Lance Crouther is an American television producer/writer and actor. He was the head writer of the TBS late night show Lopez Tonight until 2010, and was a writer for Down to Earth, Wanda at Large, and Good Hair, among others. As an actor he was known as the lead actor in Pootie Tang, which also starred Chris Rock and was directed by Louis C.K.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series, Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly, Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program
Nominations
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television, WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Television, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay
Movies
Good Hair, Pootie Tang, Down to Earth, CB4
TV Shows
Wanda at Large
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Quote
1
[on his fame as Pootie Tang] People come up and yell. Most recently, I'm getting blinds in my apartment, and the blinds guy from Sears is measuring my window. A very nice brother. I tell him, ''Yeah, that's great,'' and he looks at me and says, ''Sepa-tai, sibi-ta, sepa-ta!'' And I think, oh God, even the blinds guy.
2
[on Pootie Tang (2001)] On some level, you're like a silent movie character. It was fun, but I'm a writer. I like to say funny stuff in English.
3
[on Pootie Tang (2001)] I was completely out of the loop on all this movie stuff. When somebody walked in and said Paramount and MTV were considering doing a Pootie Tang movie, I was like, you've got to be kidding. But I never thought we'd do the sketch more than once on the show in the first place. I guess I'm just worried about being famous only as Pootie Tang. My goal has always been to be a performer/writer, whereas here I'm primarily an actor. I want to be able to do stuff with me talking and not have people saying, ''No, we want you to speak the Pootie way!''
4
[on Pootie Tang's costume] Oh no, I don't dress like that. I'm all about shirts and shorts. When I first had to do it on the show it was rough, but when I got over it I was pretty much over it. You just hold up the clothes and go, oh God, I've got to do this. But I did get some gasoline and some matches in case anyone tried to ship that stuff to me.
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Fact
1
Attended Lindblom High School in Chicago, Illinois.
2
Formed the sketch comedy group "Mary Wong" with Ali LeRoi.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 88th Annual Academy Awards
2016
TV Special special material written by
Saturday Night Live
2014
TV Series additional sketches - 1 episode
Last Comic Standing
2014
TV Series head writer - 12 episodes
BET Awards 2014
2014
TV Special writer
Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious
2013
TV Series
2013 Billboard Music Awards
2013
TV Special written by
Pauly Shore's Pauly~tics
2012
TV Movie written by
Lopez Tonight
2009-2010
TV Series head writer - 105 episodes
Good Hair
2009
Documentary written by
Frank TV
2008
TV Series writer - 13 episodes
Real Time with Bill Maher
2006-2007
TV Series writer - 48 episodes
Everybody Hates Chris
TV Series story - 1 episode, 2006 written by - 1 episode, 2006
2005 Taurus World Stunt Awards
2005
TV Special written by
Barbershop
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
2005 BET Comedy Awards
2005
TV Special
The 77th Annual Academy Awards
2005
TV Special special material written by
Wanda Does It
2004
TV Series creator - 6 episodes
On the Record with Bob Costas
2002-2004
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Wanda at Large
TV Series creator - 19 episodes, 2003 writer - 3 episodes, 2003
The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2003
TV Special
The Wayne Brady Show
2001-2003
TV Series writer - 15 episodes
Down to Earth
2001
screenplay
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Gregory Hines Show
1999
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Chris Rock Show
TV Series writer - 13 episodes, 1997 - 1998 written by - 5 episodes, 1997
Comic Justice
1993
TV Series writer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Weekly Show
2015
TV Series executive producer
Pauly Shore's Pauly~tics
2012
TV Movie producer
Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me
2009
TV Special consulting producer
NESN Comedy All-Stars
2009
TV Series consulting producer - 1 episode
I Think I Love My Wife
2007
associate producer
Barbershop
2005-2006
TV Series consulting producer - 10 episodes
Everybody Hates Chris
2005-2006
TV Series consulting producer - 21 episodes
Wanda Does It
2004
TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes
Wanda at Large
TV Series supervising producer - 15 episodes, 2003 co-executive producer - 13 episodes, 2003
The Chris Rock Show
1998-1999
TV Series co-producer - 11 episodes
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Billy on the Street with Billy Eichner
2015
TV Series creative consultant - 1 episode
NESN Comedy All-Stars
2008
TV Series creative consultant - 1 episode
Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired
2006
TV Special documentary consultant
That's What I'm Talking About
2006
TV Series documentary consultant - 3 episodes
MTV Video Music Awards 1999
1999
TV Special consultant
The Gregory Hines Show
1997-1999
TV Series story editor - 20 episodes
MTV Video Music Awards 1997
1997
TV Special consultant
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frank TV
2007
TV Series
Various
Pootie Tang
2001
Pootie Tang
The Chris Rock Show
1997
TV Series
Various / Pootie Tang / Third Victim / ...
CB4
1993
Well Dressed Man
Fear of a Black Hat
1993
Street Vender
Class Act
1992
Bad Dude #1
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
1991
Lifestories
1990
TV Series
Second Homeless
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Everybody Hates Chris
2005-2009
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Pootie Tang
2001
performer: "Ima Crighty Pooster", "Sine Your Pitty on the Runny Kine", "Tippi Tai on My Capatown"
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Weekly Show
2015
TV Series 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pauly Shore's Pauly~tics
2012
TV Movie special thanks
Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue
2010
TV Special documentary special thanks
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg
2008
TV Special documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Comic Remix
2002
TV Series
Himself
Comic Justice
1993
TV Series
Himself - Comedian / Various (1993)
The Uptown Comedy Club
1992
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Emmy
Sports Emmy Awards
Outstanding Studio Show Weekly
Inside the NFL (1977)
1999
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Documentary Screenplay Award
Writers Guild of America, USA
Good Hair (2009)
2008
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
2001
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
2000
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
The Chris Rock Show (1997)
1998
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
$5 Million
