Thomas Lennon
Known for Acting · 193 credits
- Born
- 1970-08-09 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Oak Park, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Tom Lennon · Thomas Patrick Lennon
Biography
Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. Andrei Novak on Santa Clarita Diet and Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. He is the screenwriter of several comedies released by major film studios with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. They wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier, Balls of Fury, and Baywatch
Lennon was born on August 9, 1970 in Oak Park, Illinois. Of Irish and Scottish descent, he is the son of Kathleen (née McSheehy) and Timothy Lennon. He graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1988.
At 16, he met friend and future co-star Kerri Kenney at theater camp at Northwestern University. The two later attended NYU, where they joined a comedy troupe called The New Group.
Known For
The Rookie
2018
as Colonel Arthur Grimm
Family Guy
1999
as (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Police Dispatch (voice) / News Director (voice) / Police Officer (voice) / Satan (voice) / Diner Patron (voice) / Townsperson (voice) / Passerby (voice) / Trey (voice) / Strip Club DJ (voice) / Raymond (voice) / Gangster (voice)
Friends
1994
as Randall
Modern Family
2009
as Orson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TV Shows (88)
The Rookie
2018
as Colonel Arthur Grimm
Family Guy
1999
as (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Police Dispatch (voice) / News Director (voice) / Police Officer (voice) / Satan (voice) / Diner Patron (voice) / Townsperson (voice) / Passerby (voice) / Trey (voice) / Strip Club DJ (voice) / Raymond (voice) / Gangster (voice)
Friends
1994
as Randall
Modern Family
2009
as Orson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Chuck (voice) / Kenny (voice) / Jason (voice) / Customer (voice)
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Klaus
Supergirl
2015
as Mxyzptlk
The Goldbergs
2013
as Tautaun Todd
New Girl
2011
as Neil
Robot Chicken
2005
as Bob the Builder / Principal (voice)
After Midnight
2024
as Self - Guest
Lethal Weapon
2016
as Leo Getz
Kim Possible
2002
as Dr. Fenster (voice)
Chelsea
2016
as Self
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021
as Mr. Davenport (voice)
Archer
2009
as Charles (voice)
Pictionary
2022
Reno 911!
2003
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Agent Gilmore
Veep
2012
as CBS Director
Solar Opposites
2020
as Police Cop (voice)
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Pat
American Housewife
2016
as Simon
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
as Self / Self - Guest
Dawn of the Croods
2015
as Crud / Munk / Monkhuahua (voice) / Crud / Munk (voice) / Crud / Munk / Wal (voice) / Crud / Gunk / Munk (voice) / Crud / Munk / Wal (voices) / Crud / Gunk / Mama Munk / Munk (voices) / Munk / Crud (voice)
The League
2009
as Bryce
The Soup
2004
as Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self / The Phantom
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Harley Walls
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
Rock, Paper, Scissors
2024
as Paper (voice) / Paper's Brain (voice) / Fashion Policeman (voice) / Paper's Brain / Paper's Bladder / Parrot (voice) / Stylist (voice) / Photographer (voice) / Old Person (voice) / Interviewer (voice) / Chicken 2 (voice) / Puppet Paper (voice) / Swat Member 1 (voice) / Bad Guy 4 (voice)
Key & Peele
2012
as Person at People Park #5
Jellystone!
2021
as Top Cat (voice)
Milo Murphy's Law
2016
as Henry (voice)
Justice League Action
2016
as Amazo (voice)
Hercules
1998
as Atlas (voice)
Drunk History
2013
as Major Marcel
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
as Landlord (voice)
To Tell the Truth
2016
as Self - Panelist
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Teachers
2016
as LarryBop
Animal Control
2023
as Patrick Shaw
Close Enough
2020
as Henri Dubois Moureau V (voice)
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
as Self
Santa Clarita Diet
2017
as Principal Novak
Party Down
2009
as Nick DiCintio
Hollywood Squares
2025
as Self
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
as Self - Panelist
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012
as Trey
The Twilight Zone
2019
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Over the Garden Wall
2014
as Jimmy Brown (voice)
Planet Sheen
2010
as Pinter (voice)
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
2016
as Serge
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
2016
as Wick Cooper / Cleaning Droid (voice) / Wick Cooper (voice)
Movies (105)
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Doctor
Memento
2000
as Doctor
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
as Chief of Staff
We're the Millers
2013
as Rick Nathanson
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
2025
as Matthew (voice)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003
as Thayer
Secret of the Wings
2012
as Reading Fairy (voice)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
as Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
17 Again
2009
as Ned Gold
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
as Scribble (voice)
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
2026
as King of the Whip Curl Remy Fontaine
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Italian Peasant #2 (voice)
Bad Teacher
2011
as Carl Halabi
Hancock
2008
as Mike
Herbie Fully Loaded
2005
as Larry Murphy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Eddie the Computer (voice)
Friends: The Reunion
2021
as Self
Monster Trucks
2016
as Dr. Bill Dowd
What's Your Number?
2011
as Dr. Barrett Ingold
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
as Customer (uncredited)
What to Expect When You're Expecting
2012
as Craig
Cherry
2021
as Cherry's Dad / Dr. Whomever
Knight of Cups
2015
as Tom
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
2022
as Teddy (voice)
Dog Days
2018
as Greg
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011
as Todd
I Love You, Man
2009
as Doug
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
2022
as Salesman
Boat Trip
2002
as The Priest
Unfrosted
2024
as Harold von Braunhut
Valley Girl
2020
as Rodney Bingenheimer
The 15:17 to Paris
2018
as Principal Michael Akers
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
2016
as Chief O'Hara (voice)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
as Documentarian (voice)
Batman vs. Two-Face
2017
as Chief O'Hara (voice)
A Guy Thing
2003
as Pete
Reno 911!: Miami
2007
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation
2022
as Wick Cooper (voice)
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
2018
as Michael O'Donoghue
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
as Self
Cedar Rapids
2011
as Roger Lemke
The Casket Girls
Rapture-Palooza
2013
as Mr. Murphy
The Bellmen
2020
as Gunther Gochamonet
Rocky and Bullwinkle
2014
as Fearless Leader / Mayan Princess (voice)
Destroy All Neighbors
2024
as Scotty
Meeting Your Maker
2026
as NLPB Host
Asssscat
2007
as Monologist
Shoplifters of the World
2021
as Uncle Dick
JEREMY
2023
Grand Zero
2015
as David Van Vleck
Long Live the State
2025
as Self
Out Cold
2001
as Eric
Le Divorce
2003
as Roger Walker
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
as Uncle Hank
Hell Baby
2013
as Father Padrigo
Cora
2024
as Adan
Mick Skylark: Mini Golf Prodigy
as Tom McDonald
The Ten
2007
as Scotty Pale
Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
2007
Pottersville
2017
as Brock Masterson
Chosen Family
2024
as Max
Bach Sh*t Crazy
Organ Trail
2023
as Royale Fitzgibbon
Conversations with Other Women
2006
as Videographer
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
2021
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
Jerry, the Exorcist Roommate
2013
as Jerry
Balls of Fury
2007
as Karl Wolfschtagg
Weekend at the End of the World
2025
as Hank
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018
as Edgar Easton
This Is GWAR
2021
as Self
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006
as Campus Cop
17 Again: Zac Goes Back
2009
as Self
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!
2023
as V.D.I. (voice)
Half Magic
2018
as Darren
Zoey 102
2023
as Kelly Kevyn
Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist
2022
as Lieutenant Jim Dangle
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
as Various
Road to Recovery
The Godfather of Green Bay
2005
as DUG
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012
VHYes
2020
as Tony V
Heights
2005
as Marshall
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
2015
as Studio Security
MTV: The State, Skits and Stickers
17 Agan: Going Back to 17
2009
as Self
Row Your Boat
1999
as Census Taker
All Exchanges Final
2017
as Interviewer
Natasha Leggero: Live at Bimbo's
2015
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience
2022
as Stark Naked (voice)
Richard Lovely
as Richard Lovely
So, You Like This Girl
as Mikey
Howard Cantour.com
2013
Living with Lew
2007
A Friend of Dorothy
1994
as Moonie
Christmas at the Kringles
2026
Phone, Keys, Gum
2013
as Emerson Stone
Aisle Six
1991
as Geoff
Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime
2020
as Self
Reno 911! Reno's Most Wanted Uncensored
2007
Al's Brain
2009
as Co-Worker
Triumph Presents: Let's Make a Poop Live
2024
as Self
Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas
2012
as Director
The Quest for The Brown Diamond
as Franklin Morgan
Best Clowns
2023
as Thëodoré, Judge #2
About Thomas Lennon
Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. Andrei Novak on Santa Clarita Diet and Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. He is the screenwriter of several comedies released by major film studios with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. They wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier, Balls of Fury, and Baywatch Lennon was born on August 9, 1970 in Oak Park,… With 193 credits spanning from 1975 to 2026, Thomas Lennon has appeared in 105 films and 88 TV shows.
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Most Popular Thomas Lennon Movies
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — as Doctor
- Memento (2000) — as Doctor
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) — as Chief of Staff
- We're the Millers (2013) — as Rick Nathanson
- Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) — as Matthew (voice)
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