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Robert Ben Garant: Biography

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  • Birth Place: Cookeville, TN
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/14/1970, Virgo
  • Profession: Actor; writer; director
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Robert Ben Garant Fast Facts:
  • Described himself as a "punk kid" in high school, complete with a spray-painted car and a green Mohawk.
  • Stated that his high-school theater classes are what got him interested in acting and writing.
  • Got his start in the early 1990s writing for Jon Stewart's short-lived MTV sketch show You Wrote It, You Watch It, which acted out viewer-written mail into sketches.
  • Cocreated Reno 911! with Thomas Lennon and Kerri Kenney; also collaborated with Kenney, Lennon and others to develop MTV's cult-classic series The State and Comedy Central's Viva Variety. The three met while attending New York University.
  • Along with coauthor Thomas Lennon, published a guide to writing screenplays in July 2011 called Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!
  • Robert Ben Garant Relationships:
  • Hank - Father
  • Sandra - Mother
  • Robert Ben Garant Awards:
  • 1999 Emmy: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music - Nominee
  • College:
  • New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY

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Reno 911, Tom Lennon, Kerri Kenny Silver, Robert Ben Garant Michael Yarish/Comedy Central
Reno 911, Robert Ben Garant, Mary Birdsong, Niecy Nash, Kerri Kenney Silver, Cedric Yarbrough, Wendi McLendon Covey, Carlos Alazraqui, Thomas Lennon Michael Yarish/Comedy Central
Reno 911, Robert Ben Garant, Carlos Alazraqui, Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney Silver, Niecy Nash, Wendi McLendon Covey, Cedric Yarbrough Ian White/Comedy Central
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