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==Career== ==Career==
Barbieri was the writer of the monthly '']'' cartoon for '']'' from 1997 to 2010.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm</ref> Barbieri was the writer of the monthly '']'' cartoon for '']'' from 1997 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/bio|title=Tony Barbieri|publisher=}}</ref>


In 1999 he got his first writer's credit for television while working on '']''. Barbieri went on to write for the sitcoms '']'' and '']''. In 2003 he wrote and starred in his first movie '']''. He was also a writer and recurring character on '']'', playing Niles Standish.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/</ref> In 1999 he got his first writer's credit for television while working on '']''. Barbieri went on to write for the sitcoms '']'' and '']''. In 2003 he wrote and starred in his first movie '']''. He was also a writer and recurring character on '']'', playing Niles Standish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/|title=Tony Barbieri|publisher=}}</ref>


===Jimmy Kimmel Live!=== ===Jimmy Kimmel Live!===
Barbieri began writing for '']'' in 2003, and in 2004 started appearing on the show as the character Jake Byrd.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/filmoseries?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1#tt0320037</ref> Byrd is portrayed as a good-natured man obsessed with celebrities, and his bits involve him satirizing excessive media attention to celebrity spectacles such as the ] or the arrest of ]. Byrd usually interacts with the fans while they are being interviewed by the media or inserts himself into press conferences. He has successfully fooled major media outlets into thinking he is a real person, including '']'', who quoted him in a May 1, 2004 article about the Michael Jackson trial, before running a redact five days later noting that he was a character.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/01/us/jackson-on-time-to-hearing-pleads-not-guilty.html</ref> Despite this, the Times wrote again about him, as if he were a real person, during the 2007 ].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/us/20cnd-simpson.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0</ref> Barbieri began writing for '']'' in 2003, and in 2004 started appearing on the show as the character Jake Byrd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/|title=Tony Barbieri|publisher=}}</ref> Byrd is portrayed as a good-natured man obsessed with celebrities, and his bits involve him satirizing excessive media attention to celebrity spectacles such as the ] or the arrest of ]. Byrd usually interacts with the fans while they are being interviewed by the media or inserts himself into press conferences. He has successfully fooled major media outlets into thinking he is a real person, including '']'', who quoted him in a May 1, 2004 article about the Michael Jackson trial, before running a redact five days later noting that he was a character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/01/us/jackson-on-time-to-hearing-pleads-not-guilty.html|title=Jackson, on Time to Hearing, Pleads Not Guilty|date=May 1, 2004|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Despite this, the Times wrote again about him, as if he were a real person, during the 2007 ].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/us/20cnd-simpson.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0</ref>


In 2008 Barbieri won the ] for the ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' song "I'm F**king Matt Damon". He was nominated for another Emmy in 2013 as part of Kimmel's writing staff for ].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/awards</ref> In 2008 Barbieri won the ] for the ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' song "I'm F**king Matt Damon". He was nominated for another Emmy in 2013 as part of Kimmel's writing staff for ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007184/awards|title=Tony Barbieri|publisher=}}</ref>


==Filmography== ==Filmography==

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Tony Barbieri
Born (1963-08-26) August 26, 1963 (age 61)
Framingham, Massachusetts, US
Occupation(s)Comedian, writer
Years active1988–present

Anthony J. "Tony" Barbieri (born August 26, 1963, Framingham, Massachusetts) is an Italian American comedic writer, and performer. He is most famous for his appearances as the Jimmy Kimmel Live! character "Jake Byrd."

Career

Barbieri was the writer of the monthly Monroe cartoon for Mad Magazine from 1997 to 2010.

In 1999 he got his first writer's credit for television while working on The Man Show. Barbieri went on to write for the sitcoms That's My Bush! and That '80s Show. In 2003 he wrote and starred in his first movie Windy City Heat. He was also a writer and recurring character on Crank Yankers, playing Niles Standish.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Barbieri began writing for Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2003, and in 2004 started appearing on the show as the character Jake Byrd. Byrd is portrayed as a good-natured man obsessed with celebrities, and his bits involve him satirizing excessive media attention to celebrity spectacles such as the Michael Jackson trial or the arrest of Paris Hilton. Byrd usually interacts with the fans while they are being interviewed by the media or inserts himself into press conferences. He has successfully fooled major media outlets into thinking he is a real person, including The New York Times, who quoted him in a May 1, 2004 article about the Michael Jackson trial, before running a redact five days later noting that he was a character. Despite this, the Times wrote again about him, as if he were a real person, during the 2007 O. J. Simpson robbery case.

In 2008 Barbieri won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! song "I'm F**king Matt Damon". He was nominated for another Emmy in 2013 as part of Kimmel's writing staff for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.

Filmography

The following list includes shows or films in which he has a small, but credited, role as a writer or actor.

References

  1. "Tony Barbieri".
  2. "Tony Barbieri".
  3. "Tony Barbieri".
  4. "Jackson, on Time to Hearing, Pleads Not Guilty". The New York Times. May 1, 2004.
  5. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/us/20cnd-simpson.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0
  6. "Tony Barbieri".

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