Peter Gwinn - Awards & Nominations

Profession	Writer, Screenwriter, Actor
Peter Gwinn is an American comedy writer and improviser from Evanston, Illinois. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, MN. He was a member of The Second City Touring Company from 1997 to 2000. He has taught at both the I.O. and Upright Citizens Brigade theaters and is the founder of the musical improv group Baby Wants Candy. He is the author of the 2003 book, Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games. Gwinn was a staff writer for the TV political satire The Colbert Report until 2012-06-14. He has made several on-screen appearances, as Jimmy the director, as a singer in a "Formula 401" sperm commercial and as a barbecue attendee. He has also written and appeared on the 2013 TV series Alpha House, produced by Amazon Studios. Colbert announced in the final segment of his 2012-06-14 show that Gwinn was leaving the staff, giving no reason, but playing a clip package that ended with a stuffed effigy of Gwinn being thrown off the roof of the studio building, bouncing off a car into the street, and being run over by a minivan which backed up over the doll, twice, then drove away.

Awards by Peter Gwinn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Gwinn.

2013

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television	The Colbert Report

2012

WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television

Honored for : The Colbert Report

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television	The Colbert Report
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series	The Colbert Report

2011

WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television

Honored for : The Colbert Report

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television	The Colbert Report
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series	The Colbert Report
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Writing	The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

2010

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

Honored for : The Colbert Report

(#5076 (in Iraq))

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television	The Colbert Report
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series	The Colbert Report #5076 (in Iraq)

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television	The Colbert Report
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety, Music Or Comedy Series	The Colbert Report

2008

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series

Honored for : The Colbert Report

WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television

Honored for : The Colbert Report

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series - Television	The Colbert Report
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series	The Colbert Report

2007

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series	The Colbert Report

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series	The Colbert Report

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