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My Take
Dan Harmon is, to me, that rare creator where obsession and brilliance are inseparable. From a Milwaukee community college to building wholly original worlds in Community and Rick and Morty, he carved out a voice nobody else has. What I respect most is his almost academic devotion to story structure, refining it into a personal theory he actually teaches. An Emmy winner with a famously prickly reputation, he is no mere eccentric but a fusion of calculation and passion. His abrasive edge is precisely what breeds fervent devotion, and that kind of uncompromising authorship feels increasingly precious today.
Overview
Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American television writer, producer, animator, and actor. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast Harmontown (2012–2019), co-creator of the Adult Swim animated sitcom Rick and Morty (2013–present) and its subsequent franchise along with Justin Roiland.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dan Harmon
- Name (Japanese)
- ダン・ハーモン
- Reading
- だん・はーもん
- Born
- January 3, 1973 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Ox
- Origin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / actor / showrunner / television producer / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Brown Deer High School
- University
- Glendale Community College
Awards & achievements
- 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danharmon/
- Xhttps://x.com/danharmon
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Harmon
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.