Charles Tatham (born 1963) is a Canadian

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and

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best known for his work on ''

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'', and ''

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Biography

Early life

Tatham was born in

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. He grew up in

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and later lived in

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, and Bathurst Street. He moved to

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in 1991 with his brother Jamie to pursue a career in writing in the film and television industry after working in the advertising business for fifteen years in

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Career

Tatham's first writing job was in

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on the sitcom ''

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'', for which he wrote eight episodes with his brother and writing partner, Jamie, who later quit and returned to

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, while Chuck went on to become a producer in

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. He then went on to a number of simultaneous writer-producer jobs on sitcoms including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', the latter four of which he served as a co-executive producer. His most notable (and acclaimed) role, however, has been as a writer and co-executive producer for the comedy series ''

'' from

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. He was nominated for two

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s in 2006; the first shared with the show's other producers in the category of ''Outstanding Comedy Series'', and the second shared with three other writers of the episode "Development Arrested" in the ''Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series'' category. He has also, with the rest of the ''Arrested Development'' writing crew, been nominated for two

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s, in 2005 and 2006, both in the ''Comedy Series'' category. He fully supported the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, which stalled a project he had with

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developing a new series, ''The Church of Reggie'', about a man who starts his own religion on his porch. In 2020, he signed on as an executive producer on the forthcoming Canadian sitcom '' Children Ruin Everything''.Etan Vlessing
"Chuck Tatham to Executive Produce 'Children Ruin Everything' Comedy for Canada's Bell Media"
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'', July 25, 2019.

Personal life

He is married to Joanne Tatham, a jazz singer, with whom he has two sons. He enjoys hockey and slow marathons and is allergic to bananas.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tatham, Chuck 1963 births Living people Canadian screenwriters Canadian television writers Canadian television producers People from Perth County, Ontario Writers from Ontario