---
name: "Steve O'Donnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-odonnell"
fi1m_id: "steve-odonnell"
imdb_id: "nm0640840"
tmdb_id: 1217235
wikidata_id: "Q1954147"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:26:38.163933+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."
---

# Steve O'Donnell

## Identity

Steve O'Donnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-odonnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-odonnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0640840
- **TMDB ID:** 1217235
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1954147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_O%27Donnell_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1954147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217235

Writer. Born 19 July 1954 in Cleveland.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 July 1954, Cleveland
- **Frequently works with:** [Billy Kimball](https://film.one/person/billy-kimball.md), [David Mandel](https://film.one/person/david-mandel.md), [Greg Daniels](https://film.one/person/greg-daniels.md), [Jennifer Crittenden](https://film.one/person/jennifer-crittenden.md), [Matt Selman](https://film.one/person/matt-selman.md), [Max Pross](https://film.one/person/max-pross.md), [Spike Feresten](https://film.one/person/spike-feresten.md), [Tom Gammill](https://film.one/person/tom-gammill.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 89, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_O%27Donnell_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1954147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217235

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)
- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Steve O'Donnell is an American television writer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated from Harvard College in 1976 and later undertook graduate studies in American history.

He worked on Late Night with David Letterman from near its inception, serving as head writer for much of his nearly decade-long tenure and contributing to the creation of the Top Ten List. He later became head writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the show's debut in 2003 until 2008. O'Donnell wrote two episodes of Seinfeld in 1996 and 1997, and two episodes of The Simpsons in 1998.

His other credits include work on The Chris Rock Show and The Bonnie Hunt Show. He is the identical twin of the late writer Mark O'Donnell.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsons.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Sarah Silverman Program* (2007), series, as Pastor
- *Strangers with Candy* (1999), series, Actor
- *The Chris Rock Show* (1997), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Gallery

- ![Steve O'Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/61657/gallery-3cefbd2123fe.jpg) Steve O'Donnell — Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Steve_O%27Donnell_%282013%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Steve in 2015](https://film.one/media/person/61657/gallery-2d139273cf24.jpg) Steve in 2015 — Steve O'Donnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Steve_ODonnell.jpg/1280px-Steve_ODonnell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/steve-odonnell