Steve O'Donnell
Birth Name:
Steve O'Donnell
Birth Place:
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Actor, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Received the WGA East Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence in 2017
- Graduated from Harvard University in 1976
- Is the twin brother of fellow writer Mark O'Donnell
- Started writing in college with the satirical Harvard Lampoon
- Before getting into television, he worked as a writer for a greeting card company
- Best known as a writer for comedic shows, such as "The Chris Rock Show," "Late Night with David Letterman" and "Seinfeld․"
- [On the challenges of producing new material constantly] "I have to say there are certainly times where coming up with stuff seems a little bit harder than others, but that seems less the struggle in my experience than trying to sell something or trying to deal with the politics in a show․ Those seem like the larger challenges․"
- Once worked as an American history teaching assistant
Awards
- 1984Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Winner
- 1984Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1984Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1985Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1985Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1986Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Winner
- 1987Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Winner
- 1988Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1989Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1990Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1991Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1992Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1994Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1998Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program:Nominated
- 1999Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program:Winner
- 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program:Nominated
- 2001Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program:Nominated
- 2010Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Special Class Writing:Nominated