---
name: "Lance Crouther"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lance-crouther"
fi1m_id: "lance-crouther"
imdb_id: "nm0189504"
tmdb_id: 65919
wikidata_id: "Q6483364"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:50:55.930266+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."
---

# Lance Crouther

## Identity

Lance Crouther

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lance-crouther
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lance-crouther
- **IMDb ID:** nm0189504
- **TMDB ID:** 65919
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6483364
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Crouther, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6483364, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65919

Writer. Born 31 May 1962 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 May 1962, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Crouther, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6483364, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65919

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Everybody Hates Chris*](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) (80)

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## Biography

Lance Crouther is an American television writer, producer and actor. He has written for series including *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), on which he also received story credit, *The Chris Rock Show* (1997–1998), *Wanda at Large* (2003), which he co-created, and *History of the World: Part II* (2023). His film writing credits include the screenplay for *Down to Earth* (2001) and *Good Hair* (2009).

Crouther was born in May 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. He formed the sketch comedy group 'Mary Wong' with Ali LeRoi and attended Lindblom High School. He has also acted, notably starring as the title character in the 2001 film *Pootie Tang*, and served as head writer on *Lopez Tonight* (2009–2010). He has received one Primetime Emmy Award and multiple nominations, including a Writers Guild of America nomination for *Good Hair*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), Fi1m 80, Writer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *History of the World: Part II* (2023), series, Shakespeare Writer, Writer
- *The Upshaws - The Afterparty* (2021), Writer, Supervising Producer
- *The Circle - The Afterparty* (2021), Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Shadow and Bone - The Afterparty* (2021), Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Dad Stop Embarrassing Me - The Afterparty* (2021), Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Ginny & Georgia - The Afterparty* (2021), Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Fate: The Winx Saga - The Afterparty* (2021), Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Pauly Shore's Pauly-tics* (2012), Writer
- *Good Hair* (2009), Writer
- *I Think I Love My Wife* (2007), Associate Producer
- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), series, Writer, Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)
- *Pootie Tang* (2001), as Pootie Tang
- *Down to Earth* (2001), Screenplay
- *The Chris Rock Show* (1997), series, Writer
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, Writer
- *CB4* (1993), as Well Dressed Man
- *Class Act* (1992), as Bad Guy #1
- *Talkin' Dirty After Dark* (1991), as Brother Kwame
- *The Black Version*, Writer

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