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Rich Talarico

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Actor
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Rich Talarico is an American Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning writer and producer, best known for his work on Comedy Central's Key and Peele. He has also written and produced Review also for Comedy Central, Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and more. Rich is one third of the improvisational group Dasariski and performs regularly at IO West Theater in Hollywood.
BornAugust 25, 1973
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 10 nominations total

    Known for

    Promotional One Sheet
    High Fidelity
    7.4
    • Barry's Customer
    • 2000
    Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in Key and Peele (2012)
    Key and Peele
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Alex Borstein, Michael McDonald, Will Sasso, and Debra Wilson in Mad TV (1995)
    Mad TV
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Andy Daly in Review (2014)
    Review
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Writer

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Dave Hill in The Novelizers (2023)
      The Novelizers
      4.7
      Podcast Series
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Red Nose Day (2016)
      Red Nose Day
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
      Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows
      6.9
      TV Special
      • written by
      • 2016
    • Carson Daly in New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (2015)
      New Year's Eve with Carson Daly
      TV Special
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Andy Daly in Review (2014)
      Review
      8.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in Key and Peele (2012)
      Key and Peele
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • written by
      • writer (uncredited)
      • 2012–2015
    • Jay Leno in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
      The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
      5.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Frank Caliendo in Frank TV (2007)
      Frank TV
      4.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2007–2008
    • Alex Borstein, Michael McDonald, Will Sasso, and Debra Wilson in Mad TV (1995)
      Mad TV
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2001–2007
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • 2004–2005

    Producer

    • Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in Key and Peele (2012)
      Key and Peele
      8.3
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • producer
      • 2013–2015
    • Frank Caliendo in Frank TV (2007)
      Frank TV
      4.2
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2007–2008
    • The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007)
      The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
      4.2
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2007
    • Alex Borstein, Michael McDonald, Will Sasso, and Debra Wilson in Mad TV (1995)
      Mad TV
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2005–2007

    Actor

    • Andy Daly in Review (2014)
      Review
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Shooter
      • 2015
    • Rambo! (2011)
      Rambo!
      Short
      • Colonel Samuel Trautman
      • 2011
    • Alex Borstein, Michael McDonald, Will Sasso, and Debra Wilson in Mad TV (1995)
      Mad TV
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Randall Burger
      • 2006
    • Saturday Night Live (1975)
      Saturday Night Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Police Officer (uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Sketch Pad (2001)
      Sketch Pad
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Second City
      • 2001
    • Joan Cusack, Wallace Langham, Kyle Chandler, Jessica Hecht, Donna Murphy, and Kellie Shanygne Williams in What About Joan (2000)
      What About Joan
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Russ
      • 2001
    • Kyle Chandler and Shanesia Davis in Early Edition (1996)
      Early Edition
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Oscar
      • 2000
    • Promotional One Sheet
      High Fidelity
      7.4
      • Barry's Customer
      • 2000
    • Hotel Soap
      Short
      • 1999
    • The Sports Bar
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Regular Performer
      • 1996–1997
    • The Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement and Hootenanny (1995)
      The Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement and Hootenanny
      TV Series
      • Various
      • 1995
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos3

    Rich Talarico - WRITING DEMO (Key & Peele samples)
    Demo Reel 6:03
    Rich Talarico - WRITING DEMO (Key & Peele samples)
    RT Directing Demo 2016
    Demo Reel 3:29
    RT Directing Demo 2016
    RT Directing Demo 2016
    Demo Reel 3:29
    RT Directing Demo 2016
    RT ACTING DEMO
    Demo Reel 4:50
    RT ACTING DEMO

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Born
      • August 25, 1973
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Other works
      TV commercial for A&W Root Beer (1999)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He is one third of the improv troupe Dasariski.

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