25 Facts About Dan Harmon

Daniel James Harmon was born on January 3,1973 and is an American writer, producer, and actor.

Daniel James Harmon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on January 3,1973.

Dan Harmon graduated from Brown Deer High School in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, and attended Marquette University.

Dan Harmon briefly attended Glendale Community College in Glendale, California, an experience which would later form the basis of his sitcom Community.

Dan Harmon frequently appeared at Milwaukee's Safehouse free comedy stage early in his career.

Dan Harmon co-created the television pilot Heat Vision and Jack and several Channel 101 shows, some featuring Black, Drew Carey, and Sarah Silverman.

Dan Harmon co-created Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program and served as head writer for several episodes.

Dan Harmon portrayed a highly fictionalized version of Ted Templeman on two episodes of the Channel 101 web series Yacht Rock, a satirical history of soft rock, featuring stories about Templeman's collaborations with The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald and Van Halen.

Dan Harmon was the creator, executive producer, and a featured performer in Acceptable.

Dan Harmon is credited with writing part of Rob Schrab's comic book series Scud: The Disposable Assassin, as well as the spin-off comic series La Cosa Nostroid.

Dan Harmon served as executive producer and showrunner for 3 seasons until May 18,2012, when it was announced that Dan Harmon was being terminated from his position on Community as a result of creative conflicts between himself and Sony executives.

On June 1,2013, Dan Harmon announced that he would be returning to Community, serving as co-showrunner along with Chris McKenna; this was confirmed by Sony Pictures on June 10.

In 2013, Dan Harmon published the book You'll Be Perfect When You're Dead.

In January 2023, Dan Harmon became the sole showrunner after Roiland was dismissed from the series amidst domestic assault charges.

Dan Harmon adapted the hero's journey, a well-known storytelling framework, for use in television; he calls this technique the "story circle".

Dan Harmon began developing the technique while stuck on a screenplay in the late 1990s, and wanted to codify the storytelling process to unveil the "structure" that powers movies and TV shows.

Dan Harmon has noted this book as an influence on the technique, as well as the work of Syd Field.

In July 2009, Dan Harmon was nominated in two Emmy categories for his part in writing the 81st Academy Awards telecast: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, the latter of which he was awarded for "Hugh Jackman Opening Number" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

In 2018 and 2020, Dan Harmon won the Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program" as the executive producer of Rick and Morty.

Dan Harmon was nominated with Chris McKenna for a Hugo award for writing the Community episode, "Remedial Chaos Theory".

In 2011, while writing the character Abed for Community, Dan Harmon realized through researching the character's traits that he might have Asperger syndrome.

Dan Harmon consulted a doctor about it and concluded that he himself is on the spectrum.

Dan Harmon proposed to his girlfriend Erin McGathy in December 2013, and they were married in November 2014.

In July 2018, Dan Harmon received criticism when a comedy skit from 2009 resurfaced.

The video, titled "Daryl", was intended to be a parody of Dexter and featured Dan Harmon acting out raping a baby.