Green, Tom 1971–

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GREEN, Tom 1971–

(MC Bones, MC Face)

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael Thomas Green; born July 30, 1971, in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada; son of Richard (a computer systems analyst) and Mary Jane (a communications consultant) Green; married Drew Barrymore (an actress and producer), July 7, 2001 (divorced, October 15, 2002). Education: Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, associate's degree; attended University of Ottawa, c. 1990. Avocational Interests: Hip hop music, snowboarding, skateboarding.

Addresses: Agent—William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Bone R. Productions, 7263 Chota Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90222. Publicist—Marleah Leslie, Marleah Leslie and Associates Public Relations, 8370 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 210, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Talk show host, actor, standup comedian, composer, writer, film editor, director, and producer. Performed as a standup comic, beginning 1987; Organized Rhyme (band), member, c. 1992; Bob Green Films, founder and principal. Host of Fifth Annual Golden Trailer Awards, 2004; appeared in television commercials and public service announcements. Tom Green's Nuts Cancer Fund, founder.

Awards, Honors: Juno Award nomination (with Organized Rhyme), Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, best rap recording, 1993, for "Check the O.R."; Gemini Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best performance in a comedy program or series, 1999, for The Tom Green Show; Teen Choice Award, choice liar in a film, 2000; MTV Movie Award nominations, breakthrough male performance and best comedic performance, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite supporting actor in a comedy, all 2001, for Road Trip; MTV Movie Award nomination, best cameo in a movie, 2001, for Charlie's Angels; Gemini Award nomination, best performance or host in a variety program or series, 2003, for The True Meaning of Christmas Specials.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Host, The Tom Green Show, Rogers 22 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1994–1997, then Manhattan Neighborhood Network, beginning 1995, and Comedy Network, 1998–1999.

Host, The Tom Green Show, MTV, 1999–2000.

Host, The New Tom Green Show, MTV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Tom Green Show Uncensored (also known as MTV's The Tom Green Show Uncensored and Tom Green Uncensored), MTV, 2000.

Himself, The Freddy Got Fingered Movie Special, MTV, 2001.

The Tom Green Cancer Special, MTV, 2001.

Host, The Skateboard Show, The WB, 2002.

Reel Comedy: Stealing Harvard, Comedy Central, 2002.

Subway Monkey Hour, MTV, 2002.

The True Meaning of Christmas Specials, 2002.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The WB Radio Music Awards, The WB, 1999.

Presenter, The 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000.

Presenter, The Sixth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (also known as The 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards), Fox, 2000.

Himself, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2000.

Presenter, The Teen Choice Awards 2002, Fox, 2002.

Presenter, The 31st Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 2003.

The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (also known as The 2003 Teen Choice Awards), Fox, 2003.

The 2004 Much Music Video Awards, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Open Mike, 1998.

(In archive footage) Himself, Total Request Live (also known as TRL), MTV, 1999.

Himself, Diary (also known as MTV Diary), MTV, c. 1999.

Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1999, 2001, 2003.

Guest, "Revenge," Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 2000.

Voice of Jerold, "The Assistant," Dilbert (animated), UPN, 2000.

Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 2000.

Himself, Entertainment Tonight (also known as ET), syndicated, 2000.

Guest, Mad TV, Fox, 2000, 2001.

Guest, "Meddling in Others' Affairs," Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 2001.

Guest, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2001.

(Uncredited) Guest, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 2001.

Steve, "Company Picnic: Parts 1 & 2," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2002.

Voice, "A.D.D.: The Last 'D' Is for Disorder," Clone High (animated), Teletoon and MTV, 2002.

Guest, Player$, 2002.

"Episode 301," The Andy Dick Show, MTV, c. 2002.

Guest, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2002, 2003.

Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, multiple appearances in 2002 and 2003.

Guest, The View, ABC, 2002, 2003.

Guest, The Michael Essany Show, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Himself, EX–treme Dating, syndicated, 2003.

All That, Nickelodeon, 2003.

Himself, "Game 5," Celebrity Poker Showdown, Bravo, 2004.

Provided the voice of a boy in a red car, Johnny Bravo (animated), The Cartoon Network.

Television Work; Series:

Creator, segment editor, segment director, and field producer, The Tom Green Show, MTV, 1999–2000.

Executive producer, The New Tom Green Show, MTV, 2003.

Television Work; Specials:

Executive producer, The Freddy Got Fingered Movie Special, MTV, 2001.

Producer, The Tom Green Cancer Special, MTV, 2001.

Director, Subway Monkey Hour, MTV, 2002.

Executive producer, The Skateboard Show, The WB, 2002.

Film Appearances:

Bus driver, The Chicken Tree (short film), 1998.

Computer gimp, Clutch, 1998.

Dylan Schmutz–Plutzker, Superstar, Paramount, 1999.

Barry Manilow, Road Trip, DreamWorks SKG, 2000.

Chad, Charlie's Angels (also known as 3 Engel fuer Charlie), Columbia, 2000.

Gord Brody, Freddy Got Fingered, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

Walter P. "Duff" Duffy, Stealing Harvard, Columbia, 2002.

Owner of Colorado skate shop, Grind, Warner Bros., 2003.

Bob Tree, Bob the Butler, First Independent Pictures, c. 2005.

Film Director:

Freddy Got Fingered, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

Radio Appearances; Series:

Host, Rap Show, beginning 1990.

Host, The Midnight Caller, CHUO–FM, beginning 1993.

Also host of the series Nightfall, CHUO–FM.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Host, Tom Green: Endangered Feces, 1999.

Tom Green: Road Kill, MTV/Comedy Central, 1999.

Tom Green: Something Smells Funny, 1999.

Tom Green: Tonsil Hockey, 1999.

The Tom Green Show: Early Exposure, Video Service Corporation, 2001.

Music Videos:

"The Bum Bum Song (Lonely Swedish)," 1999.

Video Executive Producer:

(And director) Tom Green: Endangered Feces, 1999.

Tom Green: Something Smells Funny, 1999.

Tom Green: Tonsil Hockey, 1999.

Albums:

(With Organized Rhyme; as MC Bones) Stiffenin against the Wall, 1992.

(As MC Face) Not the Tom Green Show, 1998.

Singles:

(With Organized Rhyme; as MC Bones) "Check the O.R.," 1992.

"The Bum Bum Song (Lonely Swedish)," 1999.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Series:

The Tom Green Show, MTV, 1999–2000.

The New Tom Green Show, MTV, 2003.

Teleplays; Specials:

The Tom Green Show Uncensored (also known as MTV's The Tom Green Show Uncensored and Tom Green Uncensored), MTV, 2000.

The Tom Green Cancer Special, MTV, 2001.

Television Music; Series:

The Tom Green Show, Rogers 22 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1994–1997, then Manhattan Neighborhood Network, beginning 1995, and Comedy Network, 1998–1999.

The Tom Green Show, MTV, 1999–2000.

Screenplays:

(With Derek Harvie) Freddy Got Fingered, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

Songs Featured in Films:

"The Salmon Song," Road Trip, DreamWorks SKG, 2000.

Videos:

Tom Green: Endangered Feces, 1999.

Tom Green: Road Kill, MTV/Comedy Central, 1999.

(And songwriter) Tom Green: Something Smells Funny, 1999.

(And composer) Tom Green: Tonsil Hockey, 1999.

Other:

Contributor to magazines, including Razor and US Weekly.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers 1999, Issue 4, Gale, 1999.

Periodicals:

Details, May, 1999.

Entertainment Weekly, March 12, 1999, pp. 30–31.

iF, May 19, 2000, p. 3.

Maclean's, November 23, 1998, p. 152.

Movieline, April, 2001, pp. 52–54.

Newsday, February 28, 1999, p. D15.

Newsweek, April 5, 1999.

New York Times, February 28, 1999; April 30, 1999, p. B1.

Playboy, May, 2001, pp. 67–74, 152–55.

Rolling Stone, May 13, 1999, pp. 35–36, 105; September 16, 1999; June 8, 2000.

Toronto Star, November 29, 1998.

Toronto Sun, February 13, 1998.

TV Guide, October 2, 1999, pp. 20–22.

USA Today, July 7, 1999.

US Weekly, April 10, 2000, p. 28.

Washington Post, March 9, 1999, p. C1.