---
name: "Jay Kogen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-kogen"
fi1m_id: "jay-kogen"
imdb_id: "nm0463124"
tmdb_id: 1216637
wikidata_id: "Q43322"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T23:43:19.430836+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."
---

# Jay Kogen

## Identity

Jay Kogen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-kogen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-kogen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0463124
- **TMDB ID:** 1216637
- **Wikidata ID:** Q43322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Kogen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463124/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216637

Writer. Born 3 May 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 May 1963, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2000
- **Frequently works with:** [David Isaacs](https://film.one/person/david-isaacs.md), [David Richardson](https://film.one/person/david-richardson.md), [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Ken Levine](https://film.one/person/ken-levine.md), [Rob Hanning](https://film.one/person/rob-hanning.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Kogen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463124/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216637

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Jay Kogen is an American comedy writer, producer, actor and director. Born on 3 May 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of comedy writer Arnie Kogen.

He began as a stand-up comedian and actor, studying philosophy at UCLA and performing with the Groundlings improv troupe. With writing partner Wallace Wolodarsky, he contributed episodes to *The Tracey Ullman Show* and early seasons of *The Simpsons* (1989), also serving as a producer on the latter. He later wrote for and produced *Frasier* (1993), winning a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1999, and worked on series including *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), *George Lopez* (2002) and *Henry Danger* (2014). He co-wrote the 1997 film *The Wrong Guy*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Frasier* (2023), series, Consulting Producer
- *iCarly* (2021), series, Writer
- *Punky Brewster* (2021), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/kubo-and-the-two-strings.md)
- *Home* (2015), Thanks
- *Henry Danger* (2014), series, Writer
- *Wendell & Vinnie* (2013), series, Creator
- *See Dad Run* (2012), series, Writer
- *The Troop* (2009), series, Director, Writer
- *The Cat in the Hat* (2003), Script, Thanks
- *Like Family* (2003), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *George Lopez* (2002), series, Writer
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Wrong Guy* (1997), as Bus Driver · Executive Producer, Writer
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, as Mr. Altree
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Single Guy* (1995), series, as Pretzel Vendor · Writer
- *Coldblooded* (1995), as John
- *Ned & Stacey* (1995), series, Writer
- *Jury Duty* (1995), as Russell's Assistant
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show* (1990), Co-Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Tracey Ullman Show* (1987), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Bronx Zoo* (1987), series, Actor
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, as Big Grant
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Jay
- *The Brady Bunch* (1969), series, Actor

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1999: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Frasier*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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