Gary Janetti

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Gary Janetti
Born
Gary Vincent Janetti

(1966-03-22) March 22, 1966 (age 58)
Alma mater Hofstra University
Occupations
  • Television writer
  • producer
  • actor
Years active1995present
Notable work Will & Grace
Family Guy
Vicious
Spouse
(m. 2017)

Gary Vincent Janetti (born March 22, 1966) is an American television writer, producer, and actor.

Contents

He has written for Family Guy , [1] [2] and was an executive producer on Will and Grace . [3] He co-created and wrote the British sitcom Vicious , which aired on ITV from 2013 to 2016. [4]

Janetti's Instagram page has gained international media attention primarily for a satirical characterization of Prince George and the child's imagined, and often catty, response to various photos and news stories about members of the British royal family. [5] [6] [7] The page has more than 950,000 followers. Janetti produced a satire-animated sitcom version of Prince George called The Prince for HBO Max, in which he also provided the voice of Prince George.

Janetti's first solo nonfiction book, Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me), was published in October 2019, [8] and became a New York Times Best Seller. His second is Start Without Me (I'll Be There in a Minute). [9]

Personal life

Janetti divides his time between Los Angeles and New York City. He is married to his longtime partner, fashion stylist and television personality Brad Goreski. [10]

Filmography

Producer

YearTitleNotes
1995 The Naked Truth
1998 Style & Substance
1999–present Family Guy 1999 supervising producer (8 episodes)

1999–present consulting producer (138 episodes)

2011–2014 co-executive producer (44 episodes)

2000 Bette co-executive producer, 1 episode
2001 Loomis executive producer
2002–2006 Will & Grace 2002–2003 supervising producer (24 episodes)

2003–2005 co-executive producer (48 episodes)

2005–2006 executive producer (23 episodes)

2007The Mastersons of Manhattanexecutive producer
2013–2016 Vicious executive producer (14 episodes)
2021 The Prince executive producer

Writer

YearTitleNotes
1995–1996 The Naked Truth 3 episodes
1997 Pearl 1 episode
1998 Style & Substance 2 episodes
1999–present Family Guy 14 episodes
Nominated – Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation for "Send in Stewie, Please" [11]
2000–2001 Bette 2 episodes
2001 Loomis
2002–2006 Will & Grace 9 episodes
2007The Mastersons of Manhattan
2013–2016 Vicious created by (14 episodes) written by (14 episodes)
2021 The Prince created by (12 episodes) written by (7 episodes) story by (1 episode)

Actor

YearTitleRole
1997 Broadway Damage Zola
1998 Style & Substance Bully Delivery Guy (1 episode)
1999–present Family Guy voice (24 episodes)
2000–2001 Bette Boyd / Male Flight Attendant (2 episodes)
2003 Will & Grace Zack (1 episode, uncredited)
2012 Bunheads Himself (2 episodes)
2012 It's a Brad, Brad World Himself
2021 The Prince Prince George

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