22 Facts About Chuck Lorre

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Chuck Lorre won Golden Globe Awards for Roseanne and Cybill, and won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for The Kominsky Method.

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Chuck Lorre was born in Plainview, New York, to a Jewish family and given the Hebrew name Chaim.

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Chuck Lorre changed his surname from Levine to Lorre at age 26.

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Chuck Lorre co-wrote the soundtrack to the 1987 television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Dennis Challen Brown.

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Chuck Lorre's second show as creator, Grace Under Fire, starred comedian Brett Butler.

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Chuck Lorre then moved to 20th Century Fox in 1995 to create the next project.

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Chuck Lorre created his fifth show, Two and a Half Men, with co-creator Lee Aronsohn.

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8.

Chuck Lorre killed off Sheen's character and hired Ashton Kutcher as his replacement for the show's last four seasons.

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Chuck Lorre's next show was The Big Bang Theory with co-creator Bill Prady.

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In 2018, Chuck Lorre created The Kominsky Method that follows a fictional aging acting coach used to success.

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Chuck Lorre's seventh show, created with Gemma Baker and Eddie Gorodetsky, Mom, premiered on CBS on September 23,2013.

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Typically, on the end of every episode of his productions, Chuck Lorre includes a different message that usually reads like an editorial, essay, or observation on life.

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Chuck Lorre used the vanity card for the series finale, "Of Course He's Dead", to address the circumstances of Sheen's absence from the episode.

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Chuck Lorre published a compilation of his vanity cards in a coffee table book titled What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Bitter, released on October 16,2012.

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Chuck Lorre won BMI Television Music Awards in 2004,2005,2008 and 2009 for Two and a Half Men.

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On March 12,2009, Chuck Lorre received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Three months later, Chuck Lorre received an honorary degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam and gave a keynote address at the graduation.

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Chuck Lorre was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in March 2012.

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Chuck Lorre won Golden Globe Awards for Roseanne, Cybill, and The Kominsky Method.

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Also in 2019, Chuck Lorre was awarded the Critics' Choice Award for Creative Achievement.

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Chuck Lorre was first married to his business partner Paula Smith in 1979.

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Chuck Lorre was married to actress and former Playboy Playmate Karen Witter for ten years before their divorce in July 2010.