Dan Gurewitch
Born
Daniel Gurewitch

(1984-05-20) May 20, 1984 (age 39)
Suffern, New York, U.S.
EducationSyracuse University
Occupation(s)Comedian, writer, actor
Years active2006–present
Known forCollegeHumor (2006–2013)
The CollegeHumor Show (2009)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Daniel Gurewitch (/ˈɡɜːrwɪtʃ/; born May 20, 1984) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. He has worked as a senior writer for American comedy website CollegeHumor, and as a writer for the late-night talk and news satire show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[1]

Career

A former pupil of Suffern High School, Gurewitch graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications[2] with a degree in television, radio, and film.[1]

From 2006 to 2013, Gurewitch worked as a senior writer for the comedy website CollegeHumor. His work there included Hardly Working and CollegeHumor Originals, as well as the MTV comedy series The CollegeHumor Show, in all of which he was a principal cast member.

He studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre under Anthony King, Chris Gethard, Jason Mantzoukas, and Jackie Clarke, among others.[3]

As part of the writing staff for HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, he has won five Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series,” and five Writers Guild of America Awards.[4]

Personal life

Dan is the cousin of writer and humorist Nicholas Gurewitch, author of newspaper comic strip The Perry Bible Fellowship.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Passalacqua, Michael (January 29, 2015). "Dan Gurewitch". Newhouse School. Syracuse University. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Boatner, Autumn (February 20, 2014). "Last laughs: College Humor brings raunchy comedy from online to live stage performance". The Daily Orange.
  3. ^ "Dan Gurewitch". www.newyork.improvteams.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  4. ^ McNary, Dave (February 14, 2015). "'Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'True Detective' Top WGA Awards". Variety. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  5. ^ Herbert, Geoff (18 September 2017). "Syracuse alum wins 2nd straight Emmy for John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight'". Syracuse NY News. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2010–2019)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (2020–present)
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