Chris Henchy

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Chris Henchy
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Henchy in 2010, promoting The Other Guys
Born
Christopher Thomas Henchy

(1964-03-23) March 23, 1964 (age 60) [1]
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater University of New Mexico (B.S.)
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
Children2

Christopher Thomas Henchy (born March 23, 1964) [1] is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for being a creative collaborator with Will Ferrell, including co-creating the website Funny or Die and writing several Ferrell films, including Land of the Lost , The Other Guys and The Campaign .

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Early life

Henchy was born on March 23, 1964 [1] in New York City, to Patricia and Michael Henchy, Ret. Col. [2] [3] He was raised in Augusta, Georgia, and attended Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic School. [4] [5] He graduated from Friendswood High School. [6] He attended the University of New Mexico, where he received a B.S. degree in finance [6] [7] and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter.

Career

After graduation, Henchy moved to New York City and worked on Wall Street.[ citation needed ] He later left his job and decided to work in comedy.[ citation needed ] He was hired by MTV and later wrote monologue jokes for Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show .[ citation needed ]

Henchy went on to write for Campus Cops in 1996.[ citation needed ] After writing for a few television specials and some guest-writing stints on series, Henchy created and produced the television series Battery Park in 2000, which starred Elizabeth Perkins.[ citation needed ]

Henchy was a writer and producer for television sitcoms Spin City and Life With Bonnie . [8] He created the sitcom I'm with Her with Marco Pennette, which was loosely based on Henchy's relationship with wife Brooke Shields. [9] [10] The show was cancelled by ABC after one season. Henchy later became the co-executive producer of Entourage [11] and a producer on HBO's Eastbound & Down . He, along with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, created the website Funny or Die. [12] [13] Henchy produced The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard . [5] He is credited as a writer of the 2009 film Land of the Lost , [5] The Other Guys and The Campaign which he also co-produced. In 2018, Henchy was announced to be directing a feature-length film for the television series Impractical Jokers with production work by Funny or Die. [14] It was released in February 2020 under the name Impractical Jokers: The Movie .

Personal life

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Henchy and Shields in 2010

Henchy met actress, author, and model Brooke Shields in 1999 on the Warner Bros lot. [9] They became engaged in July 2000 while on vacation in Mexico and married on April 4, 2001. [3] They have two daughters, Rowan Henchy and Grier Henchy. They reside in Greenwich Village, New York City. [15]

Henchy serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization. [16]

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