---
name: "Chuck Tatham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chuck-tatham"
fi1m_id: "chuck-tatham"
imdb_id: "nm0851234"
tmdb_id: 1213294
wikidata_id: "Q5115732"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T10:57:22.568411+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."
---

# Chuck Tatham

## Identity

Chuck Tatham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chuck-tatham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chuck-tatham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0851234
- **TMDB ID:** 1213294
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5115732
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Tatham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213294

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1963 in Listowel, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, Listowel, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2003–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Abraham Higginbotham](https://film.one/person/abraham-higginbotham.md), [Barbie Adler](https://film.one/person/barbie-adler.md), [Caroline Goddard](https://film.one/person/caroline-goddard.md), [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Lev L. Spiro](https://film.one/person/lev-l-spiro.md), [Stephen Lloyd](https://film.one/person/stephen-lloyd.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Tatham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213294

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Modern Family*](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md) (77), [*How I Met Your Mother*](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Chuck Tatham is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Born in Listowel, Ontario, he worked in advertising in Toronto before moving to Los Angeles in 1991 with his brother Jamie to pursue writing for film and television. His first writing credits were on the sitcom *Full House* in the early 1990s.

Tatham is best known for his work on *Arrested Development* (2003), where he served as a writer and co-executive producer on episodes including the 2006 finale. He later wrote for *How I Met Your Mother* (2005) across five seasons and *Modern Family* (2009) for three seasons, also contributing to series such as *Night Court* (2023) and *Central Park* (2020).

He received Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series for his producing work on *Arrested Development*, *How I Met Your Mother* and *Modern Family*, as well as a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. He has also been nominated for Writers Guild of America Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Night Court* (2023), series, Writer
- *Children Ruin Everything* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *United States of Al* (2021), series, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story
- *Central Park* (2020), series, Writer
- *Crash Canyon* (2011), series, Writer
- *Mr. Young* (2011), series, Writer
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Back to You* (2007), series, Story, Writer
- *The Jake Effect* (2006), series, Writer
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Less than Perfect* (2002), series, Writer
- *Tucker* (2000), series, Writer
- *Oh, Grow Up* (1999), series, Writer
- *For Your Love* (1998), series, Writer
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, Writer
- *Living Single* (1993), series, Writer
- *Maniac Mansion* (1990), series, Writer

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