Peter Tolan Biography (1958-)

Born July 5, 1958, in Scituate, MA. Addresses: Agent: Creative ArtistsAgency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, producer, actor
Birth Details: July 5, 1958; Scituate, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Co-producer, Home Improvement, ABC, 1991
Executive story editor, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991-1992
Co-producer, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991-1993
Co-executive producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992-1993
Executive producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993-1995
Co-producer, Good Advice, CBS, 1994
Creator and executive producer, The George Wendt Show, CBS, 1995
Creator and executive producer, Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
Executive producer, America's Sweethearts, 2001
Creator and executive producer, The Job, ABC, 2001-2002
Executive producer, Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (also known as My Adventures in Television), ABC, 2002
Creator, Rescue Me, FX, 2004
Also worked as consulting producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO.
Television Director
Episodic
Sessions, HBO, 1991
"Vacation," The Job, ABC, 2002
"Chinese Baby," Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central), 2002
Also directed "Do Not Go Squealing into That Good Night," Style and Substance, CBS.
Television Work
Pilots
Executive producer, Dave Chappelle, Fox, 1998
Executive producer, HMO, ABC, 2001
Director and executive producer, Rescue Me, FX, 2004
Television Appearances
Episodic
The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992
Piano player, Love and War, CBS, 1992
Adam Loderman, "Off Camera," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993
Mr. Taylor, Good Advice, CBS, 1994
Carl, "Chelsea Gets an Opinion," Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
Dr. Devon, "The Greatest Story Ever Toad," Maggie, CBS, 1998

Sean, "Sacrilege," The Job, ABC, 2002
Film Appearances
Jeremy, Home, 1989
Dorothy's Christmas party guest, Alice, Orion, 1990
Stage Appearances
Laughing Matters, Arts Common at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1989
WRITINGS
Screenplays
My Fellow Americans, Warner Bros., 1996
(With Harold Ramis and Kenneth Lonergan) Analyze This, Warner Bros., 1999
What Planet Are You From?, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
Bedazzled (also known as Teuflisch), Twentieth Century-Fox,2000
America's Sweethearts, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
Stealing Harvard, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
Analyze That, Warner Bros., 2002
(Uncredited rewrite) The In-Laws, Warner Bros., 2003
The Smoker, 2004
Television Episodes
Wish You Were Here, CBS, 1990
"Teacher, Teacher," Carol & Company, 1990
"Adventures in Fine Dining," Home Improvement, ABC, 1991
"Nothing More Than Feelings," Home Improvement, ABC, 1991
Sessions, HBO, 1991
Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991-1993
The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992-1998
"Two Times Twenty," Good Advice, CBS, 1994
The George Wendt Show, CBS, 1995
Buddies, ABC, 1996
"Secrets & Ellen," Ellen, ABC, 1997
"The Boss and Other Disasters," Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
The Job, ABC, 2001-2002
Rescue Me, FX, 2004
Wrote "Paris," Wish You Were Here; also wrote the stories for episodes "Marrakesh" and (with Larry Jacobsen) "Barcelona," Wish You Were Here.
Television Pilots
Buddies, 1996
Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
Dave Chapelle, Fox, 1998
HMO, ABC, 2001
The Job, ABC, 2001
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (also known as My Adventures in Television), ABC, 2002
Rescue Me, FX, 2004
Television Theme Songs
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (also known as My Adventures in Television), ABC, 2002
Television Movies
Name, ABC, 1999
Stage Plays
"Best Half Foot Forward," Program B, Festival of One Act Plays, Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, New York City, 1988
(With Linda Wallem; and musical composer and lyricist) Laughing Matters, Arts Common at St. Peter's Church, 1989
"Pillow Talk," Evening B, Festival of One Act Comedies, Judith Anderson Theatre, New York City, 1989
"Stay Carl Stay," Evening A, The 7th Annual Festival of One Act Comedies, Judith Anderson Theatre, 1991

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