14 Facts About Mitchell Hurwitz

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Mitchell Donald "Mitch" Hurwitz was born on May 29,1963 and is an American television writer, producer, and actor.

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Mitchell Hurwitz is best known as the creator of the television sitcom Arrested Development as well as the co-creator of The Ellen Show.

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Mitchell Hurwitz is a contributor to The John Larroquette Show and The Golden Girls.

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In 1976, when Mitchell Hurwitz was 12, he co-founded a chocolate-chip cookie business, called the Chipyard on Balboa Boulevard in Balboa Fun Zone in Newport Beach, California, in a former taco place, with his older brother, Michael, and his father, Mark.

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Mitchell Hurwitz graduated from Estancia High School in Costa Mesa, California, and from Georgetown University in 1985 with a double major in English and theology.

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Mitchell Hurwitz created Everything's Relative, a midseason comedy starring Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Clayburgh for NBC in 1999.

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Mitchell Hurwitz was chosen by Ron Howard to create a sitcom about a rich dysfunctional family, which eventually turned into Arrested Development.

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Mitchell Hurwitz wrote the pilot in 2002, which was filmed in March 2003.

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Mitchell Hurwitz created Fox's animated comedy Sit Down, Shut Up, based on an Australian TV series of the same name, for the 2008 season.

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Mitchell Hurwitz created Running Wilde, which aired for one season from 2010 to 2011.

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Mitchell Hurwitz co-starred as "Cool Eric" in an episode of Workaholics titled "Dry Guys".

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Mitchell Hurwitz plays a human resources representative who is aiding them in their pursuit of sobriety.

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Mitchell Hurwitz starred as "Koogler" in the Community episode "App Development and Condiments", which aired on March 6,2014.

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Mitchell Hurwitz reprised the role in "Modern Espionage", which aired on May 19,2015.