Wissenswertes

Son of English Showalter & Elaine Showalter. English is a retired French professor at Rutgers and Elaine is a retired English professor from Princeton known for critical theory in Feminism.

Graduate of Brown University.

Founding member of New York-based alternative comedy troupe Stella along with Michael Ian Black and David Wain. (1997-present).

Lost a great deal of weight to portray the teenaged Coop in the film Wet Hot American Summer (2001).

Directed 1 actress to an Oscar winning performance: Jessica Chastain, who won for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).

Loves chess and basketball.

For six years he taught screenwriting in the graduate program at NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.

Has eight cats. Their names include Lester, Tim, Sally, Louise, & Billie. Wrote a book called "Guys Can Be Cat Ladies Too".

Brother of Vinca LaFleur.

Born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, but has been living in Brooklyn for more than a decade. [2005].