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Ira Ungerleider Biography

Birth Name:Ira Ungerleider

Profession Producer, Writer, Director, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Started out as a writer on the TV series "Phenom" in 1993
  • Best known as a writer and producer on "Friends" and as the creator and executive producer of "Jesse․"
  • Was also the executive producer on the TV series "Gary Unmarried," "Friends with Benefits," and "How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)․"
  • His voice was used in the "Friends" episode "The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister" as the noisy upstairs neighbor in 1997

Awards

  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated