Comedian Garry Shandling created,
wrote and starred in the hit TV shows It's Garry Shandling's
Show and The Larry Sanders Show, and ranked #30 on
Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.
Born November 29, 1949, in Chicago, IL, Shandling
majored in electronic engineering in college, and went
on to study business and creative writing in graduate
school. He began to write for television comedies such
as Welcome Back, Kotter and Sanford and Son. Recuperating
from an automobile accident which left him in critical
condition, he decided to try his luck at stand-up comedy.
Shandling made his first stand-up appearance at the
Comedy Store in Los Angeles, CA, in 1978. He successfully
parlayed his personal life into fodder for his stand-up
comedy routine. In 1986, he turned that routine into
the sitcom, It's Garry Shandling's Show. The show ran
for four seasons. Two years later, he decided to use
his experience as a guest-host on The Tonight Show
to develop material for The Larry Sanders Show, which
ran on HBO from 1992-1998, and was nominated for an
Emmy three times.
Shandling has also appeared in several films, such
as Love Affair (1994), and Mixed Nuts (1994). He had
a starring role in 2000's What Planet Are You From?,
and the 2001 film, Town & Country. |
