Tommy Blacha

Tommy Blacha
Robert Smigel, Doug Dale, Dino Stamatopoulos, and Tommy Blacha at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Thomas Blacha August 25, 1962 Detroit, Michigan
Pen name	Tom Blacha
Occupation	Writer Producer Voice Actor
Nationality	American
Genre	Comedy Satire
Notable works	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV Funhouse Da Ali G Show Metalocalypse Mongo Wrestling Alliance

Thomas "Tommy" Blacha (born August 25, 1962) is an American comedy writer, working for shows such as Metalocalypse, Da Ali G Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Career

Blacha started as a local Chicago Comedy writer, where he met Andy Richter. Richter eventually landed Blacha a job with the Conan O'Brien show in 1993. Tommy worked on the Conan O'Brien show until 1999 writing bit pieces and developing such characters as "Gaseous Wiener" and "PimpBot5000".^[1]

After leaving the Conan O'Brien show, Blacha went on to work for WWE in 1999 as a Creative Director.^[2] At WWE he helped come up with new plotlines and stories for the company. This role put him in bit parts for the fights themselves, where, while playing a medic, he once ended up getting slammed into a table by the wrestler Kane.^[3] Tommy also participated in what was voted Monday Night Raw's worst moment, which was the delivery of Mae Young's hand baby.

During this time, Tommy was also doing work with TV Funhouse, an animation short for Saturday Night Live. He was part of the writing team as well as playing the voice part of Hank and Whiskers. Some sources also list Tommy Blacha as a Producer for TV FunHouse.^[4] While there he wrote and produced the infamous "Black Sabbath" cartoon and the Oprah-bashing "Stedman: Secret Agent" cartoon with Andy Breckman.

Tommy lived in Las Vegas for a short while in 2002 and 2003 where he was promoting mixed martial arts and pro wrestling events. He was also attempting to do this in Japan and Russia.

By 2004 Tommy Blacha moved onto new projects, becoming a writer on Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Da Ali G Show and head writer for Late World with Zach and The Orlando Jones Show. During this time, he met Brendon Small and began developing the concept for Metalocalypse which was picked up by Adult Swim in 2005 and was first aired in August 2006. In the show he voices the characters of Toki Wartooth, William Murderface, Dr. Rockso and many others. He wrote every episode of first and second seasons of the show and directed the episodes "Dethstars" and "Dethgov". For the third and fourth seasons, he left the production of the show but still returned to voice his characters.

Since mid-2015, Tommy has been a recurring guest on Ten Minute Podcast.

Personal life

Blacha currently resides in Hollywood, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2014	Turbo FAST	•Lumino	Voice actor (1 episode)
2014	King Star King	•King Star King •Hank Waffles •Gurbles	•Writer •Developer •Executive Producer
2013	Drunk History	Himself	•Narrator •Retold story of Al Capone
2012–2013	The Eric André Show	N/A	•Consultant writer
2012	Mary Shelley's Frankenhole	N/A	•Consultant producer
2012	Triptank	Slave / Old Gladiator	•Voice actor
2011–present	China, IL	The Mayor	•Voice actor
2011	Mongo Wrestling Alliance'	Fat Balthazaar Kleberkuh	•Creator •Writer •Producer
2010–2011	Pretend Time	N/A	Writer
2010	Yappy Broads	Himself (Co-host)	•Actor •TV movie
2008	Human Giant	N/A	•Writer (1 episode)
2007	Afro Samurai	N/A	•TV Series •Consultant producer (5 episodes)
2006–present	Metalocalypse	William Murderface Toki Wartooth Dr. Rockso Various	•Writer, Director (2006–2008) •Creator, Voice actor, Executive producer (2006–present)
2006–2009	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Mr. Wongburger	•Voice actor (3 episodes) •Credited as "Tommy Batflatch" and "Dick Blacha"
2005–2006	Mind of Mencia	N/A	•Co-executive producer (12 episodes)
2003	The Orlando Jones Show	N/A	•Writer
2003	Da Ali G Show	N/A	•Contributing writer (6 episodes)
2002–2003	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	N/A	•Writer •Story editor
2002	Late World with Zach	N/A	•Writer
2000–2001	TV Funhouse	Hank	•Writer •Producer •Voice actor
2000	Saturday Night Live	N/A	•Guest writer •Episode: "The Rock/AC/DC"
2000	ShortCuts	Wrong-doer	•TV Series •Actor (1 episode)
2000	WWF Backlash	N/A	•Producer
1992–1999	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Sketch Actor	•Writer

References

1. "Conan O'Brien speaks: 'Chicago is in our DNA'". Chicago Tribune. May 5, 2006.
2. Larissa Glasser. "The Cartoon Network goes heavy metal".
4. Tommy Blacha at the Internet Movie Database

External links

• Tommy Blacha at the Internet Movie Database
• Video interview with Tommy Blacha