23 Facts About Jon Glaser

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Jonathan Daniel Glaser was born on June 20,1968 and is an American actor, comedian, and writer.

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Jon Glaser is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, creating and starring in the Adult Swim series Delocated and Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter as well as the truTV series Jon Glaser Loves Gear.

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Jon Glaser is a writer on the Comedy Central sketch series Inside Amy Schumer.

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Jon Glaser was born and raised in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan.

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Jon Glaser is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he performed in the sketch comedy troupes Comedy Company and Just Kidding with Jon Hein, H Anthony Lehv, Matthew Schlein, Kristin Sobditch, Sara K Mathison, and Craig Neuman.

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Jon Glaser is a five-time Emmy nominee with the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

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Jon Glaser has appeared in the films Pootie Tang, School for Scoundrels, and Be Kind Rewind, and he has guest-starred on comedy programs such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Louie, Wonder Showzen, Bob's Burgers and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

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Jon Glaser was a lead voice actor in several animated comedy programs such as Stroker and Hoop, Freak Show, and Lucy the Daughter of The Devil.

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In February 2012, Jon Glaser appeared as the spokesman in a series of Subway commercials playing his Delocated character.

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Jon Glaser was a member of the mainstage cast of The Second City during the mid-1990s, performing alongside future Saturday Night Live head writer Adam McKay and cast member Rachel Dratch, as well as future Mr Show and 30 Rock cast member Scott Adsit.

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In Second City's award-winning revue Pinata Full of Bees, which was directed by Tom Gianas, Jon Glaser sang about the importance of not betraying a friendship by pretending not to have legs in order to play in a wheelchair basketball league.

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Jon Glaser provided musical accompaniment for the show's climax by drumming in a demonic pig mask, and appeared onstage throughout the show to pass judgement on audience members for laughing at jokes he considered socially irresponsible.

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Early in his television career, Jon Glaser wrote and occasionally performed on the short-lived sketch comedy programs The Jenny McCarthy Show on MTV and The Dana Carvey Show.

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Jon Glaser made one appearance as a correspondent on The Daily Show in 2004.

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Jon Glaser created and starred in the Comedy Central web-series Tiny Hands, which has been shown on the channel's short film series Atom TV a number of times.

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In 2009, Jon Glaser worked as the head writer and segment producer on the HBO sports program Joe Buck Live.

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Jon Glaser appeared on the ESPN classic show Cheap Seats, providing such roles as "Beamy" and the "Score Settler".

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Jon Glaser was the lead singer in the New York City-based comedy band "Detroit Octane"; they performed their song "Barack Obama-sistible" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on June 17,2008.

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Jon Glaser was the bass player in "A Matter of Trust", another comedy music project he was involved in with comedians H Jon Benjamin, Todd Barry and Tom Shillue.

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Jon Glaser appeared in seasons 2,3 and 4 of HBO's Girls as Laird, a recovering addict and neighbor of Lena Dunham's character Hannah.

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Jon Glaser's first published book My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top, was released on February 8,2011.

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Jon Glaser appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast on April 24,2015.

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Glaser's mockumentary series Jon Glaser Loves Gear premiered October 25,2016 on truTV.