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 Tom Root at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | September 20, 1973 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Central Michigan University |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for Robot Chicken .
Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper CM Life.[ citation needed ]
Root was one of the original staffers of ToyFare magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications. [1] While at ToyFare he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular Twisted ToyFare Theatre feature. [2]
Root co-wrote Writers on Comics Scriptwriting , vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004. [3] He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of Jughead in 2010. [4]
Root and Robot Chicken co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series Titan Maximum which premiered on September 27, 2009. [5] He was a writer on Lucasfilm's Star Wars Detours animated series. Root also wrote The Simpsons 'Robot Chicken-style animated opening in 2013. [6]
Tom Root's production company is called Tom is Awesome and produces many television shows, seen in the table below.
| Year | Title | Contribution | Role | Notes | |||
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| 2005–2020 | Robot Chicken | {X} | {X} | {X} | Various (Voice Role) | Head Writer (145 episodes) Writer (15 episodes) Actor (91 episodes) Director (7 episodes) | |
| 2007 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars | {X} | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer) | |||
| 2008 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | {X} | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer) | |||
| 2009 | Titan Maximum | {X} | {X} | {X} | "Spud" Cunningham / Cadet #2 | Creator (6 episodes) Story (9 episodes) Writer (4 episodes) Executive Producer (9 episodes) Actor (2 episodes) | |
| 2010 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars III | {X} | {X} | TV movie (Head Writer & Co-Executive Producer) | |||
| 2011–2020 | Robot Chicken | {X} | Executive producer (91 episodes, 2011–2020) Co-producer, 79 episodes, 2005–09) Co-Executive Producer, 6 episodes, 2010–11) Consulting Producer, 1 episode, 2018) | ||||
| 2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | {X} | {X} | Icicle / B'dg (Voice Role) | TV Short | ||
| 2013 | Übermasion | {X} | Brad (Voice Role) | TV Short | |||
| 2013–17 | The Simpsons | {X} | {X} | Executive producer (2 episodes) — "The Fabulous Faker Boy" (2013) — "The Cad and the Hat" (2017) (also Writer) | |||
| 2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | {X} | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer & Executive Producer) | |||
| 2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship | {X} | TV Short (Head Writer) | ||||
| 2015–19 | SuperMansion | {X} | {X} | {X} | Brad / Buster Nut (Voice Role) | Executive producer (44 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) series regular (24 episodes) | |
| 2017 | American Dad! | {X} | Townsperson / Fan | 3 episodes | |||
| 2020–2021 | Crossing Swords | {X} | {X} | Creator (10 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) Executive Producer (1 episode) | |||
| 2020 | Stargirl | {X} | Consulting Producer (13 episodes) | ||||
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | {X} | Manage (Voice Role) | — "Together Again" | |||
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