–2000 \| Jesse \| Ernie \| 2 episodes
2001 \| The Legend of Tarzan \| Landlord \| Voice, episode: "Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor"
2001 \| Snickers commercials \| Host \| key phrase "another side effect of hunger"
rowspan=2 \| 2002 \| Kim Possible \|Dr Fester \| Voice, episode: "Kimitation Nation"
MDs \| Chester E. Donge \| 8 episodes
2003–2009, 2020–2022 \| Reno 911! \| Lieutenant Jim Dangle \| Also creator Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series (2020)
2004–2006 \| Brandy & Mr. Whiskers \| Vic \| Voice, 2 episodes
2006 \| Stacked \| Gary \| Episode: "You're Getting Sleepy"
2007 \| Wainy Days \| Ice Cream Man \| Episode: "Dorvid Days"
2009 \| The League \| Bryce \| Episode: "The Usual Bet"
rowspan=2 \| 2010 \| Party Down \| Nick DiCintio \| Episode: "Nick DiCintio's Orgy Night"
Svetlana \| Fyodor \| Episode: "Wish Fulfillment"
2010–2011 \| Funny or Die Presents \| Richard, Co-Pilot \| 5 episodes
2010–2013 \| Planet Sheen \| Pinter, Blurg \| Voice, 15 episodes
2010–2019 \| Archer \| Charles \| Voice, 4 episodes
rowspan=3 \| 2011 \| Memphis Beat \| Keith Grant \| Episode: "Inside Man"
Childrens Hospital \| Pat \| Episode: "Home Is Where the Hospital Is"
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson \| Geoff Peterson, Robot Skeleton, Chloe Banderas \| Voice, 3 episodes
2012–2015 \| Comedy Bang! Bang! \| Various characters \| 4 episodes
rowspan=4 \| 2012 \| New Girl \| Neil \| Episode: "See Ya"
How I Met Your Mother \| Klaus \| 2 episodes
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 \| Trey \| Epis
Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas \| Director \| Television special
2012–2019 \| Bob's Burgers \| Customer, Kenny, Chuck, additional voices \| Voice, 6 episodes
rowspan=5 \| 2013 \| Franklin & Bash \| Harley \| Episode: "Shoot to Thrill"
NTSF:SD:SUV:: \| Santa \| Episode: "Wreck the Halls"
@midnight \| Contestant \| Also executive producer
Key & Peele \| Person At People Park #5 \| Episode: "Pussy on the Chainwax"
Wendell & Vinnie \| Lord Derek \| Episode: "Swindle & Vinnie"
rowspan=2 \| 2013–2014 \| Sean Saves the World \| Max Thompson \| 14 episodes
Newsreaders \| Vincent Gates, Pritchard Batchman \| 3 episodes
rowspan=5 \| 2014 \| Hollywood Game Night \| Himself \| Episode: "Things That Go Clue-Boom in the Night"
The Goldbergs \| Tauntaun Todd \| Episode: "A Wrestler Named Goldberg"
Hot in Cleveland \| Agent Gilmore \| Episode: "Surprise!"
The Birthday Boys \| Lou Skywalker \| Episode: "Cerf's Folly"
Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special \| Unknown \| Television special; writer
rowspan=4 \| 2015 \| Over the Garden Wall \| Jimmy Brown \| Voice, episode: "Schooltown Follies"
The Hotwives \| Garrett Truesdale \| Episode: "You Make Me Wanna Drought"
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer \| Studio Security \| Television special
Robot Chicken \| Various characters \| Voice, episode: "Garbage Sushi"
2015–2017 \| The Odd Couple \| Felix Unger \| Main role; 38 episodes Also; Co-Executive Producer
rowspan="3" \| 2015–2016 \| Another Period \| Marquis de Sainsbury \| 5 episodes
TripTank \| Caller, Broker, Rob \| Voice, 3 episodes
Dawn of the Croods \| Munk, Crud, Monkhuahua, Gunk, Wal, Mama Munk \| Voice, 9 episodes
2015–2019 \| Drunk History \| Various characters \| 3 episodes
2016 \| Animals. \| Kevin \| Voice, episode: "Rats."
rowspan="2" \| 2016–2017 \| Goldie & Bear \| Brian \| Voice, 2 episodes
Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures \| Wick Cooper, Cleaning Droid \| Voice, 6 episodes
2016–2019 \| Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ \| Serge \| 9 episodes; also executive producer
2016–2022 \| American Dad! \| Various Characters voices \| 13 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 2017–2019 \| Santa Clarita Diet \| Principal Novak \| Recurring role; 6 episodes
Lethal Weapon \| Leo Getz \| Recurring role
rowspan=2 \| 2017 \| Milo Murphy's Law \| Henry \| Voice, episode: "Murphy's Lard"
Justice League Action \| Amazo \| Voice, episode: "Boo-ray for Bizarro"
2017–2018 \| Spirit Riding Free \| Garrett Truesdale, Auctioneer, Rooster \| Voice, 2 episodes
rowspan="6" \| 2018 \| The Thundermans \| Assista Boy \| Episode: "Side-Kicking and Screaming"
For the People \| Freddie Morris, Captain Shadow{{cite news\| url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/for-the-people-thomas-lennon-casting-exclusive-1202688691/\| last=Turchiano\| first=Danielle\| title=Thomas Lennon Books Guest Role on 'For The People'\| newspaper=Variety\| date=February 8, 2018\| access-date=August 3, 2019}} \| Episode: "Everybody's a Superhero"
Dallas & Robo \| Dr. John Eichler, Dickie St. James \| Voice, episode: "Murder on the Georgia Overdrive"
Legend of the Three Caballeros \| Clinton Coot \| Voice, 8 episodes
Sideswiped \| Aaron Cunningham \| Episode: "Matched Up"
Spy Kids: Mission Critical \| Dr. Chad Jericho \| Voice, episode: "Ace Off"
rowspan=8 \| 2019 \| Teachers \| Larry Bop \| Episode: "Face Your Peers"
Knight Squad \| Sir Angus Macchio \| Episode: "Knight of the Living Dead"
Critters: A New Binge \| Mr. Weber \| 3 episodes
American Housewife \| Simon \| Episode: "Insta-Friends"
At Home with Amy Sedaris \| Edwin Chuzzlewit \| Episode: "Halloween"
Modern Family \| Orson \| Episode: "Can't Elope"
Veep \| President of CBS \| Episode: "Oslo"
Crank Yankers \| Himself \| Voice, episode: "Tiffany Haddish, Roy Wood Jr. & Thomas Lennon"
2019–2021 \| Where's Waldo? \| Wizard Whitebeard, various voices \| Voice, main role (40 episodes){{cite news \|last=Petski \|first=Denise \|date=April 26, 2019 \|title='Where's Waldo?': Joshua Rush, Haley Tju, Eva Carlton & Thomas Lennon Lead Voice Cast For Universal Kids Series From DreamWorks Animationi \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/wheres-waldo-joshua-rush-haley-tju-eva-carlton-thomas-lennon-lead-voice-cast-for-universal-kids-series-from-dreamworks-animation-1202602095/ \|access-date=May 1, 2019 \|journal=Deadline Hollywood}}
rowspan=3 \| 2020 \| The Twilight Zone \| J.J. Malloy \| Episode: "Ovation"
Close Enough \| Henri \| Voice, episode: "Haunted Couch"
Home Movie: The Princess Bride{{cite web\|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/the-princess-bride-homemade-fan-film\|title=Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride\|website=Vanity Fair\|first=Anthony\|last=Breznican\|date=June 26, 2020\|access-date=June 26, 2020}} \| Prince Humperdinck \| 2 episodes
2020–2021 \| Supergirl \| Mr. Mxyzpltk \| 4 episodes
rowspan=7 \| 2021 \| Solar Opposites \| Police Cop \| Voice, episode: "The Sacred Non-Repeating Number"
Infinity Train \| Spiceman \| Voice, episode: "The Party Car"
Friends: The Reunion \| Himself (Joey Tribbiani's Hand Twin) \| HBO Max special
Central Park \| Leslie Portergrave \| Voice, episode: "Central Dark"
Ten Year Old Tom \| Neighbor Rick \| Voice, episode: "Tomz Lemonade/A Tale of Two Lunch Ladies"
Aquaman: King of Atlantis \| Nuidis Vulko \| Voice, 3 episodes
The Big Leap \|Zach Peterman \|5 episodes
2021–2025 \| Jellystone! \| Top Cat \| Voice, recurring role{{Cite web\|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/trailer-hanna-barbera-favorites-return-in-hbo-max-original-jellystone/\|title=Trailer: Hanna-Barbera Favorites Return in HBO Max Original 'Jellystone!'\|date=June 24, 2021}}
2021–2023 \| The Ghost and Molly McGee \| Maxwell Davenport \| Voice, 4 episodes
2022 \| Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation \| Wick Cooper \| Voice, Disney+ special
2023–present \|Rock Paper Scissors \|Paper \|Main voice role
2024–present \|Animal Control \|Patrick Shaw \|5 episodes

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| You Wrote It, You Watch It

| Various characters

| Also writer

1993–1995

| The State

| Various characters

| Also co-creator and writer

1995

| The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

| Various characters

| Television special; also writer

1997

| Viva Variety

| Host Meredith Laupin

| 16 episodes; also writer

1997–1999

| Hercules

| Atlas

| Voice, 3 episodes

rowspan=2 | 1999

| Friends

| Randall (Joey's hand twin)

| 2 episodes

Strangers with Candy

| Unknown

| Writer: "Bogie Nights"

1999–2000

| Jesse

| Ernie

| 2 episodes

2001

| The Legend of Tarzan

| Landlord

| Voice, episode: "Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor"

2001

| Snickers commercials

| Host

| key phrase "another side effect of hunger"

rowspan=2 | 2002

| Kim Possible

|Dr Fester

| Voice, episode: "Kimitation Nation"

MDs

| Chester E. Donge

| 8 episodes

2003–2009,
2020–2022

| Reno 911!

| Lieutenant Jim Dangle

| Also creator
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series (2020)

2004–2006

| Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

| Vic

| Voice, 2 episodes

2006

| Stacked

| Gary

| Episode: "You're Getting Sleepy"

2007

| Wainy Days

| Ice Cream Man

| Episode: "Dorvid Days"

2009

| The League

| Bryce

| Episode: "The Usual Bet"

rowspan=2 | 2010

| Party Down

| Nick DiCintio

| Episode: "Nick DiCintio's Orgy Night"

Svetlana

| Fyodor

| Episode: "Wish Fulfillment"

2010–2011

| Funny or Die Presents

| Richard, Co-Pilot

| 5 episodes

2010–2013

| Planet Sheen

| Pinter, Blurg

| Voice, 15 episodes

2010–2019

| Archer

| Charles

| Voice, 4 episodes

rowspan=3 | 2011

| Memphis Beat

| Keith Grant

| Episode: "Inside Man"

Childrens Hospital

| Pat

| Episode: "Home Is Where the Hospital Is"

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

| Geoff Peterson, Robot Skeleton, Chloe Banderas

| Voice, 3 episodes

2012–2015

| Comedy Bang! Bang!

| Various characters

| 4 episodes

rowspan=4 | 2012

| New Girl

| Neil

| Episode: "See Ya"

How I Met Your Mother

| Klaus

| 2 episodes

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

| Trey

| Epis

Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas

| Director

| Television special

2012–2019

| Bob's Burgers

| Customer, Kenny, Chuck, additional voices

| Voice, 6 episodes

rowspan=5 | 2013

| Franklin & Bash

| Harley

| Episode: "Shoot to Thrill"

NTSF:SD:SUV::

| Santa

| Episode: "Wreck the Halls"

@midnight

| Contestant

| Also executive producer

Key & Peele

| Person At People Park #5

| Episode: "Pussy on the Chainwax"

Wendell & Vinnie

| Lord Derek

| Episode: "Swindle & Vinnie"

rowspan=2 | 2013–2014

| Sean Saves the World

| Max Thompson

| 14 episodes

Newsreaders

| Vincent Gates, Pritchard Batchman

| 3 episodes

rowspan=5 | 2014

| Hollywood Game Night

| Himself

| Episode: "Things That Go Clue-Boom in the Night"

The Goldbergs

| Tauntaun Todd

| Episode: "A Wrestler Named Goldberg"

Hot in Cleveland

| Agent Gilmore

| Episode: "Surprise!"

The Birthday Boys

| Lou Skywalker

| Episode: "Cerf's Folly"

Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special

| Unknown

| Television special; writer

rowspan=4 | 2015

| Over the Garden Wall

| Jimmy Brown

| Voice, episode: "Schooltown Follies"

The Hotwives

| Garrett Truesdale

| Episode: "You Make Me Wanna Drought"

Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer

| Studio Security

| Television special

Robot Chicken

| Various characters

| Voice, episode: "Garbage Sushi"

2015–2017

| The Odd Couple

| Felix Unger

| Main role; 38 episodes Also; Co-Executive Producer

rowspan="3" | 2015–2016

| Another Period

| Marquis de Sainsbury

| 5 episodes

TripTank

| Caller, Broker, Rob

| Voice, 3 episodes

Dawn of the Croods

| Munk, Crud, Monkhuahua, Gunk, Wal, Mama Munk

| Voice, 9 episodes

2015–2019

| Drunk History

| Various characters

| 3 episodes

2016

| Animals.

| Kevin

| Voice, episode: "Rats."

rowspan="2" | 2016–2017

| Goldie & Bear

| Brian

| Voice, 2 episodes

Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures

| Wick Cooper, Cleaning Droid

| Voice, 6 episodes

2016–2019

| Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

| Serge

| 9 episodes; also executive producer

2016–2022

| American Dad!

| Various Characters voices

| 13 episodes

rowspan="2" | 2017–2019

| Santa Clarita Diet

| Principal Novak

| Recurring role; 6 episodes

Lethal Weapon

| Leo Getz

| Recurring role

rowspan=2 | 2017

| Milo Murphy's Law

| Henry

| Voice, episode: "Murphy's Lard"

Justice League Action

| Amazo

| Voice, episode: "Boo-ray for Bizarro"

2017–2018

| Spirit Riding Free

| Garrett Truesdale, Auctioneer, Rooster

| Voice, 2 episodes

rowspan="6" | 2018

| The Thundermans

| Assista Boy

| Episode: "Side-Kicking and Screaming"

For the People

| Freddie Morris, Captain Shadow{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/for-the-people-thomas-lennon-casting-exclusive-1202688691/| last=Turchiano| first=Danielle| title=Thomas Lennon Books Guest Role on 'For The People'| newspaper=Variety| date=February 8, 2018| access-date=August 3, 2019}}

| Episode: "Everybody's a Superhero"

Dallas & Robo

| Dr. John Eichler, Dickie St. James

| Voice, episode: "Murder on the Georgia Overdrive"

Legend of the Three Caballeros

| Clinton Coot

| Voice, 8 episodes

Sideswiped

| Aaron Cunningham

| Episode: "Matched Up"

Spy Kids: Mission Critical

| Dr. Chad Jericho

| Voice, episode: "Ace Off"

rowspan=8 | 2019

| Teachers

| Larry Bop

| Episode: "Face Your Peers"

Knight Squad

| Sir Angus Macchio

| Episode: "Knight of the Living Dead"

Critters: A New Binge

| Mr. Weber

| 3 episodes

American Housewife

| Simon

| Episode: "Insta-Friends"

At Home with Amy Sedaris

| Edwin Chuzzlewit

| Episode: "Halloween"

Modern Family

| Orson

| Episode: "Can't Elope"

Veep

| President of CBS

| Episode: "Oslo"

Crank Yankers

| Himself

| Voice, episode: "Tiffany Haddish, Roy Wood Jr. & Thomas Lennon"

2019–2021

| Where's Waldo?

| Wizard Whitebeard, various voices

| Voice, main role (40 episodes){{cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=April 26, 2019 |title='Where's Waldo?': Joshua Rush, Haley Tju, Eva Carlton & Thomas Lennon Lead Voice Cast For Universal Kids Series From DreamWorks Animationi |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/wheres-waldo-joshua-rush-haley-tju-eva-carlton-thomas-lennon-lead-voice-cast-for-universal-kids-series-from-dreamworks-animation-1202602095/ |access-date=May 1, 2019 |journal=Deadline Hollywood}}

rowspan=3 | 2020

| The Twilight Zone

| J.J. Malloy

| Episode: "Ovation"

Close Enough

| Henri

| Voice, episode: "Haunted Couch"

Home Movie: The Princess Bride{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/the-princess-bride-homemade-fan-film|title=Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride|website=Vanity Fair|first=Anthony|last=Breznican|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020}}

| Prince Humperdinck

| 2 episodes

2020–2021

| Supergirl

| Mr. Mxyzpltk

| 4 episodes

rowspan=7 | 2021

| Solar Opposites

| Police Cop

| Voice, episode: "The Sacred Non-Repeating Number"

Infinity Train

| Spiceman

| Voice, episode: "The Party Car"

Friends: The Reunion

| Himself (Joey Tribbiani's Hand Twin)

| HBO Max special

Central Park

| Leslie Portergrave

| Voice, episode: "Central Dark"

Ten Year Old Tom

| Neighbor Rick

| Voice, episode: "Tomz Lemonade/A Tale of Two Lunch Ladies"

Aquaman: King of Atlantis

| Nuidis Vulko

| Voice, 3 episodes

The Big Leap

|Zach Peterman

|5 episodes

2021–2025

| Jellystone!

| Top Cat

| Voice, recurring role{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/trailer-hanna-barbera-favorites-return-in-hbo-max-original-jellystone/|title=Trailer: Hanna-Barbera Favorites Return in HBO Max Original 'Jellystone!'|date=June 24, 2021}}

2021–2023

| The Ghost and Molly McGee

| Maxwell Davenport

| Voice, 4 episodes

2022

| Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation

| Wick Cooper

| Voice, Disney+ special

2023–present

|Rock Paper Scissors

|Paper

|Main voice role

2024–present

|Animal Control

|Patrick Shaw

|5 episodes

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2019 \| Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television \| Himself \| Episode: "For Your Inconsideration"

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2019

| Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television

| Himself

| Episode: "For Your Inconsideration"