Dan Schneider

At 58 years old, Dan Schneider has this physical status:

Dan Schneider (born January 14, 1966) is an American actor, television writer, and producer.

Schneider dedicated himself to behind-the-scenes production after appearing in majority supporting roles in a number of 1980s and 1990s films and television shows.

He is the co-president of Schneider's Bakery, Inc., and produced What I Like About You, The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Victorious, Sam & Cat, Game Shakers, and Nickelodeon's Adventures of Kid Danger.

Nickelodeon revealed on March 26, 2018 that it had parted ways with Schneider.

Early life

Schneider was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, to Harry and Carol Schneider. He attended Harvard University for one semester. On returning to Memphis, he found work rebuilding computers. He moved to Los Angeles soon after to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Personal life

Lisa Lillien, a food blogger, married Schneider in 2002. In the 1990s, the two appeared at Nickelodeon. Schneider and his partner purchased a $9 million mansion in Hidden Hills, California, from heiress Lori Milgard in 2016.

Schneider, a prominent obesity eater for many years, revealed in 2021 that he had lost more than 100 pounds (45 kg).

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Career

Schneider appeared in many films in the 1980s, including Making the Grade, Better Off Dead, The Big Picture, Happy Together, and Hot Resort.

Schneider appeared on the ABC television sitcom Head of the Class in 1986. The series ran from 1986 to 1991. Schneider appeared in Home Free in 1993 and 1994, and in Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story, one of two made-for-television films about the Tonya Harding–Nancy Kerrigan controversy, he appeared in the series Home Free.

Schneider has appeared in a television series he has contributed to develop/produce: Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show, Zoey 101, iCarly, and Henry Danger are among the many famous television series that he has appeared in: Schneider is also involved in several initiatives.

Schneider co-hosted the second annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 1988, where he met Albie Hecht, a Nickelodeon development executive. Hecht, the network's current head of design, recruited Schneider to assist with a new sketch-comedy show for children, called All That in 1993. Schneider served as both a producer, executive producer, and writer on the pilot episode after writing the pilot episode. Schneider left All That after the first four seasons to direct The Amanda Show. The show's ratings soon dropped, and it was cancelled in the 2000–2001 season. Schneider was asked to return and rewrite All That in 2001. Schneider agreed, and All That Bothered Nickelodeon made its return to Nickelodeon in 2002. It was on sale for another four seasons before 2005, bringing All That to an end of its 10-season tenure.

Schneider worked as an executive producer and a writer for Kenan & Kell from 1996 to 1997. Schneider appeared in an episode and was an executive producer during the first two seasons. For the remainder of the series, he continued working as a consultant. Schneider began his career as a show creator with Guys Like Us in 1998. The series is one of only two Schneider series made for television broadcast network television. Due to poor ratings and poor feedback, the show was cancelled after its first season.

Amanda Bynes, a Schneider artiste who had worked with Schneider on All That, appeared in the upcoming two shows. The Amanda Show ran on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2002, and it was a spin-off from All That. Schneider himself appeared on The Amanda Show as a tyrant old man who was often the perpetrator of strange prank phone calls. With former Friends writer/producer Wil Calhoun, Schneider co-created What I Like About You. It debuted on The WB in 2002 and continued until 2006. During the show's first two seasons, Schneider was an executive producer.

Schneider returned to Nickelodeon in 2004 with the help of Drake & Josh. Drake Bell and Josh Peck, both of The Amanda Show, and Miranda Cosgrove, who would later appear in another of Schneider's films, appeared in the series. Schneider created the program Zoey 101, which starred Jamie Lynn Spears, overlapping both Drake and Josh. Schneider's first and to date only single-camera format service, and the first to be displayed in a letterboxed style. Schneider appeared in "Chasing Zoey," playing a cab driver, as the cab driver. Schneider began a new project for Victoria Justice, one of the actresses, after the show was postponed in 2008. Victorious, the show that premiered in 2010 after the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards. Sam & Cat, a dual-show spin-off of both iCarly and Victorious, premiered in 2013. After 36 episodes, it was cancelled. Schneider himself would sign a contract with Nickelodeon on March 9, 2010.

Following Sam & Cat's cancellation, Schneider co-created Henry Danger with Dana Olsen. In 2014, the show premiered in 2014. Schneider reunited him with actor and Nickelodeon veteran Kel Mitchell in the following year. Schneider also acts as an executive producer.

Schneider "has become the Norman Lear of children's television," According to Jacques Steinberg of The New York Times.

Nickelodeon announced on March 26, 2018 that it would not be extending its production contract with Schneider and Schneider's Bakery. In addition, the network also confirmed that Schneider's comedy Game Shakers would not be renewed for a fourth season. Henry Danger's surviving Nickelodeon comedy Henry Danger will get a fifth season and a new showrunner. deadline: Nickodeon's deposition began after the first to cover the network, including allegations of his suspected "well-documented temper issues for years" and his tweets adolescent actresses' feet, was published on his website. Nickelodeon did not respond to Deadline's report, and Schneider's representative declined to comment on the study.

Nickelodeon's decision to sever ties with Schneider came after the company's parent company, ViacomCBS, discovered signs of verbal harassment by Schneider against his coworkers, according to the New York Times. Any of Schneider's coworkers told the Times that they find him difficult to work with and "prone to tantrums and angry emails." There were no reports of sexual assault during the probe, which was not found. Schneider defended his work and said that if people were finding him to be difficult to work with, it was because the showrunner kept "high standards." Several new allegations from former actors and employees, including allegations of gender discrimination and "ask[ing] for massages from adult female colleagues, were published in August 2022. Schneider was "regrets ever asking someone [for a massage] and agrees it was not appropriate" and is "close to Schneider." Russell Hicks, a former Nickelodeon executive, denied allegations of "sexualized" scenes in the series, claiming that "parents and caregivers [were] watching every single frame of footage and laughing out every joke," and that "every single thing" that Dan ever did on any of his shows was carefully scrutinized and approved."

Schneider revealed that he had several new projects in development after a "three-year absence; the New York Times said he was "set on returning to television and reintroducing his brand of comedy to new audiences." Schneider referred to an "ambitious and very different" television pilot who had written and sold to a different network in a June 2021 interview. Schneider said that this new display is targeted at a younger audience than his previous performances.

Schneider has also worked on films. He directed the film Good Burger, which starred Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell (and featured Schneider himself in a supporting role as Mr. Baily, the owner and boss of Good Burger). On his Nickelodeon television program All That, Good Burger was spun off from a famous comedy sketch made by Schneider on his Nickelodeon television show All That.

Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, and Paul Giamatti appeared in the film Big Fat Liar, which was also co-produced by Schneider. At the box office, the film earned a worldwide total of $52,461,017.

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