Bobby Farrelly Biography (1958?-)

Full name Robert Leo Farrelly, Jr.; born c. 1958, in Cumberland, RI; son of Robert Leo (a doctor) and Mariann (a nurse practitioner; maiden name, Neary) Farrelly; brother of and collaborator with Peter Farrelly (a director and screenwriter); married; wife's name, Nancy; children: Jesse, Anna. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Director, producer, writer
Birth Details
1958?
Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • with Peter Farrelly
  • Producer and (uncredited) director, Dumb and Dumber (also known asDumb Happens), New Line Cinema, 1994
  • Director, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
  • Director and executive producer, There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
  • Producer, Outside Providence, Miramax, 1999
  • Director and producer, Me, Myself & Irene, 2000
  • Director and producer, Osmosis Jones, Warner Bros., 2001
  • Director and producer, Shallow Hal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • Executive producer, The Ringer, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • Producer, Say It Isn't So, 2001
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Creator of characters, Dumb and Dumber, 1995
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • with Peter Farrelly
  • (And with Bennett Yellin) Dumb and Dumber (also known as Dumb Happens), New Line Cinema, 1994
  • (Uncredited; with others) Bushwacked (also known as The Tenderfoot), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
  • (And with Ed Decter and John J. Strauss) There's Something about Mary, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
  • Outside Providence, Miramax, 1999
  • Stuck on You, 1999
  • Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
  • Shallow Hal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
  • Television Episodes
  • with Peter Farrelly
  • "The Virgin," Seinfeld, NBC, 1990
  • Also wrote another episode of Seinfeld, NBC.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2002
    Periodicals
    • Entertainment Weekly, August 2, 1996, p. 14
    • Newsweek, July 20, 1998, p. 64

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