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PEN15
''Pen15'' is an American comedy television series, created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zvibleman, that premiered on February 8, 2019, on Hulu. The series stars Erskine and Konkle, who also serve as executive producers alongside Zvibleman, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Becky Sloviter, Marc Provissiero, Brooke Pobjoy, Debbie Liebling, and Gabe Liedman. In May 2019, Hulu renewed the series for a second season of fifteen episodes, the first half of which premiered on September 18, 2020. In November 2021, it was reported that the series' second season would be its last. ''Pen15'' is described as "middle school as it really happened". Erskine and Konkle – who were both 31 years old at the start of season one – "play versions of themselves as 13-year-old social outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual 13-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen." The show takes its name from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Konkle
Anna Konkle (born April 7, 1987) is an American actress, writer and director. She is known for co-creating and starring as Anna Kone on Hulu's original TV comedy series ''PEN15'', alongside Maya Erskine. Her work on the series earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2019 and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Comedy Series in 2021. Konkle was born in Randolph, Vermont, on April 7, 1987. In 1994, her family moved to Scituate, Massachusetts, where she attended public schools. Her parents divorced in her early teens, a theme she would explore deeply on ''PEN15''. Konkle attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She initially studied musical theater but shifted to the school's Experimental Theater Wing after finding out she had vocal nodules. During her junior year at NYU, she attended an international experimental theate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabe Liedman
Gabe Liedman is an American stand-up comedian, television writer, producer, and actor, known for his work on ''PEN15'', ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and '' Inside Amy Schumer''. He is the showrunner of Netflix animation series ''Q-Force'' and the first season of ''PEN15''. Biography Liedman grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Columbia University in 2004. He joined the ''Varsity Show'' in 2001 and met Jenny Slate, who became his future stand-up and writing partner in the comic duo Gabe and Jenny. His castmates also included television writer and creator of Netflix series ''Never Have I Ever'' Lang Fisher, comedian Michelle Collins, Emmy Award–nominated stage actor Brandon Victor Dixon, managing editor of ''The Onion'' and Upworthy co-founder Peter Koechley, and Robby Mook, who became manager of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. After college, Liedman worked for Barneys New York department store as a salesperson during the day. At night, he and Slate worked fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Erskine
Maya Erskine (born May 7, 1987) is an American actress and writer. She is known for her roles as Maggie in '' Man Seeking Woman'', Mikki in '' Betas'', and Mizu in '' Blue Eye Samurai''. From 2019 to 2021, she starred in Hulu's original TV comedy series ''PEN15'' alongside Anna Konkle; the duo, who co-created, co-wrote, and co-executive produced the series, played fictional versions of their 13-year-old selves. The series received critical acclaim and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2024, she began starring as Jane Smith in the Prime Video series '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'', for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Early life and education Erskine was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Mutsuko Nigatawa and jazz drummer Peter Erskine. Her mother is Japanese, from Tokyo. Her mother also plays the role of her character's mother on ''PEN15''. Erskine attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences and gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Provissiero
Marc Provissiero is an American entertainment manager, film and television producer, and a founding partner at Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, which represents artists and creators in film and TV. He is best known for producing '' No Hard Feelings'' (2023), ''Nobody'' (2021), and ''Pen15'' (2019–2021). Life and career Provissiero spent ten years as a literary agent before leaving the William Morris Agency to start a management/production company, which soon led to the forming of Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment with Naomi Odenkirk. Provissiero's list of clients includes Bob Odenkirk, Tim Robinson, Anna Konkle, and Randall Einhorn, among other creators. As a film producer, Provissiero produced the comedy '' No Hard Feelings'' starring Jennifer Lawrence by filmmaker Gene Stupnitsky for Sony Pictures, earning $88 million at the box office and representing the largest theatrical comedy in recent years. He produced the action thriller ''Nobody'' starring Bob Odenkirk, Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiva Schaffer
Akiva Daniel Shebar Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American writer, producer, director, comedian, actor, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. Schaffer began his career with The Lonely Island making videos for Channel 101. In 2005, ''Saturday Night Live'' hired the trio, with Schaffer joining as a writer. In their time at ''SNL'', The Lonely Island pioneered the SNL Digital Short, digital short format, creating popular sketches such as "Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song), Lazy Sunday", "I Just Had Sex", "I'm on a Boat", and "Dick in a Box". After ''SNL'', Schaffer went on to direct movies including ''Hot Rod (2007 film), Hot Rod'', The Watch (2012 film), ''The Watch'', ''Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'', and ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film), Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers''. The Lonely Island has made albums such as ''Incredibad'', ''Turtleneck & Chain'', and ''The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio, formed by Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer in Berkeley, California, in 2001. They have written for and starred in the American TV program ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). The three first met in junior high. After graduating from college, they regrouped and moved to Los Angeles, where they struggled to find work and began making short films, combining absurdist comedy and occasionally music. Among the first performers to post their material on the Internet, they involved themselves with Channel 101, a non-profit monthly short film festival. Their popularity at the screenings led to unsuccessful pilot deals with Fox and Comedy Central and a writing job for the 2005 MTV Movie Awards. Subsequently, that show's host, Jimmy Fallon, recommended them to Lorne Michaels, the creator of ''Saturday Night Live''. The group was hired for ''SNL'' in 2005, with all three as writers and Samberg as a featured player. Bypassing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Nichols
Cecil Taylor Nichols (born March 3, 1959) is an American actor, known for his roles in several films by Whit Stillman including major roles in ''Metropolitan (1990 film), Metropolitan'' (1990) and ''Barcelona (film), Barcelona'' (1994), as well as his roles in the regular casts of the television series ''Modern Family'' (2010) and ''PEN15'' (2019–2021). Career Nichols is perhaps best known for his roles in the Whit Stillman films ''Metropolitan (1990 film), Metropolitan'', ''Barcelona (film), Barcelona'', ''The Last Days of Disco'', and ''Damsels in Distress (film), Damsels in Distress''. His characters in the first three of these films were insecure, stuttering sidekicks to those of the more outgoing Chris Eigeman. Nichols and Eigeman also played minor roles in the independent film ''The Next Step'', released in 1997, of which Nichols was an associate producer. Nichols has also appeared in the films ''Boiler Room (film), Boiler Room'', ''Congo (film), Congo'', ''The American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melora Walters
Melora Walters (born October 21, 1959) is an American actress and filmmaker, best known for her starring roles as Wanda Henrickson on HBO's ''Big Love'' (2006–2010) and Kathy Kone on Hulu's '' PEN15'' (2019–2021). She has frequently collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson, earning two Screen Actors Guild nominations for her work in '' Boogie Nights ''(1997) and '' Magnolia'' (1999), respectively. Her other film credits include '' Dead Poets Society'' (1989), '' Eraser'' (1996), '' Matchstick Men'', '' Cold Mountain'' (both 2003), ''The Butterfly Effect'' (2004), '' Short Term 12 ''(2013), '' Cam'', ''Venom'' (both 2018), and '' Offseason'' (2021). Walters' directorial credits include '' Waterlily Jaguar'' (2018) and '' Drowning'' (2019), both of which she wrote and co-produced. Career Film Walters made her screen debut with a small part in the 1988 film ''Underground'', which she followed with the more substantial role of Gloria, a school student, in Peter Weir's criticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AwesomenessTV
AwesomenessTV Holdings, LLC, often shortened to Awesomeness, is an American digital media and entertainment network company owned by Paramount Global. Established in July 2012 by Brian Robbins and Joe Davola, the company operated a network initially focused on children’s programs, teen dramas, comedies, live events and music videos targeting adolescents and young adults. AwesomenessTV initially operated an eponymous YouTube channel and multi-channel network. The company later expanded into talent, branded content, music, publishing and retail. In 2013, DreamWorks Animation (DWA) acquired AwesomenessTV. In 2014, Hearst Communications acquired a 25% minority stake. In 2016, Verizon Communications acquired another roughly-quarter stake in the company for $159 million (valuing it at $650 million), while AwesomenessTV entered into a multi-year deal to produce content for Verizon's streaming video service go90. In 2018, following NBCUniversal's acquisition of DWA (which led to conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Liu
Dallas James Liu (born August 21, 2001) is an American actor. Liu made his acting debut as young Jin Kazama in ''Tekken'' (2009). He has gone on to appear in the television series ''PEN15'' as Shuji Ishii-Peters and as Carter in '' Legendary Dudas''. He portrays Prince Zuko in the Netflix series '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', a live-action remake of the animated series of the same name. Early life Liu grew up in San Gabriel Valley, California. Liu practices Japanese Shotokan and competed in the North American Sport Karate Association. He began practicing martial arts when he was 5 years old and stopped competing internationally at 13 years old. Career Liu made his film debut as young Jin Kazama on ''Tekken'' (2009). He was referred to the audition by one of his martial arts teachers. Liu's manager initially found him through karate videos uploaded onto YouTube. He had a recurring role as Carter on Nickelodeon's '' Legendary Dudas''. Liu played Maya Erskine's brother Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, musician, writer and producer. He is a member of the comedy music group the Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Samberg was also a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the ''SNL'' Digital Shorts. Samberg's starring film roles include '' Hot Rod'' (2007), the '' Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' film series (2009–2013), '' That's My Boy'' (2012), '' Celeste and Jesse Forever'' (2012), the ''Hotel Transylvania'' film series (2012–2022), '' Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping'' (2016), and '' Palm Springs'' (2020). From 2013 to 2021, he starred as Jake Peralta in the Fox, and later NBC, police sitcom ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', which he also produced. For his work on the show, he was awarded a Golden Globe Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
