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Tom Shadyac

Director, Producer, Writer, ActorBorn December 11, 1958 (67 years)
Thomas Peter "Tom" Shadyac is an American comedian, director, screenwriter, and producer. Although Shadyac had been the youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, he is widely known for writing and directing the films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and I Am. He is an adjunct professor of communication and teaches screenwriting at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Racing Extinction

Known For

  • Bruce Almighty
  • Liar Liar
  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  • Evan Almighty
  • The Nutty Professor
  • Patch Adams
  • Dragonfly
  • Accepted
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
  • 8 Simple Rules
  • Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
  • Brian Banks
  • I Am
  • Happy
  • Jocks
  • Memphis to the Mountain

Tom Shadyac Filmography

2025
Memphis to the Mountain (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2015
Racing Extinction · as Associate Producer
2013
2012
Happy · as Executive Producer
2011
Finding Kind · as Executive Producer
2007
2007
2006
2003
2002
8 Simple Rules (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2002
2000
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · as Executive Producer
1998
Patch Adams · as Executive Producer

1996
The Nutty Professor · as Screenplay
1994

2012
Brand X with Russell Brand (TV Series) · as Self
2010
I Am · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2002
HypaSpace (TV Series) · as Self
2002
Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self

2009
Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Film Director
1986
Jocks · as Chris
1980
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) · as Danny
1979
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) · as Purdy

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