Bruce Vilanch Biography

Bruce Vilanch (born November 23, 1948) is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner. Vilanch is best known to the public for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as a celebrity participant; in the entertainment industry he is best known as head writer for the show. In 2000, he performed off-Broadway in his self-written one-man show, Bruce Vilanch: Almost Famous.

Since 2000, Vilanch has been the head writer for the Oscars, after being an Oscar program co-writer for the previous 10 years. He is a featured writer for the Tonys, Grammys and Emmys.

Vilanch appeared in the third season of Celebrity Fit Club in 2006, losing 21 pounds over the course of the show.

Vilanch has been a special guest on The Simpsons and has had cameo roles in the 2008 films Tru Loved and You Dont Mess with the Zohan. Referenced in the South Park episodes The Coon and Coon vs. Coon and Friends, the show portrayed him as a possible suspect of The Coon, a corpulent, racoon-like superherovillain. On RuPauls Drag Race 3, Vilanch appeared as a guest judge dressed as Santa Claus.

In April 2008, Vilanch filmed a commercial that spoofs Kobe Bryants jump over an Aston Martin. In his video, Vilanch is distracted, does not jump, and is run over by a semi truck

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