Thomas Lennon is an American actor, writer, comedian, director and producer who was born in Oak Park, Illinois on August 9, 1970. Thomas’s career as a comedian began while he was at NYU, where he joined a comedy called “The New Group”. The troupe later changed their name to “The State” and appeared as part of the MTV show You Wrote It, You Watch It. In the following years, Lennon would do a lot of comedy work, particularly as part of the Comedy Central channel. To date Lennon has made many TV and film appearances in productions such as Friends, 17 Again, and I Love You, Man. He has also worked as a screenwriter on many other projects.