---
name: "Harris Wittels"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harris-wittels"
fi1m_id: "harris-wittels"
imdb_id: "nm2715265"
tmdb_id: 1292220
wikidata_id: "Q5665131"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 April 1984"
died: "19 February 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T01:10:37.156895+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."
---

# Harris Wittels

## Identity

Harris Wittels

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harris-wittels
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harris-wittels
- **IMDb ID:** nm2715265
- **TMDB ID:** 1292220
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5665131
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5665131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2715265/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1292220

Writer. Born 20 April 1984 in Houston, TX. Died 19 February 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 April 1984, Houston, TX
- **Died:** 19 February 2015
- **Active:** 2009–2015
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5665131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2715265/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1292220

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Parks and Recreation*](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md) (83)

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## Biography

Harris Wittels was an American comedian, writer, producer and actor. After graduating from Emerson College in 2006, he moved to Los Angeles and began performing stand-up comedy. Sarah Silverman saw him perform and hired him as a writer on her Comedy Central series *The Sarah Silverman Program* in 2007.

Wittels joined the writing staff of *Parks and Recreation* before its second season in 2009, rising to co-executive producer. He also appeared on the series as the recurring character Harris, an animal control officer. He wrote for other series including *Eastbound & Down* and *Secret Girlfriend*, and coined the term 'humblebrag', which became the subject of a 2012 book. He received a story credit on the first season of *Master of None*, which was dedicated to him after his death.

Wittels died on 19 February 2015 in Los Angeles, aged 30.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Fi1m 83, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Executive Story Editor, Writer, Story Editor, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/parks-and-recreation.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Master of None* (2015), Story

## Also known for

- *The Sarah Silverman Program* (2007), Sebastian, Random Guy, Patient, Writer

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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/harris-wittels