Thomas Lennon III (9 August, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and writer.
Thomas F. Lennon is a documentary filmmaker.
Thomas F. Lennon has alternated between historical and contemporary subject matter, often collaborating with such writers as Shelby Steele and Richard Ben Cramer. His work, broadcast on PBS and HBO, has been twice nominated for an Academy Award, and has received all major television awards: two George Foster Peabody Awards, two national Emmys and a DuPont-Columbia Journalism award. For years, his work focused on ethnicity and race; recently he has focused on health, mounting, with filmmaker Ruby Yang, a nationwide AIDS prevention campaign on Chinese television.
Attended Oak Park River Forest High School, Oak Park, Illinois, and was a classmate of Michael Gerber, author of the "Barry Trotter" series.
He is a fan of Jackie Chan (I). He co-wrote Pacifier, The (2005) with Chan in mind, but it had to be re-worked when it became a Vin Diesel vehicle instead.
Lives with his wife Jenny Robertson in Los Angeles [2002].
He loves Bob Dylan. In the episode of "State, The" (1993) in which we meet the father of Doug (the recurrent character who says "I'm outta heeeere"), it turns out that discontented Doug's dad is totally cool. When Doug mistakenly says that Bob Dylan died of drugs, Lennon's character replies that Dylan is alive and well, "I produced his last five albums." Lennon-as-Dad quietly offers to "sell my Hog and quit the Hell's Angels" if that would make Doug happy. Later, he distributes beers to the teenagers.
Originally met Kerri Kenney (I), fellow member of "State, The" (1993) and "Reno 911!" (2003), at age 16 in theater camp.
Has said that Brazil (1985) is his favorite film of all time.
Writing partner of Robert Ben Garant.
