Bruce Vilanch
Acting
Born 1948-11-23 · New York, New York
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner known to industry professionals in Hollywood and New York as "the fat guy who writes everyone's jokes." He is likely best known for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as both a celebrity participant and head writer for the show. He also performed off-Broadway in his one-man show Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous in 2000. Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Vilanch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Movie
Breathless
1983 · Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · Movie
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Movie
The Aristocrats
2005 · Movie
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024 · Movie
Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons
2005 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 · Movie
The Morning After
1986 · Movie
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987 · Movie
The Ice Pirates
1984 · Movie
Studio One Forever
2024 · Movie
I Am Divine
2014 · Movie
Get Bruce!
1999 · Movie
Spring Breakdown
2009 · Movie
Love Can Be Murder
1992 · Movie
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023 · Movie
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 · Movie
Call Me Claus
2001 · Movie
The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years: A Long Road to Freedom
2018 · Movie
Inside the Golden Statue
1998 · Movie
Mahogany
1975 · Movie
Vito
2011 · Movie
Circuit
2001 · Movie
Going Down in La-La Land
2011 · Movie
Fourth Story
1991 · Movie
Queer Duck: The Movie
2006 · Movie
Tru Loved
2008 · Movie
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010 · Movie
Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon
2008 · Movie
10 Attitudes
2001 · Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
The Drifter
1988 · Movie
Sister Mary
2011 · Movie
Scrooge & Marley
2012 · Movie
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989 · Movie
Pride: The Gay & Lesbian Comedy Slam
2010 · Movie
The Adonis Factor
2010 · Movie
TMZ Investigates | What Really Happened to Richard Simmons
2022 · Movie
I Brake for Caterpillars
2024 · Movie
Silent but Deadly
2012 · Movie
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018 · Movie
The World According to Allee Willis
2024 · Movie
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
Live at Mister Kelly's
2021 · Movie
Annul Victory
2009 · Movie
Limelight
2017 · Movie
The Divine Bette Midler
2005 · Movie
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006 · Movie
Body Electric
2023 · Movie
Whale 52
2025 · Movie
Fucking with the Stars
2006 · Movie
The Making of Michael Lucas' 'Dangerous Liaisons'
2006 · Movie