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In Hollywood, there are people who you can hardly ever afford not to know for one of many reasons. One of such is Dan Harmon. He is a very vast individual who many know for different reasons as he is a voice actor and producer as well as actor and writer among other things. Having been involved in close to 50 movies in various capacities, here are things to know about him.
Dan Harmon’s Biography
It was on January 3, 1973, that Dan Harmon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although it was here that he was brought up, there is hardly any information that is known about his childhood or even his family. Nevertheless, he described his father, Herme Harmon, as a that he hit, and that he wasn’t going to trade him for any other.
He was raised by both his parents alongside a brother Bones Harmon. But then, his parents later got a divorce and he remained with his mother.
For his education, the actor attended the Brown Deer High School and from there, he went to the Marquette University and later attended the Glendale Community College for some time.
Looking at his career, the Community star made a start with ComedySportz as a member, and it was with the group that he produced the 1996 album, Take Down the Grand Master. One of his earliest works in 1999 was Heat Vision and Jack which was a pilot he created. He went on to produce Computerman, Googas, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole among others.
Through his career, Dan Harmon has won awards such a Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and an OFTA Television Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series. He won the awards in 2009 and 2012 respectively.
He also worked on other movies including Monster House and Kung Fu Panda which he was said to have participated in the writing. Some of his production credits include Harmontown which is his popular podcast, Anomalisa, and Doctor Strange. Another thing that the actor got himself involved in is his web series, Guest Grumps. He began the series in 2017 and it continues to run.
Wife and Divorce
The actor and producer has been married to actress and comedian . The two dated for a rather long time before deciding to take things to the next stage by getting engaged in 2013. On 15th November 2014, they decided to make it even more official by becoming man and wife at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles.
McGathy who was born in 1985, has become popular for her comedy as well as works such as Community and also as the wife of Harmon.
Although her marriage to Dan was grand and highly publicized, the two were unable to hold things together for up to a year as they announced in October 2015 that they were getting a divorce. While Dan Harmon took to her twitter to let her followers know about it, the actor took to his podcast to state it. Of course, divorce in Hollywood is nothing new, but this came as a surprise to many because the marriage was young and it was given very loud publicity.
Even as there were many speculations as regards the reason behind the divorce, there were others who felt it was just a publicity stunt. Nonetheless, as it would turn out, the divorce was for real and soon after that, Erin McGathy moved to Ireland.
Does He Have A Girlfriend?
For those asking if he has a girlfriend, the simple answer is that he has a new girlfriend and she is Cody Heller. Interestingly, it was shortly after his divorce from his wife that he began the relationship with the much younger comedian who is almost 12 years younger than him and a year older than his ex-wife.
In 2018, with the wave of the cases of sexual harassments being thrown across both Hollywood and Washington, Dan Harmon came forward to apologize to Community writer for his inappropriate behaviour towards her.
Net Worth
Involved in various things like acting, podcast, and production, it is obvious that Dan Harmon has multiple streams of income flowing in to make his net worth quite attractive most especially when you consider that he is estimated to have $5 million.
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