Alexander Matthew Sulkin (born February 14, 1973) is an American screenwriter, producer, and voice actor known for his work on ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Sulkin began as a writer for '' The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn'', during the show's first three years. On the August 18, 2014 WTF podcast, he stated that he got the job after being recommended by

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. Sulkin joined ''Family Guy'' in 2005, and has since produced, written and provided voices for multiple episodes, including the hour-long ''

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'' homage, " Blue Harvest", as well as " Chick Cancer", " Stew-Roids", " Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure", " Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q", " Family Guy Viewer Mail #2" (with

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and Deepak Sethi), " Into Fat Air", " Grimm Job" and " 3 Acts of God". In August, 2010, Sulkin and his writing partner

signed a three-year pact with 20th Century Fox TV. In 2013, Sulkin and Wild produced a sitcom titled '' Dads'', with MacFarlane as executive producer. The series was cancelled after one season. In 2012, Sulkin co-wrote the well-received comedy '' Ted'', along with MacFarlane and Wild. All three then co-wrote the 2015 sequel ''

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''. Sulkin, along with ''Family Guy'' writers

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, Danny Smith, John Viener, Patrick Meighan and Seth MacFarlane were special material writers for the

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, in which the latter was the host. Sulkin co-wrote the script of the 2014 film '' A Million Ways to Die in the West'', along with MacFarlane and Wild. Starting with Season 16, Sulkin, alongside Richard Appel became the new showrunners for Family Guy.

Twitter

In addition to television writing, Sulkin has garnered a sizable following on the social networking service, Twitter. In March 2011, Sulkin caused a controversy by posting the following joke on Twitter: "If you wanna feel better about this

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in Japan,

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death toll.'" Sulkin made the comment one day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, which killed over 10,000 people in Japan. The following day, Sulkin deleted the joke and apologized, saying the post was insensitive and that he had not realized the extent and severity of the disaster.

Personal life

Sulkin once dated

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. He is Jewish.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulkin, Alec American television writers American male television writers Place of birth missing (living people) American television producers Living people 1973 births American people of Jewish descent Connecticut College alumni