---
name: "Bill Odenkirk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk"
fi1m_id: "bill-odenkirk"
imdb_id: "nm0644021"
tmdb_id: 1216616
wikidata_id: "Q2903311"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 October 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:29:46.426651+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Odenkirk

## Identity

Bill Odenkirk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-odenkirk
- **IMDb ID:** nm0644021
- **TMDB ID:** 1216616
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2903311
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Odenkirk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216616

Writer. Born 13 October 1965 in Naperville, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 October 1965, Naperville, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Also known as:** William Leonard Odenkirk
- **Frequently works with:** [Brian Kelley](https://film.one/person/brian-kelley.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md), [Eric Horsted](https://film.one/person/eric-horsted.md), [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Gregg Vanzo](https://film.one/person/gregg-vanzo.md), [Jeffrey Lynch](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-lynch.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Odenkirk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216616

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bill Odenkirk is an American television writer and producer. Born William Leonard Odenkirk on 13 October 1965 in Naperville, Illinois, he holds a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Chicago and later moved into comedy writing.

He worked as a writer, producer and actor on the sketch series *Mr. Show with Bob and David* (1995–1998), alongside his brother Bob Odenkirk. He has written episodes of *Futurama* (from 2000), *Disenchantment* and *The Simpsons* (from 2004), and has also served as a producer on the latter two series.

Odenkirk has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on animated programmes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Disenchantment* (2018), series, Writer
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Writer, Producer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *Mr. Show and the Incredible, Fantastical News Report* (1998), Writer
- *Mr. Show with Bob and David* (1995), series, as Various · Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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