Frank Conniff

Cast · Writer

Born

August 30, 1956 · New York City, New York, USA

Birth name

Frank L. Conniff Jr.

Frank Conniff is a comedy writer and performer who began his TV career writing for the Peabody award winning Comedy Central series "Mystery Science Theater 3000," where he also played "TV's Frank,"the bumbling yet lovable mad scientist sidekick. He then went on to be a writer, producer and actor on the ABC TV series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and he was a writer and producer on "The Drew Carey Show" on ABC, "The New Tom Green Show" on MTV, and the satirical series "O2BE" on the Oxygen Network, where he was also a cast member. He was head writer of the animated Nickelodeon series "Invader Zim," and also was a writer and producer for the Air America Radio network, where he provided material for on-air personalities Rachel Maddow, Marc Maron, Lizz Winstead, Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, and Randi Rhodes. He was a writer and performer on "Viewpoint with John Fugelsang" on Current TV, and on "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" on the FXX network, and he also writes and performs on "The Jimmy Dore Show" on Pacifica Radio. He can be heard weekdays 2 to 5pm on the Sirius XM radio show, "Tell Me Everything," and can be seen touring the country with his live movie-riffing show "The Mads Are Back." In his spare time, he writes, produces and directs original musical comedy radio plays for his scripted podcast, "Podhouse 90," and writes and performs in "Cartoon Dump," a monthly stage show in NYC.