Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in

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. He created the television series ''

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'', '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'', '' The Heart, She Holler'' and '' The Shivering Truth''. He also produces, voices characters, and writes for ''

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''.

Early life

Chatman was born in

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. He is of

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, half Euro-American and half

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. Chatman attended

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, from which he graduated in 1994.

Career

In 1996, Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician, and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as '' The Chris Rock Show'' (for which he won an

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), ''

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'', '' That's My Bush!'' and ''The Downer Channel''. Before ''Wonder Showzen'', he and long-time friend and PFFR collaborator John Lee created the

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comedy series ''

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'' for

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. Along with Lee, he is the co-creator of the

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series ''

'' as well as the

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shows '' Xavier: Renegade Angel'' and '' The Heart, She Holler''. The two met as undergraduates at

. One of his most high-profile voice acting roles is as Towelie, the

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-smoking talking towel on ''

'', where he also serves as a staff writer. In 2012, he became a producer on the third season of the FX series '' Louie''. In 2017,

ordered '' The Shivering Truth'', a "darkly surreal anthology comedy" from Chatman. On March 22, 2023, it was announced that he will write an untitled comedy film with involvement from

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and

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Voices on ''South Park''

* Towelie (2001–2010, 2018–present) *

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*C.D.C. Man #5 * Dominic Cobb *

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Discography

*''Rock Rocker Rocketh'' (

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, self-released) *''Injustice Center'' (

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, Invasion Planète Recordings) *'' United We Doth'' (

, Birdman) *''Chrome Ghost'' (

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, Birdman) *''Dark Louds Over Red Meat'' (

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, Housewife Records)

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Books

*''The External World'', co-written with David O'Reilly (2010) *''The Original Black Swan'', collaboration with Todd Barry (2011) *''Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for the Online Homework Cheating Industry'' (April 23, 2013, )

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

Chatman has been nominated for seven

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, winning four. * 2013 –

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program is a Creative Arts Emmy Award which is given annually to an animated series. In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which ...

for " Raising the Bar" * 2009 –

for "

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" * 2008 – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) for " Imaginationland" * 1999 – Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program for " The Chris Rock Show"

Nominations

* 2011 – Outstanding Animated Program for " Crack Baby Athletic Association * 2010 – Outstanding Animated Program for " 200/ 201" * 2000 – Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for " The Chris Rock Show"

Writers Guild of America Awards

Chatman has won two WGA Awards. * 2013 – Comedy Series - Series for " Louie" * 2000 – Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series for "

References

External links

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