Bruce Vilanch
Actor
Biography
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Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000.
Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys.
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Filmography
Breathless
as Man with Purse 1983
The Ice Pirates
as Wendon 1984
Call Me Claus
as Himself 2001
The Aristocrats
as Self 2005
The Morning After
as Bartender 1986
Spring Breakdown
as Celebrity Judge 2009
I Am Divine
as Self 2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee 2014
Going Down in La-La Land
as Missy 2011
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
as Uncle Max 2010
Mahogany
as Dress Manufacturer 1975
Tru Loved
as Uncle Daniel 2008
Queer Duck: The Movie
as Bruce Vilanch (voice) 2006
Circuit
as Theater Stage Manager 2001
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
as Self 2008
Vito
as Self 2011