Jason Mantzoukas is an American actor, comedian, writer and podcaster.
18 Facts About Jason Mantzoukas
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Jason Mantzoukas has had recurring roles on three TV series created by Michael Schur: Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Good Place.
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Jason Mantzoukas began taking drum lessons at age 10 and studied under Steve Barrett for over 8 years.
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Jason Mantzoukas continued with jazz drumming in college and played for a bebop group.
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Jason Mantzoukas then attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, where he majored in religion.
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Jason Mantzoukas attempted to defend a "terribly written" honors thesis on religious iconography but was not given credit to graduate with honors.
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Jason Mantzoukas first began writing comedy sketches during his junior and senior years of high school for variety shows.
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Jason Mantzoukas began performing short-form improvisational comedy as a part of the Otter Nonsense Players at Middlebury College and quickly became "obsessed" with improv as it used the same skill set as performing jazz.
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Jason Mantzoukas was a member of the improv team "Mother," one of the UCB's earliest house teams.
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Jason Mantzoukas has done extensive voice acting work, including main roles on the animated series Big Mouth, Close Enough, HouseBroken, and Star Trek: Prodigy.
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In 2008, NBC ordered a pilot for a comedy series written by Jason Mantzoukas called Off Duty.
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In interviews in 2014, Jason Mantzoukas announced that he was working on a "loosely autobiographical" television show for Showtime about life after ending a long-term relationship.
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Jason Mantzoukas earned credit for writing the screenplay draft of the buddy cop comedy Ride Along, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.
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Jason Mantzoukas originally was asked to write for Andy Samberg as one of the leads, but the rights to the film were ultimately purchased by Universal Studios who later cast Hart in the role originally intended for Samberg.
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Jason Mantzoukas has served as a consulting writer and producer on Childrens Hospital and Portlandia.
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Jason Mantzoukas was born with an egg allergy and experiences anaphylaxis if ingested.
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Jason Mantzoukas has cited this allergy as the cause of his hypochondriac tendencies.
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Jason Mantzoukas was previously in a relationship with actress Connie Britton.