Lance Crouther

{{short description|American actor}}

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| known_for = Real Time with Bill Maher, Pootie Tang

| occupation = Actor, television producer, television writer

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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,{{cite web |title=Down to Earth (2001) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/Down-to-Earth/167751/ |website=Blu-ray.com |access-date=April 19, 2022}} Wanda at Large,{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-03-26-0303260193-story.html |title=Writer, producer, performer - a comedian called Wanda |publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=2003-03-26 |accessdate=2022-04-19 |first=Allan |last=Johnson}} and Good Hair,{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Robert |title=Good Hair |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/chris-rock/good-hair/ |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=April 19, 2022 |date=October 8, 2009}} among others. As an actor, he was the star of the feature film Pootie Tang.{{cite news|last=Bonin |first=Liane |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2001/07/02/how-understand-pootie-tang |title=How to understand Pootie Tang |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=2001-07-02 |accessdate=2022-04-19}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://tvsourcemagazine.com/2010/02/1904-2010-writers-guild-award-winners/|title=2010 Writers Guild Award Winners|date=21 February 2010|website=TV Source Magazine|accessdate=20 February 2019}}