Alex Herschlag

Birth Name:

Alex Herschlag

Birth Place:

Bronx, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Writer, Actor, Script department

Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series for "Modern Family" in 2011
Was nominated for a Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television for "Will & Grace" in 2005
Graduated from McGill University with a degree in Psychology
Started out as a stand-up comedian in Montreal and wrote and performed for various sketch comedy groups, including the San Francisco Asian American Theater Company
After taking AFI's Television Writer's Workshop he moved to Los Angeles, where he joined a sketch comedy group that also featured future "Saturday Night Live" comic Molly Shannon
Best known as a writer and executive producer of "Will & Grace" and the consulting producer of "Hot in Cleveland․"
Often works with Ellen DeGeneres, for whom he has written stand-up material and served as a writer on her sitcom "Ellen․"

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