Alec Sulkin

Alec Sulkin
Sulkin at the New York Comic Con in 2018
Born
Alec Matthew Sulkin

(1973-02-14) February 14, 1973 (age 51)[1]
EducationConnecticut College
Occupation(s)Writer, producer, voice actor
Years active1999–present
SpouseTal Rabinowitz
Children1

Alexander Matthew Sulkin (born February 14, 1973) is an American screenwriter, producer, and voice actor known for his work on Family Guy and The Cleveland Show.

Career

Sulkin began as a writer for The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, during the show's first three years. On the August 18, 2014 WTF podcast, he stated that he got the job after being recommended by Wellesley Wild.[2]

Sulkin joined Family Guy in 2005, and has since produced, written and provided voices for multiple episodes, including the hour-long Star Wars homage, "Blue Harvest", as well as "Chick Cancer", "Stew-Roids", "Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure", "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q", "Family Guy Viewer Mail #2" (with Tom Devanney and Deepak Sethi), "Into Fat Air", "Grimm Job" and "3 Acts of God".

In August, 2010, Sulkin and his writing partner Wellesley Wild signed a three-year pact with 20th Century Fox TV.[3] In 2013, Sulkin and Wild produced a sitcom titled Dads, with MacFarlane as executive producer. The series was cancelled after one season.[4] In 2012, Sulkin co-wrote the well-received comedy Ted, along with MacFarlane and Wild. All three then co-wrote the 2015 sequel Ted 2.[5]

Sulkin, along with Family Guy writers Julius Sharpe, Danny Smith, John Viener, Patrick Meighan and Seth MacFarlane were special material writers for the 85th Academy Awards, in which the latter was the host.

Sulkin co-wrote the script of the 2014 film A Million Ways to Die in the West, along with MacFarlane and Wild.[6][7]

Starting with Season 16, Sulkin, alongside Richard Appel became the new showrunners for Family Guy.

Twitter

In addition to television writing, Sulkin has garnered a sizable following on the social networking service, Twitter.[8]

In March 2011, Sulkin caused a controversy by posting the following joke on Twitter: "If you wanna feel better about this earthquake in Japan, google 'Pearl Harbor death toll.'" Sulkin made the comment one day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, which killed over 10,000 people in Japan. The following day, Sulkin deleted the joke and apologized, saying the post was insensitive and that he had not realized the extent and severity of the disaster.[9][10][11]

Personal life

Sulkin once dated Sarah Silverman.[12]

He is Jewish.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Alec Sulkin". IMDb.
  2. ^ wtf podcast
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2010-08-11) 20th Century Fox TV Signs Overall Deals With 2 'Family Guy' Executive Producers Archived August 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  4. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda. "'Dads,' 'Enlisted' and 'Surviving Jack,' & 'Rake' Canceled After First Season by FOX". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Tribune Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  5. ^ Andersen, Soren. "'Ted': Bear comes to life, stuffed with bad behavior". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  6. ^ Alter, Alexandra (February 27, 2014). "Family Guy Becomes Novelist Guy". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Kroll, Justin (May 10, 2013). "Universal to Release Seth MacFarlane's 'A Million Ways To Die' on May 30, 2014". Variety. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  8. ^ Alec Sulkin – podcast interview Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Yesterday death toll". Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  10. ^ National Post: ‘Family Guy’ writer apologizes for Pearl Harbor-quake joke. March 14, 2011.
  11. ^ The Sunday Morning Herald: Family Guy writer sorry for Japan quake joke. March 15, 2011.
  12. ^ "Sarah Silverman Shares Her Valentine's Day Plans". MTV. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022.
  13. ^ Sulkin, Alec [@thesulk] (June 11, 2020). "I'm Jewish, so if you want me to shave my eyebrows, I'm gonna need to know a week out. Assemble my team" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Twitter.