Chris Regan

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Chris Regan is an award-winning American comedy writer and filmmaker. He is has been a writer for Family Guy since 2013, where he currently serves as a Co-Executive Producer. [1] From 1999 to 2006, Regan was a writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , [2] where he won five Emmy awards, two Peabody Awards, and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award.

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Early childhood and education

Regan was born in the Bronx, raised in Ulster County and graduated from New Paltz High School. He has a degree from Ithaca College. [3]

Career

Regan is an Emmy-award winning writer. In addition to being a writer on Family Guy and The Daily Show, Regan has written for Talkshow with Spike Feresten , The Burn with Jeff Ross , Lopez Tonight , and The Jeselnik Offensive . He has written comedy pilots for 20th Century Fox, Comedy Central and in 2011, developed a pilot with The Jim Henson Company and Bunim/Murray Productions. [4]

Regan has written several books. Regan was a co-author of the best-selling America (The Book). [5] His book, Mass Historia: 365 Days of Historical Facts and (Mostly) Fictions, was published by Andrews McMeel in Fall 2008, [6] and he was the co-author of the humor book/memoir Shatner Rules with William Shatner. [7] His essays have appeared in New York magazine. The Daily Beast, [8] and USA Today .

In 2017, Regan portrayed game show host Monty Hall in the Showtime comedy/drama series I'm Dying Up Here.

Personal

Regan resides in Los Angeles. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Mukuye, Ruth. "Who is Chris Regan? Funny you should ask …". The Raider Times. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  2. ↑ "Banterist" . Retrieved 9 January 2006.
  3. ↑ Maley, David. "Emmy Award–Winning Writer Chris Regan Selected as Ithaca College Commencement Speaker". www.ithaca.edu. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Weisman, Jon (15 August 2011). "Henson, Bunim/Murray develop 'History'".
  5. ↑ Ravitch, Diane (2006-06-23). "America the Unbelievable". Education Next. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  6. ↑ Mass Historia. "Mass Historia Publishing Information". Andrews McMeel. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  7. ↑ Dellamonica, Alyx (2011-10-12). "Living in Stardate Bill: Shatner Rules". Reactor. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  8. ↑ Regan, Chris (2008-11-07). "Why Congress Needs an iPhone". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  9. ↑ "IMDB Page". IMDB.
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