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Jon Kinnally Biography

Birth Name:Jon Kinnally

Profession Writer, Producer, Actor

Fast Facts

  • In 2009, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic comedy for an episode of "Ugly Betty" called "Crush'd․"
  • Was nominated for a 2009 Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for an episode of "Ugly Betty․"
  • Graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego
  • Quote: "[on "Ugly Betty"] "One of the hard things is because the show is about Betty, you want to get her viewpoint on all the stories and not just have three or four separate stories going on․""
  • Quote: "[on "Ugly Betty"] "We love Betty most when she's an underdog and when she's vulnerable․ That's when she's most relatable․ When people hate her, we like her more so we have to keep some people disliking her․""
  • Best known for his contributions to "Will & Grace," he started as a writer for the show, then moved up to executive producer and even appeared in one of the episodes, "One Gay at a Time," as Mitchell
  • Signed a two-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios in 2010
  • Some of his most successful television shows have been written and produced in collaboration with Tracy Poust

Awards

  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2002OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2009Image Award-Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2009WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Comedy: nominated
  • 2018Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode: nominated
  • 2018WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Comedy: winner