He is best known for co-creating and serving as a producer of the NBC/Yahoo! Screen sitcom Community (2009-2015), for creating and serving as host of the comedy podcast Harmontown (2012-2019). Also, he is renowned for co-creating the Adult Swim animated sitcom Rick and Morty (2013-present) and its subsequent franchise, and for co-founding Channel 101 with Rob Schrab.
Dan Harmon Biography and Net Worth
Net Worth | $15M |
Birth Date | 3rd January 1973 |
Age | 49 |
Occupation | Writer Producer Actor |
Spouse | Erin McGathy |
Dan Harmon Early Life
On January 3, 1973, Daniel James Harmon was birthed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Brown Deer High School in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, was his last stop before attending Marquette University. In Glendale, California, he temporarily attended Glendale Community College; this experience would later serve as the inspiration for his comedy Community.
Dan Harmon Career
Along with Rob Schrab, a member of the comedy group The Dead Alewives, Harmon was a member of ComedySportz in Milwaukee. They issued an album titled Take Down the Grand Master in 1996. Early in his career, Harmon routinely performed at Milwaukee’s Safehouse free comedy stage. A song about masturbating was a memorable routine.
In addition to other Channel 101 programmes, including several with Jack Black, Drew Carey, and Sarah Silverman, Harmon co-created the television pilots Heat Vision and Jack (with Owen Wilson and Jack Black) and Jack. He was a co-creator of The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central and the show’s head writer for a number of the episodes.
Dan Harmon Personal Life
In 2011, Harmon became aware that Dan could have Asperger syndrome while researching the qualities of the “Community” character Abed. Erin McGathy and Harmon got engaged in December 2013. On November 15, 2014, they were hitched, and the following year, they got divorced. Dan and Cody Heller started dating in 2016, and in January 2019, Heller proposed. Dan received criticism in July 2018 after a comedic routine from 2009 emerged. In the spoof “Dexter” video “Daryl,” Harmon portrayed an infant being sexually assaulted.
Dan Harmon Awards
For his work on the 81st Academy Awards show, Harmon was nominated for two Emmys in July 2009: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. At the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, he won the latter award for “Hugh Jackman Opening Number.”
As the executive producer of Rick and Morty, Harmon won the Emmy for “Outstanding Animated Program” in 2018 and 2020. He was also put forward for a Hugo award alongside Chris McKenna for writing the Community episode “Remedial Chaos Theory.”
Dan Harmon Net Worth
An American writer, actor, director, and producer by the name of Dan Harmon, Harmon has a $15 million dollar fortune. The NBC sitcom “Community” (2009-2015) and the Adult Swim animated comedy “Rick and Morty” are two of Harmon’s best-known works.
Dan Harmon Height and Weight
Height | 5’8” |
Weight | 74Kg |
Eye Color | Gray |
Hair Color | Light brown |