Matt Tarses

Birthday: May 12, 1966

Writer-producer Matt Tarses is best known for his work on the comedies "Scrubs" and "Sports Night." In 1998 he began working on the latter, serving as co-producer and writing nine episodes from 1998 to 2000. He wrote two episodes of the sitcom "Norm" before beginning work on the long-running sitcom "Scrubs." He wrote eight episodes of the series and was co-executive producer for 80 episodes from 2001 to 2005. In 2003 he wrote the screenplay for the film "A Guy Thing" and a year later produced the TV film "Americana," directed by David Schwimmer. In 2006 he wrote and produced an episode of the series "Teachers" and two years later he wrote and executive produced the series "Worst Week." He has been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for the first season of "Scrubs" and has won two Humanitas Prizes, one for "Scrubs" and another for an episode of "Sports Night."