David Wain (born August 1, 1969 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American writer, director, actor and comedian. He is best known for the feature film Wet Hot American Summer, the 90s sketch comedy series The State, and the Comedy Central show Stella. Wain was a founding member of Stella, along with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 feature film. ... The State was a half hour long sketch comedy television show, broadcast on MTV from 1993 to 1995. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States and, as of October 19, 2006, in Poland[1], of January 15, 2007 in Germany[2], of April 30, 2007 in the Netherlands[3] and in Italy of May 1. ... Stella was a television series that originally ran June 28, 2005 - August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members of the sketch comedy troupe of the same name and former cast members of... Stella is comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain (all former members of The State). ... Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director. ... Michael Ian Black (born Michael Schwartz on August 12, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and comedy writer. ...

Biography

A graduate of New York University film school, Wain first began his career in 1991 as a writer/director, with the short film Aisle Six. The film stars Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Patrick Jann and other members of The State. In 1988 while attending NYU, Wain became a founding member of the sketch comedy group The New Group. This group would later come to be known as The State, and in 1993 he and his fellow members created and starred in The State, a sketch show that lasted three seasons on MTV. After The State ended, he, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter all became interested in the alternative comedy scene in New York. The three eventually formed the comedy trio Stella. New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lennon (second from right) with cast of Reno 911! as Lt. ... The State was a half hour long sketch comedy television show, broadcast on MTV from 1993 to 1995. ... Michael Ian Black (born Michael Schwartz on August 12, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and comedy writer. ... Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director. ... Stella was a television series that originally ran June 28, 2005 - August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members of the sketch comedy troupe of the same name and former cast members of...

Career

He has worked on many other shows and short films, often writing or directing but sometimes acting in them as well. Wain was a featured commentator in the I Love the 70s series, I Love the 90s Part Deux series, and the weekly VH1 show Best Week Ever. Wain has also dabbled in theatre. He, Michael Showalter and Joe Lo Truglio wrote the play SEX, aka Weiners and Boobs. With The State, Wain co-wrote the book State by State with The State. I Love the 70s is a television mini-series originally produced by the BBC, and later for American audiences by VH-1 which is the sister series to I Love the 80s and explains such stories about the 1970s. ... I Love the 90s: Part Deux is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... Best Week Ever logo. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

Wain lives in New York City. He is recently finished directing his second feature film, The Ten. New York, NY redirects here. ... The Ten is a comedy film directed by David Wain and cowritten by Ken Marino, set to be released in 2007 through City Lights Pictures. ...

Filmography

Actor (TV)

• You Wrote It, You Watch It (1992), Various
• The State (1999), Various
• The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995), Various
• Random Play (1999), Various
• Crank Yankers (2003), David
• Reno 911 (2003), Sensual Masseuse
• Jimmy Kimmel Live (2004), Feldman
• Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker (2004), Brian Lewis
• Stella (2005), David

Actor (Film)

• The Guitar (2007), Phone Man
• The Ten (2007), Abe Grossman
• Delirious (2006), Byron
• Reno 911!: Miami (2007), Breen the Plumber
• Keeping the Faith (2000), Steve Posner
• Bamboozled (2000), Bunning
• The Baxter (2005), Louis Lewis
• Delirious (2006), Byron
• The Ten (2007), Abe Grossman

Writer

• You Wrote It, You Watch It (1992)
• The State (1993)
• The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)
• Strangers With Candy (2000) - Episode "The Blank Page"
• Mad TV (2000)
• Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
• Stella (2005)
• The Ten (2007)

Director

• The State (1993)
• Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
• Stella (2005)
• Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas (2005)
• The Ten (2007)

External links

• David Wain at the Internet Movie Database
• David's Myspace Page
• Official Website