Bryan Tucker
{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Brian Tucker (disambiguation)}}
Bryan H. Tucker is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He has been a senior writer for the TV program Saturday Night Live since 2018.{{cite episode|title=Adam Driver/Kanye West|series=Saturday Night Live|season=44|number=1|network=NBC|date=September 29, 2018|time=Closing credits}}
Early life
Bryan H. Tucker was born and raised in Chesterfield County, Virginia. After graduating from Clover Hill High School, Tucker attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.{{cite web|title=Richmond Native Named New Head Writer at SNL|url=http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/richmond-native-new-head-writer-at-snl/Content?oid=2042197/history/|website=Style Weekly|access-date=March 12, 2015}} While at UNC, Tucker regularly performed stand-up comedy and formed the comedy troupe Selected Hilarity.
Career
After graduating from UNC, Tucker toured the country with Selected Hilarity for three years.{{cite web|title=Alumni Profile: Bryan Tucker|url=http://blueandwhitemag.com/issues/volume-16-issue-1-october-2013/bell-well/alumni-profile-bryan-tucker/Content?oid=2042197/history/|website=Style Weekly|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230413/http://blueandwhitemag.com/issues/volume-16-issue-1-october-2013/bell-well/alumni-profile-bryan-tucker/Content?oid=2042197%2Fhistory%2F|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} The group broke up and Tucker moved to New York City to pursue performing. After Tucker broke into the standup scene, he would go on to write sketches and comedy bits for The Chris Rock Show.{{cite web|title=BEHIND THE COLLABORATIVE, COMPETITIVE PROCESS OF BEING A HEAD WRITER FOR "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"|url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3042234/behind-the-collaborative-competitive-process-of-being-a-head-writer-for-saturday-night-live|website=Fast Company|publisher=Mansueto Ventures|access-date=March 12, 2015}} He then went on to work for Mad TV, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and Chappelle's Show before getting a job as an SNL writer in 2005.{{cite web|title=Alumni Profile: Bryan Tucker|url=http://blueandwhitemag.com/issues/volume-16-issue-1-october-2013/bell-well/alumni-profile-bryan-tucker/history/|website=Blue and White Online|publisher=Wordpress|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205636/http://blueandwhitemag.com/issues/volume-16-issue-1-october-2013/bell-well/alumni-profile-bryan-tucker/history/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} After Seth Meyers left in the middle of Season 39 to host Late Night with Seth Meyers, both Rob Klein and Bryan Tucker were promoted to become new co-head writers alongside Colin Jost.{{cite news|title=New Course for 'Weekend Update,' and All of 'SNL'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/business/media/saturday-night-live-setting-its-new-cast.html?_r=0|website=New York Times| date=15 September 2013 |access-date=March 12, 2015| last1=Carter | first1=Bill }} However, as of 2018, Tucker is a senior writer at the show.{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/saturday-night-live-s-44-e-01-adam-driver | title=Unknown}}{{Dead link | date=September 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}} Although his primary function on the show has always been as a writer, Tucker has appeared in several bit performances, including "Roy Rules," an early SNL Digital Short.{{cite web|title=Bryan Tucker: Writer|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/cast/btucker.phtml/history/|website=Saturday Night Live Transcripts|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114400/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/cast/btucker.phtml/history/|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}
Awards and honors
Tucker has been nominated for nineteen Emmy awards and three Writers Guild (WGA) awards (2007, 2009, 2010) and won a Peabody Award for his work on Saturday Night Live during the 2008 Presidential Election.{{cite web|title=Bryan H. Tucker|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1317704/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDb.com|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=March 12, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Bryan Tucker|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=bryan+tucker&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year%5Bmin%5D=&field_nominations_year%5Bmax%5D=&field_nominations_year_op=%3E%3D&field_nominations_year%5Bvalue%5D=1949-01-01&field_nominations_year_1%5Bmin%5D=&field_nominations_year_1%5Bmax%5D=&field_nominations_year_1_op=%3C%3D&field_nominations_year_1%5Bvalue%5D=2020-01-01&field_award_category=All/|website=Television Academy|access-date=March 12, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Saturday Night Live Political Satire 2008 (NBC)|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/saturday-night-live-political-satire-2008|website=Peabody Awards|access-date=March 12, 2015}}
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