| Tom Root | |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 2005–present |
Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer, producer, director and voice actor for Robot Chicken.
Root was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Central Michigan University, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper CM Life.
Root was one of the original staffers of ToyFare magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications.[1] While at ToyFare he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular Twisted ToyFare Theatre feature.[2]
Root co-wrote Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004.[3] He also wrote Archie Comics' 200th issue of Jughead in 2010.[4]
Root and Robot Chicken co-creator Matthew Senreich created the Adult Swim series Titan Maximum which premiered on September 27, 2009.[5] He was a writer on Lucasfilm's Star Wars Detours animated series. Root also wrote The Simpsons' Robot Chicken-style animated opening in 2013.[6]
Tom Root's production company is called Tom is Awesome and produces many television shows, seen in the table below.
| Year | Title | Contribution | Role | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Producer | Actor | Director | |||||
| 2005–2020 | Robot Chicken | Various (Voice Role) | Head Writer (145 episodes) Writer (15 episodes) Actor (91 episodes) Director (7 episodes) | |||||
| 2007 | TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer) | |||||||
| 2008 | TV Short (Head Writer & Co-producer) | |||||||
| 2009 | Titan Maximum | "Spud" Cunningham / Cadet #2 | Creator (6 episodes) Story (9 episodes) Writer (4 episodes) Executive Producer (9 episodes) Actor (2 episodes) | |||||
| 2010 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars III | TV movie (Head Writer & Co-Executive Producer) | ||||||
| 2011–2020 | Robot Chicken | Executive producer (91 episodes, 2011–2020) Co-producer, 79 episodes, 2005–09) Co-Executive Producer, 6 episodes, 2010–11) Consulting Producer, 1 episode, 2018) | ||||||
| 2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | Icicle / B'dg (Voice Role) | TV Short | |||||
| 2013 | Übermasion | Brad (Voice Role) | TV Short | |||||
| 2013–17 | The Simpsons | Executive producer (2 episodes) — "The Fabulous Faker Boy" (2013) — "The Cad and the Hat" (2017) (also Writer) | ||||||
| 2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | TV Short (Head Writer & Executive Producer) | ||||||
| 2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship | TV Short (Head Writer) | ||||||
| 2015–19 | SuperMansion | Brad / Buster Nut (Voice Role) | Executive producer (44 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) series regular (24 episodes) | |||||
| 2017 | American Dad! | Townsperson / Fan | 3 episodes | |||||
| 2020–2021 | Crossing Swords | Creator (10 episodes) Writer (3 episodes) Executive Producer (1 episode) | ||||||
| 2020 | Stargirl | Consulting Producer (13 episodes) | ||||||
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Manage (Voice Role) | — "Together Again" | |||||