Tommy Blacha | |
---|---|
Born | Thomas Blacha August 25, 1962 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Pen name | Tom Blacha |
Occupation | Voice actor Writer Producer |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Comedy Satire Pro Wrestling |
Notable works | Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV Funhouse Da Ali G Show Metalocalypse Mongo Wrestling Alliance |
Thomas Blacha (born August 25, 1962) is an American voice actor, writer, and producer. He is known working for shows such as Metalocalypse , Da Ali G Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien .
Blacha started as a local Chicago Comedy writer, where he met Andy Richter. Richter eventually landed Blacha a job with the Conan O'Brien show in 1993. Tommy worked on the Conan O'Brien show until 1999 writing bit pieces and developing such characters as "Gaseous Wiener" and "PimpBot5000". [1]
After leaving the Conan O'Brien show, Blacha went on to work for WWE in 1999 as a Creative Director. [2] At WWE he helped come up with new plotlines and stories for the company. This role put him in bit parts for the fights themselves, where, while playing a medic, he once ended up getting slammed into a table by the wrestler Kane. [3] Tommy also participated in what was voted Monday Night Raw's worst moment, which was the delivery of Mae Young's hand baby.
During this time, Tommy was also doing work with TV Funhouse , the Comedy Central series based on the animated shorts on Saturday Night Live . He was part of the writing team as well as playing the voice part of Hank and Whiskers. Some sources also list Tommy Blacha as a Producer for TV FunHouse. [4] While there he wrote and produced the infamous "Black Sabbath" cartoon and the Oprah skewering "Stedman: Secret Agent" cartoon with Andy Breckman.
Tommy lived in Las Vegas for a short while in 2002 and 2003 where he was promoting mixed martial arts and pro wrestling events. He was also attempting to do this in Japan and Russia.
By 2004 Tommy Blacha moved onto new projects, becoming a writer on Andy Richter Controls the Universe , Da Ali G Show and head writer for Late World with Zach and The Orlando Jones Show . During this time, he met Brendon Small and began developing the concept for Metalocalypse which was picked up by Adult Swim in 2005 and was first aired in August 2006. In the show he voices the characters of Toki Wartooth, William Murderface, Dr. Rockso and many others. He co-wrote, alongside Brendon Small, every episode of the first and second seasons of the show, and directed the episodes "Dethstars" and "Dethgov". For the third and fourth seasons, he left the production of the show but still returned to voice his characters.
Since mid-2015, Tommy has been a recurring guest/co-host on Ten Minute Podcast. In June 2021, it was announced that Blacha will serve as showrunner for the upcoming Netflix original animated series Super Giant Robot Brothers due for release in 2022. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | Super Giant Robot Brothers | •Creator •Writer •Executive Producer | |
2019 | Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart | Ol' Blue, Chubbum, Lucky, Steelwing | Voice actor (2 episodes) |
2017 | American Dad! | Sky Crooner | Voice actor (1 episode) |
2014 | Turbo FAST | •Lumino | Voice actor (1 episode) |
2014 | King Star King | •King Star King •Hank Waffles •Gurbles •Mike Balls | •Writer •Developer •Executive Producer |
2013 | Drunk History | Himself | •Narrator •Retold story of Al Capone |
2012–2013 | The Eric André Show | — | •Consultant writer |
2012 | Mary Shelley's Frankenhole | — | •Consultant producer |
2012 | Triptank | Slave / Old Gladiator | •Voice actor |
2011–2015 | China, IL | The Mayor | •Voice actor |
2011 | Mongo Wrestling Alliance | Fat Balthazaar Kleberkuh | •Creator •Writer •Producer |
2010–2011 | Pretend Time | — | Writer |
2010 | Yappy Broads | Himself (Co-host) | •Actor •TV movie |
2008 | Human Giant | — | •Writer (1 episode) |
2007 | Afro Samurai | — | •TV Series •Consultant producer (5 episodes) |
2006–2013 | Metalocalypse | William Murderface Toki Wartooth Dr. Rockso Various | •Writer, Director (2006–2008) •Creator, Voice actor, Executive producer (2006–present) |
2006–2009 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Dick Mascot Gary the Dairy Fairy | •Voice actor (2 episodes) •Credited as "Tommy Batflatch" and "Dick Blacha" |
2005–2006 | Mind of Mencia | — | •Co-executive producer (12 episodes) |
2003 | The Orlando Jones Show | — | •Writer |
2003 | Da Ali G Show | — | •Contributing writer (6 episodes) |
2002–2003 | Andy Richter Controls the Universe | — | •Writer •Story editor |
2002 | Late World with Zach | — | •Writer |
2000–2001 | TV Funhouse | Hank | •Writer •Producer •Voice actor |
2000 | Saturday Night Live | — | •Guest writer •Episode: "The Rock/AC/DC" |
2000 | ShortCuts | Wrong-doer | •TV Series •Actor (1 episode) |
2000 | WWF Backlash | — | •Producer |
1995–1999 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Sketch Actor | •Writer |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien. NBC aired 2,725 episodes from September 13, 1993, to February 20, 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am Eastern/11:37 pm Central and 12:37 am Mountain in the United States. From 1993 until 2000, Andy Richter served as O'Brien's sidekick; following his departure, O'Brien was the show's sole featured performer. The show's house musical act was The Max Weinberg 7 and led by E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg.
Robert Smigel is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer, known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He also co-wrote the first two Hotel Transylvania films, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Leo, all starring Adam Sandler.
Brendon Small is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director, producer, and musician who is known for co-creating the animated series Home Movies and Metalocalypse. He also writes the music, and is the main performer for the virtual melodic death metal band Dethklok, which began as the subject of Metalocalypse but has taken on a life of its own, with four albums and an occasional live touring band, headed by Small. Small has also released two albums under his own name, in a similar musical style to Dethklok.
KonstantinosPolluxAlexandros "Dino" Stamatopoulos is an American writer, producer, and actor. He has worked on TV programs such as Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, The Dana Carvey Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He has also created multiple animated TV shows such as Moral Orel, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and High School USA!. As an actor, he is best known for his recurring role as the character Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne on the NBC comedy series Community, on which he also worked as a producer, a consulting writer, and wrote two animated episodes.
Paul Andrew Richter is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on each of O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night and The Tonight Show on NBC and Conan on TBS. He was also star of the TV series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Mighty B!.
Conan is an American variety and late-night talk show that aired each Monday through Thursday at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time on TBS in the United States for 11 seasons, from 2010 to 2021. The show premiered on November 8, 2010, and was hosted by writer, comedian, and performer Conan O'Brien, accompanied by his long-time sidekick Andy Richter. Running for eight years and identifying as a traditional late-night talk show, Conan drew its comedy from recent news stories, political figures, and prominent celebrities, as well as aspects of the show itself. The hour-long show was akin to O'Brien's previous NBC late-night shows and was directed by Billy Bollotino.
Syncro-Vox is a filming method that combines static images with moving images, the most common use of which is to superimpose talking lips on a photograph of a celebrity or a cartoon drawing. It is one of the most extreme examples of the cost-cutting strategy of limited animation. The method was developed by cameraman Edwin "Ted" Gillette in the 1950s in order to simulate talking animals in television commercials. Gillette filed the technique on February 4, 1952, and obtained patent #2,739,505 on March 27, 1956.
Brian Stack is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his sketch comedy work. He worked on all three late-night talk shows hosted by Conan O'Brien including Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on NBC, and Conan on TBS. Stack left Conan in April 2015 to join the writing staff of the CBS series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Dethklok is a fictional melodic death metal band featured in the Adult Swim animated television series Metalocalypse, known for its satirical or parodic lyrical themes.
Andrew Daly is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred as Forrest MacNeil on the Comedy Central series Review, and had a supporting role in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down as Terrence Cutler. He has also made recurring appearances on television programs such as Silicon Valley, Veep, Modern Family, Black-ish, Trial & Error, the Netflix series The Who Was? Show, Reno 911!, and Comedy Bang! Bang!, as well as animated shows such as Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites, Bob's Burgers, Adventure Time, and Harley Quinn.
Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows, beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1991, and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993. He has also been host of the podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since 2018 and starred in the 2024 travel show Conan O'Brien Must Go on Max.
Metalocalypse is an American musical adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim. It premiered on August 6, 2006. The television program centers on the larger-than-life melodic death metal band Dethklok, and often portrays dark and macabre content, including such subjects as violence, death, and the drawbacks of fame, with hyperbolic black comedy. The show was widely heralded as both a parody and a pastiche of heavy metal culture.
Jon Glaser is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, creating and starring in the Adult Swim series Delocated and Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter as well as the truTV series Jon Glaser Loves Gear.
Jonathan David Schnepp was an American animator, producer, director, writer, editor, voice actor, and media host.
Lawrence Murphy Jr. is an American actor and comedian, known for his work on the TV series Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Ugly Americans, Delocated and Bob's Burgers.
Bill Braudis is a writer, voice actor and script writing instructor from Boston, Massachusetts who has also done stand-up comedy.
Janine Ditullio is an American comedy writer, voice actress, and stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for six Emmy Awards and won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her writing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Late Night is an American late-night talk and variety show airing on NBC since 1982. Four men have hosted Late Night: David Letterman (1982–1993), Conan O'Brien (1993–2009), Jimmy Fallon (2009–2014), and Seth Meyers (2014–present). Each iteration of the show was built around its host, and maintained distinct identities aside from the title, timeslot, and network. The longest-serving host to date was O'Brien, who hosted Late Night with Conan O'Brien for almost 16 years, from September 1993 to February 2009.
Mongo Wrestling Alliance is an adult animated comedy series which aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Produced by Metalocalypse co-creator Tommy Blacha, the show is set in the world of professional wrestling and features the voices of Pamela Adlon, Tommy Blacha, Will Sasso, Billy West, and Harry Dean Stanton. The series premiered on January 23, 2011, with character designs by Ed Piskor. The series combines flash animation with CGI.