---
name: "Tom Leopold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-leopold"
fi1m_id: "tom-leopold"
imdb_id: "nm0503168"
tmdb_id: 95652
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 October 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T13:29:17.777517+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."
---

# Tom Leopold

## Identity

Tom Leopold

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-leopold
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-leopold
- **IMDb ID:** nm0503168
- **TMDB ID:** 95652
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95652

Writer. Born 14 October 1949 in Miami, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 October 1949, Miami, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 1982–2000
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Ackerman](https://film.one/person/andy-ackerman.md), [Andy Cowan](https://film.one/person/andy-cowan.md), [Darin Henry](https://film.one/person/darin-henry.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (3), 2000s 50 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95652

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Cheers*](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md) (88), [*My Family*](https://film.one/tv/my-family.md) (50)
- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. Mom*](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Tom Leopold is an American comedy writer, producer and novelist. Born in 1949 in Miami, Florida, he was educated at New York University. He began his career writing for National Lampoon and sketch comedy programmes before moving into television sitcoms.

Leopold wrote episodes of *Seinfeld* (including "The Cafe" and "The Suicide", 1991–1992) and *Cheers* (1992–1993). He has also written for *Ellen*, *Caroline in the City*, *Will & Grace* and *Dream On*, and served as a producer or story editor on several of these series. He has taught a masterclass in sitcom writing at Columbia University and is the author of three novels.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Mr. Mom* (1983), Fi1m 62, as Stan — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *My Family* (2000), Fi1m 50, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-family.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Death Row Diet* (2009), Actor
- *Hope & Faith* (2003), series, as Mr. Henderson · Writer
- *The Mind of the Married Man* (2001), series, Writer
- *Madigan Men* (2000), series, Writer
- *My Family* (2000), series, Writer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-family.md)
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, Writer
- *Pig Sty* (1995), series, Writer
- *Ellen* (1994), series, Writer
- *Dream On* (1990), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Club Paradise* (1986), Story
- *Mr. Mom* (1983), as Stan — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *The T.V. Show* (1979), Writer
- *The Chevy Chase National Humor Test* (1979), Writer
- *The Chevy Chase Show* (1977), Writer
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, as Larry Ryan
- *Outrage!* (1973), as Vance Chandler
- *Child's Play* (1972), as Shea

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