Vernon Chatman

Vernon Chatman
Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K, Blair Breard and Dave Becky, the crew of Louie, present their Peabody Award, May 2013
Born (1972-10-31) October 31, 1972
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medium Stand-up, film, television, music, books
Nationality American (Multiracial American)
Years active 1996–present
Genres Surreal humour
Spouse Unknown
Children 2
Notable works and roles

Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an American television producer, writer, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He is known for co-creating Wonder Showzen, the animated series Xavier: Renegade Angel and producing and voicing characters in South Park.

Life and career

Vernon Chatman was a student of the San Francisco State University,[1][2] where he graduated in 1994. Chatman is mixed race, half European American and half African American.

In 1996 Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as The Chris Rock Show (for which he won an Emmy), Late Night with Conan O'Brien, That's My Bush! and The Downer Channel. Before Wonder Showzen, he and PFFR collaborator John Lee created the Snoop Dogg comedy series Doggy Fizzle Televizzle for MTV.

Along with long-time friend John Lee (also of PFFR), he is the co-creator of the MTV2 series Wonder Showzen as well as the Adult Swim shows Xavier: Renegade Angel and The Heart, She Holler. The two met as undergraduates at San Francisco State University. One of his most high-profile voice acting roles is as the voice of Towelie, the marijuana-smoking talking towel on South Park, where he also serves as a staff writer. In 2012, he became a producer on the third season of the FX series Louie. In 2017, Adult Swim ordered The Shivering Truth, a "darkly surreal anthology comedy" from Chatman.[3]

Voices on South Park

Discography

Filmography

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerExecutive producerActorRoleNotes
1997 Comics Come Home 3 Himself Stand-up
1997–1998 The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show Yes 11 episodes
1998 Premium Blend Himself Stand-up
1998–1999 The Chris Rock Show Yes 12 episodes
1999 Armagedd'NSync Yes TV special
1999 1999 Teen Choice Awards Yes Segment producer
1999 1999 MTV Video Music Awards Consultant
1999–2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Yes 144 episodes
2001 Late Friday Yes Lars Wishner 1 episode
2001 That's My Bush! Yes Staff writer
2001 The Downer Channel Yes 2 episodes
2001–present South Park Yes Yes Yes Towelie / Vernon - Butt-Out Member / Tiger Woods / C.D.C Man #5 / Dominic Cobb / Ron (voices) Consultant writer (2001–2007), producer (2007–present)
2002–2003 Doggy Fizzle Televizzle Yes Yes Also creator
2003 2003 MTV Video Music Awards Consultant
2005–2006 Wonder Showzen Yes Yes Yes Yes Chauncey / Clarence / Various (voices) Also creator
2007–2009 Xavier: Renegade Angel Yes Yes Yes Yes Various (voices) Also creator
2009 How's Your News? Yes
2009–2013 Delocated Yes
2011 Totally for Teens Yes
2011 Neon Knome Yes Later reworked into The Problem Solverz, which he wasn't involved in.
2011 China, IL Yes Consulting producer; 5 episodes
2011–2014 The Heart, She Holler Yes Yes Yes Also creator
2012–2015 Louie Yes Yes Jack Dahl's Receptionist #3 Episode: "Late Show: Part 2"
2015 Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter Yes
2016 Horace and Pete Yes Yes Story co-writer of episode 10
2016 Gigglefudge, U.S.A. Yes Yes Television special
2018 The Shivering Truth Yes Yes Yes Yes Also creator

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerExecutive producerActorRoleNotes
2002 Jackass: The Movie Yes Concepts
2009 Final Flesh Yes
2010 The External World Yes Short film
2011 The Original Black Swan Yes Short film
2017 I Love You, Daddy Yes Yes

Side projects

2000s

2010s

  • The External World, Co-written alongside David O'Reilly (2010)
  • The Original Black Swan, Collaboration with Todd Barry (2011)

Bibliography

BookYearNotes
Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for Online Homework Cheating IndustryApril 23, 2013 ISBN 978-1934734919[5][6]

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

Chatman has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning four.[7]

Nominations

Writers Guild of America Awards

Chatman has won two WGA Awards.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Alumni Vernon Chatman Archived March 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Alumni Vernon Chatman and John Lee
  3. ↑ Barsanti, Sam (May 17, 2017). "Adult Swim announces new stop-motion series The Shivering Truth". The A.V. Club.
  4. ↑ http://www.southpark.nl/fans/faq/2010/nov
  5. ↑ Chatman, Vernon (2013). Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for Online Homework Cheating Industry. New York: Seven Footer Press. ISBN 978-1934734919.
  6. ↑ Mindsploitation Official Website
  7. ↑ Awards for Vernon Chatman - IMDb.com
  8. ↑ Awards for Vernon Chatman - IMDb.com
  9. ↑ Vernon Chatman Accepts the Writers Guild Award for "Louie"
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