Charles Sick Grandy (born March 5, 1974) is an American stand-up comedian, television writer and producer. He began his career on the television series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Saturday Night Live, The Office, and Guys With Kids. Grandy has had a string of collaborations with actress and producer Mindy Kaling through The Mindy Project, Champions, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and The Sex Lives of College Girls. He is the son of former Love Boat star turned politician Fred Grandy.
Charlie Grandy | |
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| Born | Charles Brendan Grandy[1] March 5, 1974 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Stand-up comedian, television writer, producer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse |
Sage Davis (m. 2004) |
Career
editAfter working as a stand-up comedian,[2] Grandy turned to television writing and became a writer on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show in 2001. After his Daily Show stint, Grandy became a writer and producer on Saturday Night Live, where he worked until 2008. He worked on the Weekend Update sketch.[1] In the same year, he joined the writing staff of the fifth season of the American version of The Office. At the beginning of the sixth season he became a co-producer and by the time the show entered its seventh season, he had become a supervising producer of the series.[3] After the cancellation of his show, Guys With Kids, he joined his former Office cohort, Mindy Kaling, on the second season of her show, The Mindy Project, as a writer and co-executive producer. In 2018, Grandy and Kaling created the NBC show Champions.[4] He served as an executive producer on Kaling's 2019 miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral.[5]
He is a writer for The Sex Lives of College Girls, another Kaling production and is credited with writing two episodes.
Writing credits
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (August 2020) |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2001–2008 | Saturday Night Live | 127 episodes credited as a writer; 4 episodes credited as "written by" |
| 2008–2012 | The Office | Episodes written:
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| 2013–2014 | The Mindy Project | Episodes written:
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| 2018 | Champions | Episodes written:
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| 2019 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Episodes written:
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| 2021-present | The Sex Lives of College Girls | Episodes written:
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| 2023-2024 | Velma | Episodes written:
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Personal life
editGrandy married Sage Davis in July 2004.[1] He is the son of actor and politician Fred Grandy and his first wife Jan (née Gough); his parents divorced in 1983. Grandy graduated from Harvard University.[1][6]
Awards and nominations
editGrandy has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, one for The Daily Show the other for Saturday Night Live.[7] In 2009 he received two Writers Guild of America award nominations, one for the fifth season of The Office and another for writing the episode Broke.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Sage Davis, Charles Grandy". New York Times. July 11, 2004.
- ^ "Charlie Grandy: Stand Up Videos and Funny Clips". Jokes.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "Charlie Grandy from The Office". Film.com. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ McPhee, Ryan (March 7, 2018). "How a Gay, Half-Indian, Musical-Loving Teen Became the Center of NBC's Champions". PlayBill.
- ^ Maglio, Tony (July 1, 2019). "Here's the Trailer for Mindy Kaling's 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Adaptation on Hulu (Video)". The Wrap.
- ^ Longden, Tom (July 6, 2008). "Talk-show career satisfies Grandy". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ "Awards for Charlie Grandy". IMDb. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America, West. December 14, 2009. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2011.