Dino Stamatopoulos

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Dino Stamatopoulos is an American television comedy writer, actor and producer who has worked on Mr. Show, TV Funhouse, Mad TV, Moral Orel, The Dana Carvey Show, Late Night with David Letterman, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Stamatopoulos is of Greek descent.

He was nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for "Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program" and in 1999 for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics". He also worked on Tom Goes to the Mayor with Mr. Show alumnus Bob Odenkirk. His current project is Moral Orel on Adult Swim.

While in high school, Stamatopoulos wrote for his school variety show and was astounded he could get laughs with the material he had written. While attending Columbia College Chicago he did a duo act with Andy Dick, in which Stamatopoulos played a ventriloquist and Andy is a dummy under the influence of sleeping pills.

Stamatopoulos had written a spec script for a Simpsons episode, just out of love for the show, and Andy convinced him to submit to The Ben Stiller Show, which got him hired. He met and worked with Bob Odenkirk. After Stiller's show was cancelled, he moved to New York and joined the writing staff of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, also with Odenkirk.