---
name: "Tom Ruprecht"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-ruprecht"
fi1m_id: "tom-ruprecht"
imdb_id: "nm0750523"
tmdb_id: 1217210
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:03:51.859045+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 Ruprecht

## Identity

Tom Ruprecht

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-ruprecht
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-ruprecht
- **IMDb ID:** nm0750523
- **TMDB ID:** 1217210
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217210

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750523/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217210

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*How I Met Your Mother*](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Tom Ruprecht is an American television writer and producer. He wrote for the Late Show with David Letterman from 1998 to 2010, contributing over 1,200 episodes as a writer. He has received 11 Primetime Emmy nominations for his work on the programme.

Ruprecht wrote the episode 'Garbage Island' for How I Met Your Mother in 2011. Other credits include writing for The Goodwin Games (2013) and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015–2016), where he served as head writer. He created the television film How to Rig an Election.

*Sources: imdb.com, tviv.org, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)

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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/tom-ruprecht