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My Take
John Mulaney strikes me as the rare comedian whose material reads as well as it plays. His years writing for Saturday Night Live, co-creating Stefon with Bill Hader, gave him an architect's sense of structure, and you can feel it in his stand-up: every sentence is load-bearing. I love that his Emmys honor his writing rather than any mugging for the camera; it confirms my sense that he is a craftsman first. There is something disarming about a man in a tailored suit delivering chaos with perfect diction. For me, he represents comedy as literature: precise, rereadable, and quietly devastating.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- John Mulaney
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョン・ムレイニー
- Reading
- じょん・むれいにー
- Born
- August 26, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Occupation
- writer / actor / television actor / screenwriter / stand-up comedian
2. Background
- University
- Georgetown University
Awards & achievements
- 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
- 2009 Peabody Awards
- 2009 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series
- 2010 Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy-Variety Talk Series
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.johnmulaney.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/johnmulaney/
- Xhttps://x.com/mulaney
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mulaney
Frequently asked questions
When was John Mulaney born?
Born August 26, 1982 (age 43).
Where is John Mulaney from?
John Mulaney is from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What does John Mulaney do?
John Mulaney works as writer, actor, television actor, screenwriter, stand-up comedian.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.