Thomas Lennon
106 movies · 70 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 9, 1970 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Tom Lennon · Thomas Patrick Lennon
Biography
Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. Andrei Novak on Santa Clarita Diet and Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. He is the screenwriter of several comedies released by major film studios with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. They wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier, Balls of Fury, and Baywatch
Lennon was born on August 9, 1970 in Oak Park, Illinois. Of Irish and Scottish descent, he is the son of Kathleen (née McSheehy) and Timothy Lennon. He graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1988.
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At 16, he met friend and future co-star Kerri Kenney at theater camp at Northwestern University. The two later attended NYU, where they joined a comedy troupe called The New Group.
Known for
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★ 7.8 The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Film
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★ 8.2 Memento
2000 · Film
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★ 6.4 Hancock
2008 · Film
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★ 6.8 We're the Millers
2013 · Film
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★ 8.4 Friends
1994 · TV
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★ 6.0 Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 · Film
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★ 6.2 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Film
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★ 8.1 How I Met Your Mother
2005 · TV
Thomas Lennon: movies and TV shows
Acting (167)
- Upcoming Christmas at the Kringles
as Nick Kringle
- Upcoming So, You Like This Girl
as Mikey
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Richard Lovely
as Richard Lovely
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Mick Skylark: Mini Golf Prodigy
as Tom McDonald
- Upcoming
- 2026 Subscriber
as Special Agent Corbin McCary
- 2026
- 2026
- 2026 Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
as King of the Whip Curl Remy Fontaine
- 2026 Meeting Your Maker
as NLPB Host
- 2025
- 2025 Weekend at the End of the World
as Hank
- 2025 Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
as Matthew (voice)
- 2024 Cora
as Adan
- 2024 Unfrosted
as Harold von Braunhut
- 2024 Destroy All Neighbors
as Scotty
- 2024 Chosen Family
as Max
- 2024 Rock, Paper, Scissors · TV
as Paper (voice) / Paper's Brain (voice) / Fashion Policeman (voice) / Paper's Brain / Paper's Bladder / Parrot (voice) / Stylist (voice) / Photographer (voice) / Old Person (voice) / Interviewer (voice) / Chicken 2 (voice) / Puppet Paper (voice) / Swat Member 1 (voice) / Bad Guy 4 (voice) / Criminal (voice) / Sea Creature (voice) · 90 episodes
- 2023 Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!
as V.D.I. (voice)
- 2023
- 2023 Zoey 102
as Kelly Kevyn
- 2023 Best Clowns
as Thëodoré, Judge #2
- 2023 Organ Trail
as Royale Fitzgibbon
- 2023
- 2023 The Quest for The Brown Diamond
as Franklin Morgan
- 2022 Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
as Teddy (voice)
- 2022 Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
- 2022 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Salesman
- 2022 LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
as Wick Cooper (voice)
- 2022 Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience
as Stark Naked (voice)
- 2022
- 2021 Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 Shoplifters of the World
as Uncle Dick
- 2021 Cherry
as Cherry's Dad / Dr. Whomever
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 The Bellmen
as Gunther Gochamonet
- 2020 Valley Girl
as Rodney Bingenheimer
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020 VHYes
as Tony V
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
as Edgar Easton
- 2018 Dog Days
as Greg
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018 Half Magic
as Darren
- 2018 The 15:17 to Paris
as Principal Michael Akers
- 2018 A Futile and Stupid Gesture
as Michael O'Donoghue
- 2017 Batman vs. Two-Face
as Chief O'Hara (voice)
- 2017 Pottersville
as Brock Masterson
- 2017 All Exchanges Final
as Interviewer
- 2017
- 2016 Monster Trucks
as Dr. Bill Dowd
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
as Chief O'Hara (voice)
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures · TV
as Wick Cooper / Cleaning Droid (voice) / Wick Cooper (voice) · 6 episodes
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 Dawn of the Croods · TV
as Crud / Munk / Monkhuahua (voice) / Crud / Munk (voice) / Crud / Munk / Wal (voice) / Crud / Gunk / Munk (voice) / Gunk / Munk (voice) / Crud / Munk / Wal (voices) / Crud / Gunk / Mama Munk / Munk (voices) / Munk / Crud (voice) / Munk (voice) · 20 episodes
- 2015
- 2015 Knight of Cups
as Tom
- 2015
- 2015 Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
as Studio Security
- 2015
- 2015 Grand Zero
as David Van Vleck
- 2015
- 2014 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
as Scribble (voice)
- 2014
- 2014 Rocky and Bullwinkle
as Fearless Leader / Mayan Princess (voice)
- 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Chief of Staff
- 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Italian Peasant #2 (voice)
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 Hell Baby
as Father Padrigo
- 2013 Jerry, the Exorcist Roommate
as Jerry
- 2013 We're the Millers
as Rick Nathanson
- 2013 Phone, Keys, Gum
as Emerson Stone
- 2013 Rapture-Palooza
as Mr. Murphy
- 2012 Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas
as Director
- 2012
- 2012 Secret of the Wings
as Reading Fairy (voice)
- 2012 The Dark Knight Rises
as Doctor
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012 What to Expect When You're Expecting
as Craig
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
as Todd
- 2011 What's Your Number?
as Dr. Barrett Ingold
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 Bad Teacher
as Carl Halabi
- 2011 Cedar Rapids
as Roger Lemke
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine
as Customer (uncredited)
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
as Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
- 2009 Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Uncle Hank
- 2009 I Love You, Man
as Doug
- 2009
- 2009 17 Again
as Ned Gold
- 2008
- 2008 Hancock
as Mike
- 2007
- 2007 Balls of Fury
as Karl Wolfschtagg
- 2007
- 2007 The Ten
as Scotty Pale
- 2007 Asssscat
as Monologist
- 2007
- 2007 Reno 911!: Miami
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
- 2007
- 2006 Conversations with Other Women
as Videographer
- 2006 Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
as Campus Cop
- 2005
- 2005 Heights
as Marshall
- 2005 Herbie Fully Loaded
as Larry Murphy
- 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Eddie the Computer (voice)
- 2005 The Godfather of Green Bay
as DUG
- 2005
- 2005 American Dad! · TV
as Police Dispatch (voice) / News Director (voice) / Police Officer (voice) / Satan (voice) / Diner Patron (voice) / Townsperson (voice) / (voice) / Passerby (voice) / Trey (voice) / Strip Club DJ (voice) / Raymond (voice) / Gangster (voice) · 15 episodes
- 2004
- 2003 Le Divorce
as Roger Walker
- 2003
- 2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
as Thayer
- 2003 A Guy Thing
as Pete
- 2002 Boat Trip
as The Priest
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Out Cold
as Eric
- 2001
- 2000 Memento
as Doctor
- 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Documentarian (voice)
- 1999 Row Your Boat
as Census Taker
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994 A Friend of Dorothy
as Moonie
- 1994
- 1994
- 1991 Aisle Six
as Geoff
Behind the camera (22)
- Upcoming Casket Girls
Writer
- 2022 Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist
Characters, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2022
- 2021 Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
Characters, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2021 Action #1
Producer, Writer
- 2020
- 2017 Baywatch
Story
- 2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Characters
- 2014 Rocky and Bullwinkle
Screenplay
- 2013 Hell Baby
Screenplay, Director, Producer
- 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Writer, Characters
- 2007 Balls of Fury
Screenplay, Producer
- 2007 Reno 911!: Miami
Writer
- 2006 Night at the Museum
Screenplay
- 2006 Let's Go to Prison
Writer
- 2005 Herbie Fully Loaded
Screenplay, Story
- 2005 The Pacifier
Screenplay
- 2004 Taxi
Screenplay
- 2003
- 1999
- 1997
- 1993 The Waiters
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (32)
- 2025
- 2025 Hollywood Squares
15 episodes
- 2024
- 2024 After Midnight
8 episodes
- 2022 Pictionary
3 episodes
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
1 episode
- 2021 Name That Tune
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020 I Can See Your Voice
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019 A Little Late with Lilly Singh
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2019 Lights Out with David Spade
2 episodes
- 2016 The $100,000 Pyramid
2 episodes
- 2016 Match Game
8 episodes
- 2016 To Tell the Truth
7 episodes
- 2016 Chelsea
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2014 Sock or Hat?
1 episode
- 2013 @midnight with Chris Hardwick
9 episodes
- 2013 Hollywood Game Night
1 episode
- 2013 Drunk History
1 episode
- 2013 The Jeselnik Offensive
1 episode
- 2013 Newsreaders
3 episodes
- 2012 Comedy Bang! Bang!
2 episodes
- 2006 Talkshow with Spike Feresten
1 episode
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2 episodes
- 2004 The Soup
1 episode
- 1975 People's Choice Awards
1 episode