---
name: "Dan Greaney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-greaney"
fi1m_id: "dan-greaney"
imdb_id: "nm0337286"
tmdb_id: 1216623
wikidata_id: "Q2341894"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:29:39.507702+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."
---

# Dan Greaney

## Identity

Dan Greaney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-greaney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-greaney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0337286
- **TMDB ID:** 1216623
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2341894
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Greaney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2341894, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337286/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216623

Writer. Born 28 September 1964 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 September 1964, Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Brent Forrester](https://film.one/person/brent-forrester.md), [Daniel Chun](https://film.one/person/daniel-chun.md), [Greg Daniels](https://film.one/person/greg-daniels.md), [Jon Vitti](https://film.one/person/jon-vitti.md), [Ricky Gervais](https://film.one/person/ricky-gervais.md), [Ryan Koh](https://film.one/person/ryan-koh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Greaney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2341894, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337286/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216623

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Dan Greaney is an American television writer and producer. He joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons* during its seventh season in 1995 after contributing the first draft of the episode "King-Size Homer", and has remained involved with the series in various capacities, including as a consulting producer.

His other credits include writing episodes for *The Office* (2011–2013) and contributing to the 2006 film *Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan*. He is a Harvard University graduate who previously worked as an attorney.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Consulting Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Consulting Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Consulting Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Consulting Producer
- *The Most Wonderful Time of the Year* (2024), Writer
- *Presidential Reunion* (2010), Writer
- *The Office* (2005), series, Writer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *The Michael Richards Show* (2000), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dan-greaney