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name: "Stephen Nathan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-nathan"
fi1m_id: "stephen-nathan"
imdb_id: "nm0622262"
tmdb_id: 1213742
wikidata_id: "Q102251481"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:45:31.941222+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."
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# Stephen Nathan

## Identity

Stephen Nathan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-nathan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-nathan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0622262
- **TMDB ID:** 1213742
- **Wikidata ID:** Q102251481
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102251481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213742

Writer. Born 21 August 1948 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 August 1948, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Stephan Nathan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102251481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213742

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)

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## Biography

Stephen Nathan is an American television writer and producer. Born on 21 August 1948 in Buffalo, New York, he began his career as an actor, originating the role of Jesus in the 1971 musical *Godspell*.

He moved into writing and producing in the late 1970s. His credits include episodes of *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), *Joan of Arcadia* (2003) and *Family Law*. He contributed story and writing credits to 24 episodes of *Bones* (2005) and served as executive producer and showrunner on the series.

Nathan received an Emmy nomination and a Writers Guild of America award for his work on *Tracey Takes On New York* (1993).

*Sources: bones.fandom.com, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Writer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *In the Valley of Elah* (2007), Thanks
- *Bones* (2005), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, Writer
- *Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales* (2003), Writer
- *Vegas Dick* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Family Law* (1999), series, Writer
- *Jesse* (1998), series, Writer
- *Ink* (1996), series, Writer
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Story
- *Double Rush* (1995), series, Writer, Creator
- *Grace Under Fire* (1993), series, Writer
- *Stand By Your Man* (1992), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Eagle and The Bear* (1985), Writer, Producer
- *The Other Woman* (1983), as Leslie
- *You Light Up My Life* (1977), as Ken Rothenberg
- *Scott Free* (1976), as Kevin Southerland
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Writer
- *The First Nudie Musical* (1976), as Harry Schechter
- *Crunch* (1976), as Steven Arthur
- *Hustling* (1975), as Bluejeans
- *The Chadwick Family* (1974), as Tim Chadwick
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Greg Hill
- *Adam's Rib* (1973), series, as Mark
- *1776* (1972), as Courier
- *The Paul Lynde Show* (1972), series, as Willie Landis

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