13 Facts About Jonathan Ames

Jonathan Ames is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death and Blunt Talk.

Jonathan Ames has a long-time interest in boxing, appearing occasionally in the ring as "The Herring Wonder".

Jonathan Ames graduated with an English degree in 1987 from Princeton University, and where he authored his senior thesis entitled Eye Pity Eye:.

Jonathan Ames holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from Columbia University.

Jonathan Ames has been an infrequent faculty member at Columbia, The New School, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

In September 2008, Jonathan Ames released The Alcoholic, his first foray into graphic literature, illustrated by Dean Haspiel; an excerpt was included in The Best American Comics 2010.

Jonathan Ames was responsible for the Most Phallic Building contest which followed an article he wrote for Slate magazine where he claimed that the Williamsburg Bank Building in Brooklyn, New York, was the most phallic building he'd ever seen.

Jonathan Ames became known as a raconteur in New York City following his 1999 one-man stage show, "Oedipussy," and continues to perform frequently with the New York-based storytelling organization The Moth.

Jonathan Ames has been a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman several times and played the lead role in the 2001 IFC film The Girl Under the Waves, an on-screen experiment in improvisational acting.

Jonathan Ames appears in The Great Buck Howard, directed by Sean McGinly and starring John Malkovich, which debuted at Sundance in 2008.

Jonathan Ames started to guest-star as Irwin during the second season, appearing fully nude in one scene.

Jonathan Ames has appeared in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm in the Season 8 episode "Car Periscope," playing a brief role as Larry David's business manager.

In 2015, Jonathan Ames teamed up with Patrick Stewart and Seth MacFarlane to create Blunt Talk, which aired on the STARZ network for two seasons.