Garry Trudeau
Birthday: 21 July 1948, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Garretson Beekman Trudeau
Garry Trudeau was born on July 21, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA as Garretson Beekman Trudeau. He is a writer and producer, known for A Doonesbury Special (1977), Alpha House (2013) and Rap Mas ...Show More
Having a successful daily comic strip is the closest thing to tenure that popular culture offers. Bu Show more
Having a successful daily comic strip is the closest thing to tenure that popular culture offers. But it doesn't seem to have freed up creativity any more than tenure for professors has. It's been an open invitation for complacency. Hide
"I think he is smart but willfully ignorant, and he uses his ignorance for strategic advantage, whic Show more
"I think he is smart but willfully ignorant, and he uses his ignorance for strategic advantage, which is appalling. He substitutes belief for thought. It protects you from self-doubt" -- Trudeau's opinion of President George W. Bush. Hide
America is the only country in the world where failing to publicize yourself is considered arrogant.
America is the only country in the world where failing to publicize yourself is considered arrogant.
When I talk to wounded veterans, I usually don't ask them what they think the mission was. I don't p Show more
When I talk to wounded veterans, I usually don't ask them what they think the mission was. I don't presume, because their lives are wrenching enough without the suggestion that their sacrifices may have been without meaning. Moreover, if that is so, it will become apparent to them soon enough . . . The young men and women who we've repeatedly put in harm's way are paying the price for this misbegotten mission, and as long as it continues, I, like so many of our countrymen, must walk this strange line between hating the war but honoring the warrior. I don't know how long we can keep it up. . . Hide
The most difficult character for me is Zonker. He's much more of a free spirit than I am.
The most difficult character for me is Zonker. He's much more of a free spirit than I am.
Garry Trudeau's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (13)
