Anecdotes

Owns the film rights for David Foster Wallace's sports novel "Infinite Jest" (1996).

Michael Schur had a small role on The Office (2005) as Mose Schrute, the cousin of Dwight Schrute.

Son-in-law of Regis Philbin and Joy Philbin. Brother-in-law of Joanna Philbin.

Writes for the blog firejoemorgan.com under the pen name Ken Tremendous.

Became the father of a son, William Xavier Schur, on February 18, 2008.

Second child, daughter Ivy Elizabeth Schur, was born on July 14, 2010.

Attended and graduated from William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Often includes a main character named after himself in the television series he writes and produces, such as The Office (2005) (Michael Scott), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) (Michael Hitchcock), and The Good Place (2016) (Michael).

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa with his Bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6150 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 21, 2025. Walk of Fame inductees Ted Danson and Amy Poehler were guest speakers at the ceremony.