Tom Root

Tom Root
Tom Root
	Tom Root at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	September 20, 1973 (age 50); Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Central Michigan University
Occupations	Writer; producer; television director; voice actor;
Years active	2005–present

Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for Robot Chicken.

Early life

Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper CM Life.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Root was one of the original staffers of ToyFare magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications.^[1] While at ToyFare he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular Twisted ToyFare Theatre feature.^[2]

Root co-wrote Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004.^[3] He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of Jughead in 2010.^[4]

Root and Robot Chicken co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series Titan Maximum which premiered on September 27, 2009.^[5] He was a writer on Lucasfilm's Star Wars Detours animated series. Root also wrote The Simpsons' Robot Chicken-style animated opening in 2013.^[6]

Filmography

Tom Root's production company is called Tom is Awesome and produces many television shows, seen in the table below.

Year	Title	Contribution				Role	Notes
Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Actor	Director	Role	Notes
2005–2020	Robot Chicken	{X}		{X}	{X}	Various (Voice Role)	Head Writer (145 episodes) Writer (15 episodes) Actor (91 episodes) Director (7 episodes)
2007	Robot Chicken: Star Wars	{X}	{X}				TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer)
2008	Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II	{X}	{X}				TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer)
2009	Titan Maximum	{X}	{X}	{X}		"Spud" Cunningham / Cadet #2	Creator (6 episodes) Story (9 episodes) Writer (4 episodes) Executive Producer (9 episodes) Actor (2 episodes)
2010	Robot Chicken: Star Wars III	{X}	{X}				TV movie (Head Writer & Co-Executive Producer)
2011–2020	Robot Chicken		{X}				Executive producer (91 episodes, 2011–2020) Co-producer, 79 episodes, 2005–09) Co-Executive Producer, 6 episodes, 2010–11) Consulting Producer, 1 episode, 2018)
2012	Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special	{X}		{X}		Icicle / B'dg (Voice Role)	TV Short
2013	Übermasion			{X}		Brad (Voice Role)	TV Short
2013–17	The Simpsons	{X}	{X}				Executive producer (2 episodes) — "The Fabulous Faker Boy" (2013) — "The Cad and the Hat" (2017) (also Writer)
2014	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise	{X}	{X}				TV Short (Head Writer & Executive Producer)
2015	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship	{X}					TV Short (Head Writer)
2015–19	SuperMansion	{X}	{X}	{X}		Brad / Buster Nut (Voice Role)	Executive producer (44 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) series regular (24 episodes)
2017	American Dad!			{X}		Townsperson / Fan	3 episodes
2020–2021	Crossing Swords	{X}	{X}				Creator (10 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) Executive Producer (1 episode)
2020	Stargirl		{X}				Consulting Producer (13 episodes)
2020	Star Wars: The Clone Wars			{X}		Manage (Voice Role)	— "Together Again"