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Steve O'Donnell is a television writer. His credits include The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and Late Night with David Letterman.

He has been the head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live since the show's debut in January, 2003. He occasionally appears acting in comedy bits for the show in front of camera as well.

He is the identical twin of Mark O'Donnell, the Tony-award winning writer of the Broadway musical, Hairspray.

He was born in Cleveland, and graduated with an A.B. degree from Harvard College in 1976. He also did graduate studies in American history at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Simpsons episodes written by O'Donnell

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
1957-1974

Billy Friedberg / Nat Hiken / Coleman Jacoby / Arnold Rosen / Leonard Stern / Tony Webster (1957) · Sam Denoff / Bill Persky / Carl Reiner (1964) · Hal Goldman / Al Gordon / Sheldon Keller (1966) · Mel Brooks / Sam Denoff / Bill Persky / Carl Reiner / Mel Tolkin (1967) · Chris Bearde / Phil Hahn / Jack Hanrahan / Coslough Johnson / Paul Keyes / Marc London / Allan Manings / David Panich / Hugh Wedlock / Digby Wolfe (1968) · Allan Blye / Bob Einstein / Carl Gottlieb / Cy Howard / Steve Martin / Jerry Music / Murray Roman / Cecil Tuck / Paul Wayne / Mason Williams (1969) · Gary Belkin / Peter Bellwood / Thomas Meehan / Herb Sargent / Judith Viorst (1970) · Herbert Baker (screenwriter) / Hal Goodman / Larry Klein / Bob Schiller / Norman Steinberg / Bob Weiskopf / Flip Wilson (1971) · Bob Ellison / Marty Farrell (1971) · Art Baer / Roger Beatty / Stan Burns / Stan Hart / Don Hinkley / Ben Joelson / Woody Kling / Mike Marmer / Arnie Rosen / Larry Siegel (1972) · Anne Howard Bailey (1972) · Joseph Bologna / Renee Taylor (1973) · Bill Angelos / Roger Beatty / Stan Hart / Robert Hilliard / Woody Kling / Arnie Kogen / Buz Kohan / Gail Parent / Tom Patchett / Larry Siegel / Jay Tarses (1973) · Fay Kanin (1974)
1975-2000
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Series
Roger Beatty / Gary Belkin / Dick Clair / Rudy De Luca / Arnie Kogen / Barry Levinson / Jenna McMahon / Gene Perret / Bill Richmond / Ed Simmons (1975) · Anne Beatts / Chevy Chase / Tom Davis / Al Franken / Lorne Michaels / Marilyn Suzanne Miller / Michael O'Donoghue / Herb Sargent / Tom Schiller / Rosie Shuster / Alan Zweibel (1976) · Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi / Tom Davis / James Downey / Al Franken / Lorne Michaels / Marilyn Suzanne Miller / Bill Murray / Michael O'Donoghue / Herb Sargent / Tom Schiller / Rosie Shuster / Alan Zweibel (1977) · Roger Beatty / Dick Clair / Tim Conway / Rick Hawkins / Robert Illes / Jenna McMahon / Gene Perret / Bill Richmond / Liz Sage / Larry Siegel / Franelle Silver / Ed Simmons / James Stein (1978)
1979-2000
Alan Alda (1979) · Buz Kohan (1980) · Jerry Juhl / Chris Langham / David Odell (1981) · Jeffrey Barron / Dick Blasucci / John Candy / Chris Cluess / Bob Dolman / Joe Flaherty / Paul Flaherty / Stuart Kreisman / Eugene Levy / Andrea Martin / John McAndrew / Brian McConnachie / Rick Moranis / Catherine O'Hara / Mert Rich / Michael Short / Doug Steckler / Dave Thomas (1982) · Dick Blasucci / John Candy / Bob Dolman / Joe Flaherty / Paul Flaherty / Eugene Levy / Andrea Martin / John McAndrew / Martin Short / Michael Short / Doug Steckler / Mary Charlotte Wilcox (1983) · Chris Elliott / Sanford Frank / Ted Greenberg / David Letterman / Merrill Markoe / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Steve O'Donnell / Joseph E. Toplyn / Matt Wickline / David Yazbek (1984) · Randy Cohen / Kevin Curran / Chris Elliott / Sandy Frank / Eddie Gorodetsky / Fred Graver / Larry Jacobson / David Letterman / Merrill Markoe / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Joe Toplyn / Matt Wickline (1985) · Randy Cohen / Kevin Curran / Chris Elliott / Sandy Frank / Fred Graver / Larry Jacobson / David Letterman / Merrill Markoe / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Steve O'Donnell / Joe Toplyn / Matt Wickline (1986) · Randy Cohen / Kevin Curran / Chris Elliott / Sandy Frank / Fred Graver / Larry Jacobson / David Letterman / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Steve O'Donnell / Adam Resnick / Joe Toplyn / Matt Wickline (1987) · Jackie Mason (1988) · John Bowman / A. Whitney Brown / Gregory Daniels / Tom Davis / James Downey / Al Franken / Shannon Gaughan / Jack Handey / Phil Hartman / George Meyer / Lorne Michaels / Mike Myers / Conan O'Brien / Bob Odenkirk / Herb Sargent / Tom Schiller / Robert Smigel / Bonnie Turner / Terry Turner / Christine Zander (1989) · Billy Crystal (1990) · Jerry Belson / James L. Brooks / Marc Flanagan / Dinah Kirgo / Jay Kogen / Marilyn Suzanne Miller / Heide Perlman / Ian Praiser / Sam Simon / Tracey Ullman / Wallace Wolodarsky (1990) · Billy Crystal / Hal Kanter / Buz Kohan / David Steinberg / Bruce Vilanch / Robert Wuhl (1991) · David Feldman / Eddie Feldmann / Mike Gandolfi / Tom Hertz / Leah Krinsky / Dennis Miller / Rick Overton (1996) · Chris Rock (1997) · Jose Arroyo / David Feldman / Eddie Feldmann / Jim Hanna / Leah Krinsky / Dennis Miller / David Weiss (1998) · Tom Agna / Vernon Chatman / Louis CK / Lance Crouther / Gregory Greenberg / Ali LeRoi / Steve O'Donnell / Chris Rock / Frank Sebastiano / Chuck Sklar / Jeff Stilson / Wanda Sykes-Hall / Mike Upchurch (1999) · Eddie Izzard (2000)
2001-Present
Eric Drysdale / Jim Earl / Dan Goor / Charlie Grandy / JR Havlan / Tom Johnson / Kent Jones / Paul Mercurio / Chris Regan / Allison Silverman / Jon Stewart (2001) · Doug Abeles / James Anderson / Max Brooks / James Downey / Tina Fey / Hugh Fink / Charlie Grandy / Jack Handey / Steve Higgins / Erik Kenward / Dennis McNicholas / Lorne Michaels / Matt Murray / Paula Pell / Matt Piedmont / Ken Scarborough / Michael Schur / Frank Sebastiano / T. Sean Shannon / Robert Smigel / Emily Spivey / Andrew Steele / Scott Wainio (2002) · Rich Blomquist / Steve Bodow / Eric Drysdale / J.R. Havlan / Scott Jacobson / David Javerbaum / Tom Johnson / Ben Karlin / Rob Kutner / Chris Regan / Jason Reich, / Jason Ross / Jon Stewart (2003) · Rich Blomquist / Steve Bodow / Tim Carvell / Stephen Colbert / Eric Drysdale / J.R. Havlan / Scott Jacobson / David Javerbaum / Ben Karlin / Chris Regan / Jason Reich / Jason Ross / Jon Stewart (2004) · Rich Blomquist / Steve Bodow / Tim Carvell / Stephen Colbert / Eric Drysdale / J.R. Havlan / Scott Jacobson / David Javerbaum / Ben Karlin / Rob Kutner / Chris Regan / Jason Reich / Jason Ross / Jon Stewart (2005) · Rich Blomquist / Steve Bodow / Rachel Axler / Kevin Bleyer / Tim Carvell / Stephen Colbert / Eric Drysdale / J.R. Havlan / Scott Jacobson / David Javerbaum / Ben Karlin / Rob Kutner / Sam Means / Chris Regan / Jason Reich / Jason Ross / Jon Stewart (2006) · Mike Sweeney / Chris Albers / Jose Arroyo / Dan Cronin / Kevin Dorff / Daniel J. Goor / Michael Gordon / Berkley Johnson / Brian Kiley / Michael Koman / Tim Harrod / Brian McCann / Guy Nicolucci / Conan O'Brien / Brian Stack / Andrew Weinberg (2007)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Specials
Series
Roger Beatty / Gary Belkin / Dick Clair / Rudy De Luca / Arnie Kogen / Barry Levinson / Jenna McMahon / Gene Perret / Bill Richmond / Ed Simmons (1975) · Anne Beatts / Chevy Chase / Tom Davis / Al Franken / Lorne Michaels / Marilyn Suzanne Miller / Michael O'Donoghue / Herb Sargent / Tom Schiller / Rosie Shuster / Alan Zweibel (1976) · Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi / Tom Davis / James Downey / Al Franken / Lorne Michaels / Marilyn Suzanne Miller / Bill Murray / Michael O'Donoghue / Herb Sargent / Tom Schiller / Rosie Shuster / Alan Zweibel (1977) · Roger Beatty / Dick Clair / Tim Conway / Rick Hawkins / Robert Illes / Jenna McMahon / Gene Perret / Bill Richmond / Liz Sage / Larry Siegel / Franelle Silver / Ed Simmons / James Stein (1978)
1979-2000
Alan Alda (1979) · Buz Kohan (1980) · Jerry Juhl / Chris Langham / David Odell (1981) · Jeffrey Barron / Dick Blasucci / John Candy / Chris Cluess / Bob Dolman / Joe Flaherty / Paul Flaherty / Stuart Kreisman / Eugene Levy / Andrea Martin / John McAndrew / Brian McConnachie / Rick Moranis / Catherine O'Hara / Mert Rich / Michael Short / Doug Steckler / Dave Thomas (1982) · Dick Blasucci / John Candy / Bob Dolman / Joe Flaherty / Paul Flaherty / Eugene Levy / Andrea Martin / John McAndrew / Martin Short / Michael Short / Doug Steckler / Mary Charlotte Wilcox (1983) · Chris Elliott / Sanford Frank / Ted Greenberg / David Letterman / Merrill Markoe / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Steve O'Donnell / Joseph E. Toplyn / Matt Wickline / David Yazbek (1984) · Randy Cohen / Kevin Curran / Chris Elliott / Sandy Frank / Eddie Gorodetsky / Fred Graver / Larry Jacobson / David Letterman / Merrill Markoe / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Joe Toplyn / Matt Wickline (1985) · Randy Cohen / Kevin Curran / Chris Elliott / Sandy Frank / Fred Graver / Larry Jacobson / David Letterman / Merrill Markoe / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Steve O'Donnell / Joe Toplyn / Matt Wickline (1986) · Randy Cohen / Kevin Curran / Chris Elliott / Sandy Frank / Fred Graver / Larry Jacobson / David Letterman / Jeff Martin / Gerard Mulligan / Steve O'Donnell / Adam Resnick / Joe Toplyn / Matt Wickline (1987) · Jackie Mason (1988) · John Bowman / A. Whitney Brown / Gregory Daniels / Tom Davis / James Downey / Al Franken / Shannon Gaughan / Jack Handey / Phil Hartman / George Meyer / Lorne Michaels / Mike Myers / Conan O'Brien / Bob Odenkirk / Herb Sargent / Tom Schiller / Robert Smigel / Bonnie Turner / Terry Turner / Christine Zander (1989) · Billy Crystal (1990) · Jerry Belson / James L. Brooks / Marc Flanagan / Dinah Kirgo / Jay Kogen / Marilyn Suzanne Miller / Heide Perlman / Ian Praiser / Sam Simon / Tracey Ullman / Wallace Wolodarsky (1990) · Billy Crystal / Hal Kanter / Buz Kohan / David Steinberg / Bruce Vilanch / Robert Wuhl (1991) · David Feldman / Eddie Feldmann / Mike Gandolfi / Tom Hertz / Leah Krinsky / Dennis Miller / Rick Overton (1996) · Chris Rock (1997) · Jose Arroyo / David Feldman / Eddie Feldmann / Jim Hanna / Leah Krinsky / Dennis Miller / David Weiss (1998) · Tom Agna / Vernon Chatman / Louis CK / Lance Crouther / Gregory Greenberg / Ali LeRoi / Steve O'Donnell / Chris Rock / Frank Sebastiano / Chuck Sklar / Jeff Stilson / Wanda Sykes-Hall / Mike Upchurch (1999) · Eddie Izzard (2000)


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