Mark Hentemann

Mark Henry Hentemann is an American screenwriter, creator and producer for television and film. He is a writer, executive producer and former showrunner of the animated series Family Guy,[1][2][3] where he started as a writer in its first season. In addition, Hentemann has also provided voices for many minor characters on Family Guy, including the "Phony Guy", Opie, and Eddie the Ostrich.[4]

Mark Hentemann
Hentemann at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.
Hentemann at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.
OccupationWriter, voice actor, producer, showrunner
Years active1996–present
SpouseLynne Hentemann
Children3

Hentemann has also written for the Late Show with David Letterman,[4] created the series 3-South for MTV, and also the animated series, Bordertown for Fox in 2016[5][6][7] on the network's Sunday Funday lineup, which Seth MacFarlane and he executive produced. He is currently working on a reboot of The Naked Gun franchise for Paramount.

Hentemann is also a long-time real estate investor. Having moved to Los Angeles penniless in 1998, he began investing his script earnings into multifamily. He is founder of Quantum Capital, a real estate investment firm, and host of "The Wild West Real Estate Podcast".

Career

Hentemann grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and began his career as a greeting card writer and illustrator for American Greetings.[8] His cards caught the interest of David Letterman and allowed him his first job in television writing for The Late Show.

Mark Hentemann has written, produced and provided voice acting on several half-hours, including "Off-Centre" (WBTV), "Run of the House" (WBTV) 3 South, which he created for MTV. He also created the animated series Bordertown for FOX, on which he voice acted, created and executive produced.

Hentemann has twice been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award (including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series).

Hentemann is also a long time real estate investor. He is co-founder of the investment company Quantum Capital, which invests in multifamily real estate in Los Angeles, Austin and Denver, with $200,000,000 in assets under management.[9]

Personal life

Mark Hentemann lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife, Lynne, and has three children, Tatum (b. 2004), Grace (b. 2008), and Emerson (b. 2008). Tatum, does occasional voices for Family Guy and American Dad!. Hentemann's daughter Grace played the live-action version of Stewie Griffin in the Family Guy episode "Road to the Multiverse". She wears red overalls and is seated next to the live-action Brian Griffin, played by writer Wellesley Wild[10]'s dog. Wild is the writer of the episode. Hentemann attended St Ignatius High School (Cleveland, OH), and Miami University..

Filmography

Voice Acting - Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002-2003 3 South Joe Tate, Ed Bickel (voice) Creator, writer, executive producer
2008-2009 Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy Mountain Climber, Vishnu (voice) 3 Episodes
2010 The Cleveland Show Unknown Role Episode: How Cleveland Got His Groove Back
2010 Family Guy: It's a Trap! Opie Television Special
2001–present Family Guy Opie, Phony Guy, Eddie the Ostrich, Others writer, executive producer, consulting producer
2016 Bordertown Bryce Creator, writer, executive producer

Writing credits
Year Title Notes
1997-98 "The Late Show with David Letterman"
2000 Boyer Brothers TV movie
1999–present Family Guy (37 episodes)
2001-2002 Off Centre (15 episodes)
2001-2002 3 South (13 episodes)
2003 Run of the House (13 episodes)

As Executive Producer
Year Title Notes
2001-2002 Off Centre 7 Episodes
2003 3 South 7 Episodes
2003 Run of the House
2009-present Family Guy 52 Episodes
2016 Bordertown 13 Episodes

Video games
Year Video game Voices
2006 Family Guy Video Game! Opie

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Award Nominated work Result
2008 Outstanding Animated Program Family Guy for "Blue Harvest" Nominated
2009 Outstanding Comedy Series Family Guy Nominated

References
  1. "Johnny Depp to reprise Edward Scissorhands role... on 'Family Guy'! -- EXCLUSIVE". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. Zahed, Ramin (2009-09-03). "Family Guy Gets New Runners". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. "Showrunners 2012: 'American Dad's' Seth MacFarlane & Matt Weitzman, 'Family Guy's' Mark Hentemann & Steve Callaghan, 'Cleveland Show's' Rich Appel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. Mark Hentemann at IMDb
  5. "FOX ANNOUNCES NEW PRIMETIME SERIES FOR 2015-2016 SEASON | on Fox". Fox.com. 2016-01-31. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  6. "Family Guy executive Mark Hentemann talks about his new show Bordertown". Stuff. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. "Review: Shallow 'Bordertown,' from the Seth MacFarlane show factory, fails to sting". Los Angeles Times. 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. FAMILY GUY Writers Steve Callaghan And Mark Hentemann At Comic Con 2012. YouTube. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  9. "Home Page". Quantum Capital. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  10. "Road to the Multiverse", Wikipedia, 2021-10-04, retrieved 2021-11-15
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