Matthew Richard "Matt" Silverstein (born April 1, 1972) is an American television writer and co-creator with Dave Jeser of the

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American Cable television in the United States, cable television channel, channel owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks, network division's Paramount Media Networks#MTV Entertainment Group, MTV Ente ...

adult animated sitcom ''

Drawn Together ''Drawn Together'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. It aired on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004, to November 14, 2007, spanning three seasons. The series is a parody of house-based reality s ...

''. He has also written for other television shows including ''

3rd Rock from the Sun ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials who are on an e ...

'', ''

The Man Show ''The Man Show'' is an American sketch comedy television show on Comedy Central that aired from 1999 to 2004. It was created by its two original co-hosts, Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel, and their executive producer Daniel Kellison. The pilot ...

'', ''

Action Action may refer to: * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Action principles the heart of fundamental physics * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video gam ...

'', '' Greg the Bunny'', '' 3-South'', '' Axe Cop'', '' The Goode Family'' and ''

The Cleveland Show ''The Cleveland Show'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry (voice actor), Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Family Guy'', and the second television ...

'', and also created the

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

animated comedy ''

DJ & the Fro ''DJ & the Fro'' is an adult animated series created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein for MTV. The show focuses on two co-workers, DJ and The Fro, who work at the fictitious company Oppercon Industries. They rarely do work, and instead look ...

'' in 2009. He cowrote the script to the film '' Accidental Love''.

Biography

Silverstein was raised in a

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

family in Oradell, New Jersey.Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky
June 4, 2010 Silverstein graduated from the Dwight-Englewood School in

Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Engle ...

which he attended with Jeser. In 2015, Silverstein, along with Dave Jeser, developed author Joshua Miller's '' Golan the Insatiable'' for television appearing on Fox Television in May 2015. Producers were Jeser, Silverstein, Hend Baghdady and

Nick Weidenfeld Nicholas Rabb Weidenfeld (born September 26, 1979) is an American television producer and executive who led program development for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and Fox's Animation Domination High-Def programming blocks. He won producing Emmy A ...

.Variety: "‘Golan the Insatiable’ Readies for Fox’s Primetime" by Mannie Holmes
May 29, 2015

Filmography

Film

References

External links

* 1972 births Living people 21st-century American Jews American male television writers Dwight-Englewood School alumni Jewish American screenwriters Jewish American television writers American television writers People from Oradell, New Jersey Screenwriters from New Jersey Writers from Bergen County, New Jersey {{US-tv-bio-stub