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name: "Michael Pennie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-pennie"
fi1m_id: "michael-pennie"
tmdb_id: 1230862
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:26:54.169160+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."
---

# Michael Pennie

## Identity

Michael Pennie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-pennie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-pennie
- **TMDB ID:** 1230862
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230862

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230862

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*My Name Is Earl*](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Michael Pennie is a television writer and producer. He wrote nine episodes of the sitcom *My Name Is Earl* (2005–2009) and held producer, supervising producer and co-executive producer roles across its four seasons.

Pennie also wrote episodes of *Yes, Dear* (2000–2006), *Outsourced* (2010–2011), *Raising Hope* (2010–2014) and *Uncle Buck* (2016), and contributed to *Sprung* (2022). He has received two Writers Guild of America Award nominations for his work on *My Name Is Earl*.

*Sources: imdb.com, mynameisearl.fandom.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Outsourced* (2010), series, Writer
- *Raising Hope* (2010), series, Writer
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Yes, Dear* (2000), series, Writer, Producer

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