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Michael Schur
Michael Herbert Schur (born October 29, 1975) is an American television writer, producer, director, and actor. He started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live (1998–2004) before gaining acclaim as a writer and producer of the sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he also played Mose Schrute. He expanded his career co-creating Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) with Greg Daniels and creating the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021), the sitcom The Good Place (2016–2020), the sitcom Rutherford Falls (2020–2022), and the comedy series A Man on the Inside (2024–). He has served as a producer of the comedy drama series Master of None (2015–2021) and the comedy drama series Hacks (2021–).
Schur's comedies typically include large, diverse casts; breakout stars have emerged from his shows. He features optimistic characters who often find strong friendships and lasting love through plots that showcase "good-hearted humanistic warmth". As of September 2024, Schur has been nominated for 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning three for his work on Saturday Night Live, The Office, and Hacks. In May 2025, Schur received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Schur was born in 1975, at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father, Warren Schur, was ethnically Jewish (though an atheist) and his mother, Anne Herbert, was Methodist. Schur was raised without religion. The family moved and he grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Schur attended William H. Hall High School in West Hartford. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English from Harvard University in 1997, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon. While at Harvard, Schur was classmates with Rashida Jones. The two later collaborated on The Office and Parks and Recreation.
Starting in 1998, Schur was a writer on NBC's Saturday Night Live. He later said he initially applied for the job in the fall of 1997, but Tina Fey got the job and he was hired that winter.
Schur became the producer of Weekend Update in 2001; his first show in the new role was Saturday Night Live's first episode after the September 11 attacks. In 2002, he won his first Primetime Emmy Award as part of SNL's writing team. Schur left Saturday Night Live in 2004.
Soon afterward, he became producer and writer for The Office on NBC, for which he wrote ten episodes and won the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Schur appeared on The Office as Dwight's cousin Mose in several episodes, including "Initiation", in which Dwight takes Ryan to his beet farm; "Money", in which Jim and Pam spend a night at the farm; "The Deposition"; "Koi Pond"; "Counseling"; and "Finale". He also co-wrote The Office: The Accountants webisodes with Paul Lieberstein. In 2005, Schur served as a co-producer of HBO's The Comeback and wrote two of its 13 episodes.
In April 2008, Schur and Greg Daniels started working on a pilot for Parks and Recreation as a proposed spin-off of The Office. Over time, Schur realized Parks and Recreation would work better if they made it separate from The Office. While Parks and Recreation received negative reviews in its first season, it received critical acclaim in the second, much like The Office. Schur also wrote for Fire Joe Morgan, a sports journalism blog, under the pseudonym "Ken Tremendous". He resurrected the pen name on March 31, 2011, when he began writing for SB Nation's Baseball Nation site. @KenTremendous is also Schur's Twitter handle.
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Michael Schur
Michael Herbert Schur (born October 29, 1975) is an American television writer, producer, director, and actor. He started his career as a writer for Saturday Night Live (1998–2004) before gaining acclaim as a writer and producer of the sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he also played Mose Schrute. He expanded his career co-creating Parks and Recreation (2009–2015) with Greg Daniels and creating the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021), the sitcom The Good Place (2016–2020), the sitcom Rutherford Falls (2020–2022), and the comedy series A Man on the Inside (2024–). He has served as a producer of the comedy drama series Master of None (2015–2021) and the comedy drama series Hacks (2021–).
Schur's comedies typically include large, diverse casts; breakout stars have emerged from his shows. He features optimistic characters who often find strong friendships and lasting love through plots that showcase "good-hearted humanistic warmth". As of September 2024, Schur has been nominated for 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning three for his work on Saturday Night Live, The Office, and Hacks. In May 2025, Schur received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Schur was born in 1975, at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father, Warren Schur, was ethnically Jewish (though an atheist) and his mother, Anne Herbert, was Methodist. Schur was raised without religion. The family moved and he grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Schur attended William H. Hall High School in West Hartford. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English from Harvard University in 1997, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon. While at Harvard, Schur was classmates with Rashida Jones. The two later collaborated on The Office and Parks and Recreation.
Starting in 1998, Schur was a writer on NBC's Saturday Night Live. He later said he initially applied for the job in the fall of 1997, but Tina Fey got the job and he was hired that winter.
Schur became the producer of Weekend Update in 2001; his first show in the new role was Saturday Night Live's first episode after the September 11 attacks. In 2002, he won his first Primetime Emmy Award as part of SNL's writing team. Schur left Saturday Night Live in 2004.
Soon afterward, he became producer and writer for The Office on NBC, for which he wrote ten episodes and won the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Schur appeared on The Office as Dwight's cousin Mose in several episodes, including "Initiation", in which Dwight takes Ryan to his beet farm; "Money", in which Jim and Pam spend a night at the farm; "The Deposition"; "Koi Pond"; "Counseling"; and "Finale". He also co-wrote The Office: The Accountants webisodes with Paul Lieberstein. In 2005, Schur served as a co-producer of HBO's The Comeback and wrote two of its 13 episodes.
In April 2008, Schur and Greg Daniels started working on a pilot for Parks and Recreation as a proposed spin-off of The Office. Over time, Schur realized Parks and Recreation would work better if they made it separate from The Office. While Parks and Recreation received negative reviews in its first season, it received critical acclaim in the second, much like The Office. Schur also wrote for Fire Joe Morgan, a sports journalism blog, under the pseudonym "Ken Tremendous". He resurrected the pen name on March 31, 2011, when he began writing for SB Nation's Baseball Nation site. @KenTremendous is also Schur's Twitter handle.
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