Bruce Vilanch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000. Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
76 acting credits
Acting · 76
The Simpsons
1989
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Nanny
1993
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Proud Family
2001
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
The Eric Andre Show
2012
Bosom Buddies
1980
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
GayVN Awards
1998
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
1992
Celebrity Fit Club
2005
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
2022
Breathless
1983
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
The Aristocrats
2005
Gameshow Marathon
2006
The Ice Pirates
1984
Sex: The Revolution
2008
Spring Breakdown
2009
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
The Legend of King Kong
2022
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Circuit
2001
Mahogany
1975
Call Me Claus
2001
The Morning After
1986
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023
Queer Duck: The Movie
2006
Annul Victory
2009
10 Ways
2006
The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood
2020
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
Get Bruce!
1999
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Jackie's Back!
1999
Going Down in La-La Land
2011
The World According to Allee Willis
2024
Commitment to Life
2023
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010
I Am Divine
2014
Tru Loved
2008
Vito
2011
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
Fourth Story
1991
House Husbands
2023
Love Can Be Murder
1992
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
Sister Mary
2011
The Drifter
1988
Limelight
2017
Scrooge & Marley
2012
10 Attitudes
2001
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021
The Divine Bette Midler
2005
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
2022
Studio One Forever
2024
Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life
1999
Silent but Deadly
2012
I Brake for Caterpillars
2024
Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
2010
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989
Body Electric
2023
The Adonis Factor
2010
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art
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Whale 52
2025
Fucking with the Stars
2006
Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
2005
The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
2006