---
name: "Richard Appel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-appel"
fi1m_id: "richard-appel"
imdb_id: "nm0032219"
tmdb_id: 1216656
wikidata_id: "Q3305154"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:31:32.666963+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."
---

# Richard Appel

## Identity

Richard Appel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-appel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-appel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0032219
- **TMDB ID:** 1216656
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3305154
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Appel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216656

Writer. Born 21 May 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 May 1963, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Brian Scully](https://film.one/person/brian-scully.md), [Dominic Polcino](https://film.one/person/dominic-polcino.md), [Neil Affleck](https://film.one/person/neil-affleck.md), [Pete Michels](https://film.one/person/pete-michels.md), [Swinton O. Scott III](https://film.one/person/swinton-o-scott-iii.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Appel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0032219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216656

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Family Guy*](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Richard Appel is an American writer and producer. Born in New York City on 21 May 1963, he attended Harvard University, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, and Harvard Law School. He worked as a lawyer, including as an assistant United States attorney, before moving into television writing.

He joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons* in 1994, serving as writer, story editor, producer and co-executive producer until 1998. He later became showrunner and executive producer on *King of the Hill*, co-created *The Cleveland Show*, and has worked as executive producer on *Family Guy* since 2012. His other credits include *The Bernie Mac Show* and *American Dad!*. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Cleveland Show* (2009), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Kitchen Confidential* (2005), series, Writer, Producer
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, Producer
- *I ♥ Huckabees* (2004), as Josh
- *The Simpsons Classics – Sex, Lies & The Simpsons* (2004), Writer
- *A.U.S.A.* (2003), series, Producer, Creator
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, Writer, Producer
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Girlfriend*, Screenplay, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Family Guy panel at New York Comic Con in October 2018. Front: Rich Appel, Kara Vallow, and Mike Henry. Rear: Alec Sulkin and John Viener](https://film.one/media/person/61948/gallery-cd18f808497f.jpg) Family Guy panel at New York Comic Con in October 2018. Front: Rich Appel, Kara Vallow, and Mike Henry. Rear: Alec Sulkin and John Viener — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Family_Guy_panel_at_NYCC_%2861248%29.jpg/1280px-Family_Guy_panel_at_NYCC_%2861248%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Richard Appel](https://film.one/media/person/61948/gallery-f72ec1c83297.jpg) Richard Appel — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Family_Guy_panel_at_NYCC_%2861261%29.jpg/1280px-Family_Guy_panel_at_NYCC_%2861261%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rich Appel on the Family Guy panel at New York Comic Con in October 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/61948/gallery-8934f2a3adc5.jpg) Rich Appel on the Family Guy panel at New York Comic Con in October 2018. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Family_Guy_panel_at_NYCC_%2861264%29.jpg/1280px-Family_Guy_panel_at_NYCC_%2861264%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Richard Appel and Mike Henry at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61948/gallery-6d0cde679c37.jpg) Richard Appel and Mike Henry at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Rich_Appel_%26_Mike_Henry_%285984090879%29.jpg/1280px-Rich_Appel_%26_Mike_Henry_%285984090879%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Richard Appel at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61948/gallery-76b2fbfd805c.jpg) Richard Appel at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rich_Appel_%285983861931%29.jpg/1280px-Rich_Appel_%285983861931%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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