Mark Roberts (born January 19, 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer, playwright,

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, and comedian, best known for creating the American

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'' Mike & Molly''.

Career

He appeared on '' The Tonight Show'' seven times as a stand-up comic between the years of 1992–1995, which led to guest starring roles on numerous

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series and films, among them '' Seinfeld'', '' Friends'', ''

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'', '' The Larry Sanders Show'', '' Two and a Half Men'', and ''

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''. He was also a series regular on the television

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''. His plays ''Where the Great Ones Run'', ''Parasite Drag'', and ''Rantoul and Die'' have been published by

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and produced in various theaters in the

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. He was the creator and executive producer of ''Mike & Molly'', which premiered September 20, 2010 on CBS, until he left the show after season 3. ''Mike & Molly'' was the highest-rated new comedy of the 2010 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Mark 1961 births American male comedians American male film actors American male screenwriters American male television actors Television producers from Illinois American television writers Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Urbana, Illinois Showrunners American male television writers Screenwriters from Illinois Comedians from Illinois 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers