Dino Stamatopoulos
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Stamatopoulos at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
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Born | Konstantinos Stamatopoulos December 14, 1964 Norridge, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer Producer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1992–present |
Genre | Satire Black comedy |
Notable works | Late Night with Conan O'Brien The Ben Stiller Show Mr. Show TV Funhouse Mad TV Moral Orel The Drinky Crow Show Mary Shelley's Frankenhole High School USA! Community |
Notable awards | Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program 1993 The Ben Stiller Show |
Konstantinos "Dino" Stamatopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σταματόπουλος), born December 14, 1964, is an American television comedy writer, actor and producer who worked on TV programs such as Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, The Dana Carvey Show, Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He has also created multiple animated TV shows such as Moral Orel, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and High School USA!. As an actor, Stamatopoulos is best known for his recurring role as the character Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne on the NBC comedy series Community, on which he also worked behind the scenes as a producer and consulting writer.
Career
While at Ridgewood High School, Stamatopoulos wrote for his school variety show and was astounded he could get laughs with the material he had written. While attending Columbia College Chicago he performed a duo act with comedian Andy Dick, in which Stamatopoulos played a ventriloquist and Dick played a dummy under the influence of sleeping pills.[citation needed]
Stamatopoulos had written a spec script for a Simpsons episode, just out of love for the show, and Dick convinced him to submit it to The Ben Stiller Show, which got him hired. He met and worked with Bob Odenkirk. After Stiller's show was canceled, he moved to New York and joined the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also with Odenkirk. During the '90s he wrote for Late Show with David Letterman, The Dana Carvey Show and Mr. Show with Bob and David. In 2000 Stamatopoulos and Robert Smigel pitched Comedy Central a spin-off of Smigel's TV Funhouse Saturday Night Live cartoons which would be a half-hour sketch comedy show. TV Funhouse premiered on 2000 and was canceled after one season. He later joined the writing staff on Mad TV.
Stamatopoulos worked as a creative consultant and contributing writer on the first season of Tom Goes to the Mayor, with Tim & Eric and Bob Odenkirk. He also provided the voice of Drinky Crow on The Drinky Crow Show, which aired for one season on Adult Swim. His stop motion animated series Moral Orel premiered on Adult Swim on Christmas 2005 and aired for three seasons, airing its final episode in December 2008; a followup special aired in 2012.
Following Moral Orel, Stamatopoulos created a new stop motion series for Adult Swim entitled Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, which ran for two seasons from 2010 to 2012.[1]
Stamatopoulos was a writer and producer on the NBC sitcom Community. He also played the recurring role of "Star-Burns", a character whose nickname derived from large star-shaped sideburns.
A long-time fan of radio personality Steve Dahl, Stamatopoulos hosted a podcast called "Sorry About Everything" from May 2012 until June 2013 on Dahl's Steve Dahl Network.[2]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Type of media | Character |
2015 | Anomalisa | Producer | Animated film | |
2015 | W/ Bob and David | Writer Co-Executive Producer |
Sketch Comedy | Chuck, Episode 3 |
2015 | The Jack and Triumph Show | Writer | Adult Swim sitcom | |
2013 | High School USA! | Creator Writer |
Animated series | |
2010–2012 | Mary Shelley's Frankenhole | Creator Writer Executive Producer |
Animated series | Death The Mummy Mother Teresa Additional voices |
2010 | Yappy Broads | Actor | Adult Swim Pilot | Co-host |
2009–2015 | Community | Recurring Role Writer Consultant |
TV Sitcom | Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne |
2008–2009 | The Drinky Crow Show | Voice actor | Animated series | Drinky Crow Lt. Vronchy Additional voices |
2006 | Lucky Louie | Writer | TV Sitcom | |
2005–2008 | Moral Orel | Creator Writer Director Executive Producer |
Animated series | Various characters |
2004–2005 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Writer Creative Consultant |
Animated series | |
2002–2003 | Mad TV | Writer | Sketch Comedy series | |
2002 | The Master of Disguise | Co-producer | Live Action Comedy Movie | |
2000–2001 | TV Funhouse | Writer Actor Executive Producer |
Sketch Comedy series | Chickey Mr. Whiskers Various characters |
1996–2006 | Saturday Night Live | Writer (TV Funhouse) Voice Actor |
Sketch Comedy series | Michael Jackson |
1996–1998 | Mr. Show with Bob and David | Writer Executive Producer |
Sketch Comedy series | Various characters |
1996–1997 | Late Show with David Letterman | Writer | Late Night Talk Show | |
1996 | The Dana Carvey Show | Writer | Sketch Comedy series | |
1993–1999 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Writer Sketch Actor |
Late Night Talk Show | Tomari the Ostrich Kiss-Ass Turkey Abe Lincoln Various characters |
1992–1993 | The Ben Stiller Show | Writer | Sketch Comedy series |
References
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External links
- Dino Stamatopoulos at the Internet Movie Database
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- TV Squad interview with Dino Stamatopoulos
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- 1964 births
- American people of Greek descent
- American male comedians
- American male screenwriters
- American television writers
- American television producers
- American male voice actors
- Emmy Award winners
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Living people
- Male actors from Chicago, Illinois
- Writers from Chicago, Illinois
- American writers of Greek descent
- Male television writers