Marc Wilmore
| Marc Wilmore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marc Edward Wilmore May 4, 1963 San Bernardino County, California |
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| Occupation | Television writer, producer, actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1992–2021 |
| Relatives | Larry Wilmore (brother) |
Marc Edward Wilmore (May 4, 1963 – January 30, 2021) was an American television writer, producer, actor, and comedian who was a writer and performer for shows such as In Living Color, The PJs, The Simpsons, and F Is for Family. He was a 10-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee.[1]
Life and career
Marc Edward Wilmore was born on May 4, 1963, to parents Betty and Larry[2][3] in San Bernardino County, California. He had five siblings, one of whom, older brother Larry, is a television comic.[4] He was a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.[3]
In the early 1990s, Wilmore got a job as a writer on the sketch comedy series In Living Color. He was promoted to cast member during the show's final season.[3] Wilmore's impersonations included Robert Guillaume, Maya Angelou, James Earl Jones, and various sketches which re-imagined various television series such as All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show if they starred African-Americans. He received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work on the show.[1][3][5] After In Living Color, Wilmore wrote for The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno[3] and The PJs, a stop-motion adult sitcom co-created by his older brother Larry, where he also provided the voice of crooked police officer Walter Burkett.[6][7]
While working on The PJs, Wilmore participated in a prank organized by staff members of The Simpsons, where he pretended he was the mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois and angrily accosted writer Matt Selman over a joke that denigrated the city in the episode "They Saved Lisa's Brain". As compensation for his involvement with the joke, Wilmore was given a role in the season 11 episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", in which he played a psychologist.[8][9][10] Wilmore joined The Simpsons's writing staff in the show's thirteenth season, and received his first credit for the segment "Send in the Clones" in "Treehouse of Horror XIII".[10][11] He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program as a producer for the episode "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2008.[1] In the 2010s, Wilmore worked as a writer and executive producer on F Is for Family, an animated sitcom co-created by Michael Price, who had worked with him on The PJs and The Simpsons. Wilmore also provided several voices in the series.[3]
Wilmore had a kidney transplant in 1990s. Wilmore died at the age of 57 on January 30, 2021. According to his brother, Larry, Wilmore died "while battling COVID and other conditions that have had him in pain for many years" during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[3]
Credits
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992–1994 | In Living Color | Writer, cast member[3] |
| 1995–1998 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Writer[3] |
| 1999–2001 | The PJs | Writer Voice actor (Walter Burkett)[6] |
| 2000, 2002–2015 | The Simpsons | Writer Guest voice actor[3] |
| 2017–2020 | F Is for Family | Writer Executive producer Additional voices[3] |
References
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- ↑ Scully, Mike (2008). Commentary for "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge", in The Simpsons: The Eleventh Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Scully, Mike. (2007). Commentary for "They Saved Lisa's Brain", in The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
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- 1963 births
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- African-American writers
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- African-American male actors
- American impressionists (entertainers)
- African-American male comedians
- People from San Bernardino County, California
- Emmy Award winners
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