Dino Stamatopoulos

Dino Stamatopoulos
Stamatopoulos at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Konstantinos Stamatopoulos (1964-12-14) December 14, 1964 Norridge, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Writer Producer
Nationality	American
Period	1992–present
Genre	Satire Black comedy
Notable works	Late Night with Conan O'Brien The Ben Stiller Show Mr. Show TV Funhouse Mad TV Moral Orel The Drinky Crow Show Mary Shelley's Frankenhole High School USA! Community
Notable awards	Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program 1993 The Ben Stiller Show

Konstantinos "Dino" Stamatopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Σταματόπουλος), born December 14, 1964, is an American television comedy writer, actor and producer who worked on TV programs such as Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, The Dana Carvey Show, Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He has also created multiple animated TV shows such as Moral Orel, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and High School USA!. As an actor, Stamatopoulos is best known for his recurring role as the character Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne on the NBC comedy series Community, on which he also worked behind the scenes as a producer and consulting writer.

Career

While at Ridgewood High School, Stamatopoulos wrote for his school variety show and was astounded he could get laughs with the material he had written. While attending Columbia College Chicago he performed a duo act with comedian Andy Dick, in which Stamatopoulos played a ventriloquist and Dick played a dummy under the influence of sleeping pills.

Stamatopoulos had written a spec script for a Simpsons episode, just out of love for the show, and Dick convinced him to submit it to The Ben Stiller Show, which got him hired. He met and worked with Bob Odenkirk. After Stiller's show was canceled, he moved to New York and joined the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also with Odenkirk. During the '90s he wrote for Late Show with David Letterman, The Dana Carvey Show and Mr. Show with Bob and David. In 2000 Stamatopoulos and Robert Smigel pitched Comedy Central a spin-off of Smigel's TV Funhouse Saturday Night Live cartoons which would be a half-hour sketch comedy show. TV Funhouse premiered on 2000 and was canceled after one season. He later joined the writing staff on Mad TV.

Stamatopoulos worked as a creative consultant and contributing writer on the first season of Tom Goes to the Mayor, with Tim & Eric and Bob Odenkirk. He also provided the voice of Drinky Crow on The Drinky Crow Show, which aired for one season on Adult Swim. His stop motion animated series Moral Orel premiered on Adult Swim on Christmas 2005 and aired for three seasons, airing its final episode in December 2008; a followup special aired in 2012.

Following Moral Orel, Stamatopoulos created a new stop motion series for Adult Swim entitled Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, which ran for two seasons from 2010 to 2012.

Stamatopoulos was a writer and producer on the NBC sitcom Community. He also played the recurring role of "Star-Burns", a character whose nickname derived from large star-shaped sideburns.

A long-time fan of radio personality Steve Dahl, Stamatopoulos hosted a podcast called "Sorry About Everything" from May 2012 until June 2013 on Dahl's Steve Dahl Network.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type of media	Character
2015	Anomalisa	Producer	Animated film
2015	W/ Bob and David	Writer Co-Executive Producer	Sketch Comedy	Chuck, Episode 3
2015	The Jack and Triumph Show	Writer	Adult Swim sitcom
2013	High School USA!	Creator Writer	Animated series
2010–2012	Mary Shelley's Frankenhole	Creator Writer Executive Producer	Animated series	Death The Mummy Mother Teresa Additional voices
2010	Yappy Broads	Actor	Adult Swim Pilot	Co-host
2009–2015	Community	Recurring Role Writer Consultant	TV Sitcom	Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne
2008–2009	The Drinky Crow Show	Voice actor	Animated series	Drinky Crow Lt. Vronchy Additional voices
2006	Lucky Louie	Writer	TV Sitcom
2005–2008	Moral Orel	Creator Writer Director Executive Producer	Animated series	Various characters
2004–2005	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Writer Creative Consultant	Animated series
2002–2003	Mad TV	Writer	Sketch Comedy series
2002	The Master of Disguise	Co-producer	Live Action Comedy Movie
2000–2001	TV Funhouse	Writer Actor Executive Producer	Sketch Comedy series	Chickey Mr. Whiskers Various characters
1996–2006	Saturday Night Live	Writer (TV Funhouse) Voice Actor	Sketch Comedy series	Michael Jackson
1996–1998	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Writer Executive Producer	Sketch Comedy series	Various characters
1996–1997	Late Show with David Letterman	Writer	Late Night Talk Show
1996	The Dana Carvey Show	Writer	Sketch Comedy series
1993–1999	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Writer Sketch Actor	Late Night Talk Show	Tomari the Ostrich Kiss-Ass Turkey Abe Lincoln Various characters
1992–1993	The Ben Stiller Show	Writer	Sketch Comedy series

External links

• Dino Stamatopoulos at the Internet Movie Database
• Dino Stamatopoulos on Twitter
• TV Squad interview with Dino Stamatopoulos