Jonathan Ames

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Jonathan Ames

Acting 62 March 23, 1964

New York, NY, USA

Jonathan Ames (born March 23, 1964) is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) a…

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Jonathan Ames (born March 23, 1964) is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) and Blunt Talk (STARZ). In the late '90s and early 2000s, he was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, and became known for self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures. He also has a long-time interest in boxing, appearing occasionally in the ring as "The Herring Wonder". His novel You Were Never Really Here was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix. It premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017, and was released on April 6, 2018, in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Ames, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  1. 2019
    Good Posture

    Movie Self

  2. 2017
  3. 2016
  4. 2015
    Blunt Talk

    TV show Executive Producer

  5. 2013
    Satan, Hold My Hand

    Movie Producer

  6. 2013
    Drunk History

    TV show Junius Booth

  7. 2010
    The Extra Man

    Movie Executive Producer

  8. 2009
    Bored to Death

    TV show Irwin

  9. 2008
    The Great Buck Howard

    Movie Edward Kelly

  10. 2007
    American Loser

    Movie Chairperson

  11. 2006
    What's Not to Love?

    Movie Jonathan

  12. 2005
  13. 2005
  14. 2001
    The Girl Under the Waves

    Movie Jonathan

  15. 2000
    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    TV show Nathan Stein

  16. 1996
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  1. 1991
    Guilty by Suspicion

    Movie Cabbie

  2. 1985
    Moonlighting

    TV show Jergenson (uncredited)

  3. Kockroach

    Movie Screenplay