name	Gary Shteyngart
birth name	Igor Shteyngart
birth date	July 05, 1972
birth place	Leningrad, USSR
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nationality	United States
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Gary Shteyngart (born Igor Shteyngart; July 5, 1972) is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.

Life

Shteyngart spent the first seven years of his childhood living in a square dominated by a huge statue of Vladimir Lenin in what is now St. Petersburg, Russia; (he alternately calls it "St. Leningrad" or "St. Leninsburg"). He comes from a Jewish family and describes his family as typically Soviet. His father worked as an engineer in a LOMO camera factory; his mother was a pianist. Shteyngart emigrated to the United States in 1979 and was brought up with no television in the apartment in which he lived, where English was not the household language. He did not shed his thick Russian accent until the age of 14.

Shteyngart took a trip to Prague, and this experience helped spawn his first novel, set in the fictitious European city of Prava. He is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, Oberlin College in Ohio, where he earned a degree in politics, and Hunter College of the City University of New York, where he earned an MFA in Creative Writing.

Shteyngart now lives in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. He has taught writing at Hunter College, and currently teaches writing at Columbia University.

Gary Shteyngart had a fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, for Fall 2007.

Awards

Shteyngart's work has received numerous awards. ''The Russian Debutante's Handbook'' won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, the Book-of-the-Month Club First Fiction Award and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. It was named a ''New York Times'' Notable Book and one of the best debuts of the year by ''The Guardian'' In 2002, he was named one of the five best new writers by ''Shout NY'' Magazine. ''Absurdistan'' was chosen as one of the ten best books of the year by ''The New York Times Book Review'' and ''Time'' magazine, as well as a book of the year by the ''Washington Post'', ''Chicago Tribune'', ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and many other publications. In June 2010, Shteyngart was named as one of ''The New Yorker'' magazine's "20 under 40" luminary fiction writers. ''Super Sad True Love Story'' won the 2010 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic literature.

Work

Shteyngart's novels include ''The Russian Debutante's Handbook'' (2002), ''Absurdistan'' (2006), and ''Super Sad True Love Story'' (2010). His other writing has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''Slate'', ''Granta'', ''Travel and Leisure'', and ''The New York Times''.

Bibliography

''The Russian Debutante's Handbook'' (2002)

''Absurdistan'' (2006)

''Super Sad True Love Story'' (2010)

References

External links

Biography at barnesandnoble.com

"Gary Shteyngart Becomes American" from Jewcy Magazine

Interview with Georgetown's Program for Jewish Civilization

Interview: 'On Meat over Meat: Dinner with Gary Shteyngart,' published in ''Gigantic''

Interview in the ''Forward''

Interview at ''Web del Sol.''

'' Interview'' from Modern Drunkard Magazine titled '10 Drinks with Gary Shteyngart'

''"Absurdistan", by Gary Shteyngart – Russian Unorthodox'', review by Walter Kirn, New York Times, April 30, 2006

With Zadie Smith at McNally Robinson

Interview with Gary Shteyngart about Absurdistan, English and Italian version. BOOKSWEB TV

''Over There'' by Gary Shteyngart from Granta 84

Interview with Gary Shteyngart: On Travel Writing

http://therumpus.net/2009/10/james-francos-face/?full=yes

Interview with Gary Shteyngart: On Stuyvesant High School

Radio interview with Gary Shteyngart on CBC Radio One's ''Writers and Company''

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Philip Anthony Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and is considered to be one of the best to have ever played in the National Hockey League. Phil is the older brother of Tony Esposito, a goaltender who, like Phil, is a Hall-of-Famer.

After retiring as a player, Esposito served as a head coach and general manager for the New York Rangers before co-founding the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was the principal studio analyst for the NHL on Fox circa 1995-1998. He now serves as Tampa Bay's radio color commentator.

Biography

Minor league

Esposito signed with the Chicago Black Hawks as a teenager and was assigned to the Sarnia Legionnaires Jr. 'B' hockey team for the 1960-61 season. In just 32 games with the Legionnaires he scored 47 goals and 61 assists, for 108 points. It was a scoring pace of 3.3 points per game. In a playoff game, he scored 12 points in one game as the Legionnaires advanced to the Western Ontario final before being eliminated. After a sparkling junior season with the St. Catharines Teepees of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1962, Esposito spent two seasons with Chicago's minor league affiliate, the St. Louis Braves, scoring 90 points in his first season and 80 points in only 46 games in his second.

Chicago Black Hawks

Midway through the 1964 season, Esposito was called up to the parent Black Hawks to make his NHL debut. Centering for the great Bobby Hull beginning in the 1965 season, he proved himself a quality playmaker, twice finishing amongst the league-leading scorers over the next three seasons.

Boston Bruins

In 1967, he was dealt to the Boston Bruins in a blockbuster trade, along with Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield. While the hitherto unremarkable Hodge and Stanfield became stars in the black-and-gold, Esposito blossomed into the greatest scorer of his day, becoming the first NHL player to score 100 points in a season with 126 in the 1969 season. He would top the "century" mark six times in all, including five consecutive seasons between 1971 and 1975 (plus a 99-point season in 1970), capturing the Art Ross Trophy in 1969 and 1971–74 as the top regular season scorer, and leading the league in goals for six straight seasons, (69/70 to 74/75).

Esposito was named to the NHL's First All-Star team six consecutive times (from 1969–74), and won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player in 1969 and 1974. His Boston fans printed and displayed bumper stickers during his best years to celebrate his scoring: they read, "Jesus saves, Espo scores on the rebound." Esposito, while not a fast or graceful skater, was best known for his unmovable presence in front of the opposition net from which he could score from all angles. Esposito has said: “Scoring is easy. You simply stand in the slot, take your beating and shoot the puck into the net.”

During these great years, centering one of the most renowned forward lines in history with Hodge on right wing and left winger Wayne Cashman, Esposito and fellow superstar Bobby Orr led the Bruins to Stanley Cup victories in 1970 and 1972, and first-place finishes in the league in 1971, 1972 and 1974.

During 1970–71, Esposito shattered the record for most goals scored in a season when he finished up with 76. This record stood until 1982 when Wayne Gretzky scored his 77th, 78th and 79th goal against the Buffalo Sabres on February 24, 1982 at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Esposito was on hand to present the game puck to Gretzky. Esposito also set the single season point-scoring record in 1971 with 152, a mark now held by Gretzky at 215. Only three other players have reached the 150 point-scoring plateau — Mario Lemieux 199, Steve Yzerman 155 and Bernie Nicholls 150 — and only Gretzky, Lemieux, Brett Hull, Teemu Selanne and Alexander Mogilny have scored 76 or more goals in a season. That season also saw Esposito shatter the single season mark for shots on goal with 550. This record still stands; in fact, only one other player has been within 100 shots of tying it (Alexander Ovechkin in 2008–09, in a season that was four games longer than when Esposito set the record).

After his performance in the Summit Series, where he was the inspirational leader for Team Canada and its leading scorer in the series, he won the 1972 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding male athlete of the year and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Esposito also scored the first goal of the series and he scored or assisted four times in the deciding game. During that series, his scolding of Canadian fans, who booed the national team after a 5–3 loss to the Soviet Union in Game Four, was credited with firing up his teammates:

''"If the Russian fans boo their players in Moscow like you people are booing us, I'll come back and apologize personally to every one of you, but I really don't think that will happen. We gave it and are doing our best. All of us guys are really disheartened. . . . We came out here because we love Canada. They're a good hockey team, and we don't know what we could do better, but I promise we will figure it out. But it's totally ridiculous — I don't think it is fair that we should be booed."''

He also played for Team Canada in the inaugural Canada Cup in 1976, on a line with Hall of Famers Bobby Hull and Marcel Dionne. The following year, Esposito would represent Canada once more in the 1977 World Championships.

New York Rangers

In 1975–76, he and Carol Vadnais were traded to the New York Rangers for Brad Park, Joe Zanussi and Jean Ratelle.

While not as glittering an offensive force as in his glory days, as captain of the Rangers, Esposito led the Blueshirts in points each of his full seasons with the club and remained an effective scorer until his final season. The highlight of his years in New York was leading the Rangers to the Stanley Cup final in 1979 where at 37 years of age he finished third in postseason scoring.

On November 4, 1977, Esposito scored his 600th NHL goal at Vancouver, becoming the first player to reach that milestone in a Rangers uniform.

He retired in 1981, behind only Gordie Howe in career goals and total points, and third in assists to Howe and Stan Mikita.

Management

Esposito served as General Manager and coach of the Rangers for three years in the mid 1980s, during which he earned the nickname "Trader Phil" for the numerous transactions he made. During his tenure as GM, he made more trades than the Vancouver Canucks had made in the entire 1980s. While serving as GM, two of his most famous trades included the trade for the legendary Marcel Dionne and one which he sent a first round pick to the Quebec Nordiques as compensation for signing Michel Bergeron to be the Rangers' coach.

He moved on to found the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning but faced competition from the Compuware Group who wanted to place a team in nearby St. Petersburg. It was proposed to Esposito that he merge his bid with the Compuware Group to which he refused. His reputation and force of personality was widely credited with winning the expansion bid for Tampa Bay—in 1992, serving as the team's president and general manager until 1998. Compuware eventually purchased the Hartford Whalers.

In the Lightning's inaugural season, he made hockey history by signing Manon Rhéaume, making her the first woman to sign with an NHL team. He later admitted in his autobiography that signing Rheaume was only a publicity stunt for the new franchise and that she had no business being in the NHL. He remains the team’s radio color commentator, and also co-hosts a daily call-in show on XM Satellite Radio's ''Home Ice'' channel.

Esposito was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984. In December 1987, his #7 jersey was retired by the Boston Bruins in an emotional ceremony where the then-current wearer, superstar defenseman Ray Bourque, pulled off his #7 jersey to reveal his new number, 77—dramatically "surrendering" his old number in Esposito's favor. Esposito was "visibly moved" when Bourque showed the Boston Garden crowd his new number, which he used for the rest of his career. Esposito was also on hand in Boston to hand Bourque his retired number after the latter retired.

Esposito's younger brother Tony is also an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Former NHL player Alexander Selivanov is Esposito's son-in-law.

Awards and achievements

1968–69 - Art Ross Trophy winner

1968–69 - Hart Memorial Trophy winner

1969–70 - Stanley Cup champion

1970–71 - Art Ross Trophy winner

1970–71 - Lester B. Pearson Award winner

1971–72 - Stanley Cup champion

1971–72 - Art Ross Trophy winner

1972–73 - Lester B. Pearson Award winner

1972–73 - Art Ross Trophy winner

1973–74 - Art Ross Trophy winner

1973–74 - Hart Memorial Trophy winner

1977–78 - Lester Patrick Trophy winner

1984 - Inducted in to the Hockey Hall of Fame

December 3, 1987 - #7 jersey retired by the Boston Bruins

Played in NHL All-Star Game (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980)

NHL First All-Star Team (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)

NHL Second All-Star Team (1968, 1975)

Retired as the second leading all time NHL goal and point scorer, and third in assists.

Among the all-time NHL leaders in goals scored (5th), assists (21st), and total points (10th), as of the end of the 2008–09 season.

Won Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian athlete of the year in 1972.

Holds the record for shots on goal in a single season with 550 in 1970–71.

All time leader in game winning goals with 118.

Had thirteen consecutive 30+ goal seasons, second most in history.

First NHL player to score 1,000 points in a decade.

In 1998, he was ranked number 18 on ''The Hockey News''' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Inducted in 2007 (alongside brother Tony) into the Sault Ste Marie Walk of Fame.

Ranked No. 23 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book ''100 Ranger Greats'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).

Received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada in 2009.

Statue unveiled in his honor in front of the Tampa Bay Times Forum on December 31, 2011.

Career statistics

colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#fff;"			! style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"		Playoffs
! style="text-align:center;"	Team		League		GP	! style="text-align:center;"	! style="text-align:center;"	! style="text-align:center;"	! style="text-align:center;"	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	1961–62 OHA season>1961–62				St. Catharines Teepees		Ontario Hockey League>OHA		49		32		39		71		54		6		1		4		5		9
	1961–62				Sault Thunderbirds		EPHL		6		0		3		3		2		—		—		—		—		—
	1962–63				St. Louis Braves		EPHL		71		36		54		90		51		—		—		—		—		—
	1963–64				St. Louis Braves		CPHL		43		26		54		80		65		—		—		—		—		—
	1963–64 NHL season>1963–64				Chicago Black Hawks		National Hockey League>NHL		27		3		2		5		2		4		0		0		0		0
	1964–65				Chicago Black Hawks		NHL		70		23		32		55		44		13		3		3		6		15
	1965–66 NHL season>1965–66				Chicago Black Hawks		NHL		69		27		26		53		49		6		1		1		2		2
	1966–67				Chicago Black Hawks		NHL		69		21		40		61		40		6		0		0		0		7
	1967–68 NHL season>1967–68				Boston Bruins		NHL		74		35		49		84		21		4		0		3		3		0
	1968–69				Boston Bruins		NHL		74		49		77		126		79		10		8		10		18		8
	1969–70 NHL season>1969–70				Boston Bruins		NHL		76		43		56		99		50		14		13		14		27		16
	1970–71				Boston Bruins		NHL		78		76		76		152		71		7		3		7		10		6
	1971–72 NHL season>1971–72				Boston Bruins		NHL		76		66		67		133		76		15		9		15		24		24
	1972–73				Boston Bruins		NHL		78		55		75		130		87		2		0		1		1		2
	1973–74 NHL season>1973–74				Boston Bruins		NHL		78		68		77		145		58		16		9		5		14		25
	1974–75				Boston Bruins		NHL		79		61		66		127		62		3		4		1		5		0
	1975–76 NHL season>1975–76				Boston Bruins		NHL		12		6		10		16		8		—		—		—		—		—
	1975–76				New York Rangers		NHL		62		29		38		67		28		—		—		—		—		—
	1976–77 NHL season>1976–77				New York Rangers		NHL		80		34		46		80		52		—		—		—		—		—
	1977–78				New York Rangers		NHL		79		38		43		81		53		3		0		1		1		5
	1978–79 NHL season>1978–79				New York Rangers		NHL		80		42		36		78		37		18		8		12		20		20
	1979–80				New York Rangers		NHL		80		34		44		78		73		9		3		3		6		8
	1980–81 NHL season>1980–81				New York Rangers		NHL		41		7		13		20		20		—		—		—		—		—
NHL totals			1282		717	873	1590	910	130	61	76	137	138

International play

Played for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series

Played for Team Canada in the 1976 Canada Cup

Played for Team Canada in the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships

International statistics {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" |- style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0;" ! style="text-align:center;"| Year ! style="text-align:center;"| Team ! style="text-align:center;"| Event ! style="text-align:center;"| GP ! style="text-align:center;"| G ! style="text-align:center;"| A ! style="text-align:center;"| Pts ! style="text-align:center;"| PIM |- style="text-align:center; text-align:center;" || 1972 || Canada || Summit Series || 8 || 7 || 6 || 13 || 15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" || 1976 || Canada || Canada Cup || 7 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 0 |-ext-align:center;" || 1977 || Canada || WC || 10 || 7 || 3 || 10 || 14 |}

Pop-culture references

He and New York Rangers teammates Ron Duguay, Dave Maloney and Anders Hedberg famously appeared in a TV commercial for Sasson designer jeans in 1977. In 1979, Esposito and Ranger teammates recorded a song written by Alan Thicke as a fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation called the Hockey Sock Rock.

Phil Esposito is referred to in the Barenaked Ladies song "Celebrity", and the Fun Lovin' Criminals song "Smoke 'Em".

A shorter paraphrase of his speech during the Summit Series was delivered by Brent Butt on the "The Good Old Table Hockey Game" episode of ''Corner Gas''. Later in the same episode, a table hockey figure is shown to be fallen on the ice, it is remarked to be Esposito.

He has also made two appearances in the Showcase series ''Rent-a-Goalie'', first in a subplot involving the stealing of his DNA and second playing poker with his brother Tony.

Esposito has made several appearances on the Denis Leary created television show ''Rescue Me''. He plays Battalion Chief "Izzy" who also serves as the coach of the Fire Department hockey team.

See also

Hockey Hall of Fame

List of NHL statistical leaders

Notable families in the NHL

List of NHL players with 1000 points

List of NHL players with 500 goals

1972 Summit Series

References

External links

Esposito learned to love the Big Apple

The Trade

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name	George Selgin
school tradition	Austrian School
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institution	University of Georgia
field	Macroeconomics, Monetary theory and Banking theory, Monetary history
alma mater	New York University (PhD) 1986 Drew University (B.A.) 1979
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George A. Selgin (born 1957) is a professor of economics in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC, and an associate editor of ''Econ Journal Watch''. Selgin formerly taught at George Mason University, the University of Hong Kong, and West Virginia University.

Life and career

Selgin's principal research areas are monetary and banking theory, monetary history, and macroeconomics. He is one of the founders, along with Kevin Dowd and Lawrence H. White, of the Modern Free Banking School, which draws its inspiration from the writings of Friedrich Hayek on denationalization of money and choice in currency. A central claim of the Free Banking School is that the effects of government intervention in monetary systems cannot be properly appreciated except with reference to a theory of monetary laissez-faire, analogous to the theory of free trade that informs the modern understanding of the effects of tariffs and other trade barriers. The free bankers argue that, viewed in light of such a theory, financial crises and business cycles are largely attributable to misguided government interference with freely-evolved and competitive monetary arrangements, including legislation granting central banks exclusive rights to issue paper currency.

Selgin is also known for his research on coinage, including studies of Gresham's Law and of private minting of coins during Great Britain's Industrial Revolution, and for his advocacy of a "productivity norm" for monetary policy—a plan that would have policymakers target the growth-rate of nominal gross domestic product at a level that would allow the overall price level to decline along with goods' real (unit) costs of production. According to Selgin, by preventing mild deflation in response to productivity gains, monetary authorities risk inadvertently fueling unsustainable booms or economic bubbles, setting the stage for consequent busts and recession.

His twin brother is author and illustrator Peter Selgin.

Education

New York University Ph.D. 1986

Drew University B.A. 1979

Books

''Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage'' (2008). ISBN 978-0-472-11631-7.

''Bank Deregulation and Monetary Order'' (1996). ISBN 0-415-14056-0.

''Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy'' (1997). ISBN 0-255-36402-4.

''Readings in Money and Banking'' (1995). ISBN 0-536-58930-5.

''The Theory of Free Banking: Money Supply under Competitive Note Issue'' (1988). ISBN 0-8476-7578-5.

References

External links

Selgin's faculty homepage

Interview of Selgin in the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's ''Region Focus''.

EconTalk podcast, "Selgin on Free Banking"

Selgin on YouTube, lecture on "The Private Supply of Money"

George Selgin at Mises.org

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name	Kevin Conroy
birth date	November 30, 1955
birth place	Westbury, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1980–present
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Kevin Conroy (born November 30, 1955) is an American stage, screen, and voice actor, best known for his acclaimed voice role as Batman in the Emmy Award-winning 1990s Fox television show ''Batman: The Animated Series'', as well as its various spin-off TV series and feature films that made up the DC Animated Universe. More recently, he has voiced Batman in the acclaimed video games ''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' and ''Batman: Arkham City'', as well as various films under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies banner.

Early life

Born in Westbury, New York, Conroy moved to Westport, Connecticut when he was about 11 years old. He moved to New York in 1973 when he earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's famous drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. While there, he almost ended up living with future Superman actor Christopher Reeve, but ended up rooming with Robin Williams who was in the same group as both Conroy and Kelsey Grammer. In 1978, after graduating from Juilliard, he toured with The Acting Company, Houseman's acting group, and, in 1979, he went on the national tour of Ira Levin's ''Deathtrap''.

Career

In 1980, he decided to try his hand in television, and moved out to California. He landed a role in the daytime soap opera ''Another World''. He became associated with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, where he performed in productions of ''Hamlet'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. From 1980 to 1985, he acted in a variety of contemporary and classic theatre pieces, including the Broadway productions of ''Eastern Standard'' and Edward Albee's adaptation of ''Lolita''. In 1984, he played the title role in ''Hamlet'' in the New York Shakespeare Festival. He returned to television in the 1985 TV movie ''Covenant'', and had a role on another daytime soap drama, ''Search For Tomorrow''. He was a series regular on ''Ohara'' in 1987, and on ''Tour of Duty'' from 1987 to 1988, before starring in a series of television movies. He has also guest starred on shows such as ''Cheers'', ''Dynasty'', ''Search For Tomorrow'', and ''Matlock''.

He almost landed the part of Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'', but lost out to Tim Daly (who coincidentally, as a voice actor, later portrayed Superman in The WB's ''Superman: The Animated Series''). He was confirmed to be performing on the fourth season of ''The Venture Bros.'' as Captain Sunshine, a caricature of Batman and Superman.

Batman

Vocally, Kevin Conroy is best known to audiences for his lead role in ''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995). In 1991, Conroy was told by his agent that Warner Bros was doing an animated TV series and asked him if he would like to try out for the voice of Batman. Believing it would be like the campy 1960s ''Batman'' TV series starring Adam West, Conroy went in to audition. He was one of 150 actors who auditioned for the role. When asked about the character, the series producer Bruce Timm explained to Conroy that this interpretation of Batman would not be like the 1960s version, but rather based on a much more gothic story line similar to the 1989 ''Batman'' film starring Michael Keaton. Conroy walked into the booth and ultimately won the audition. He continued to voice-play Batman in the subsequent spin-off series ''The New Batman Adventures'' (1997–1999), ''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001), ''Justice League'' (2001–2004), and ''Justice League Unlimited'' (2004–2006), all of which take place in what is commonly referred to as the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). His tenure in the role also includes the DCAU films ''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'' (1993), ''Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero'' (1998), ''Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker'' (2000), and ''Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman'' (2003). He also voiced Batman for the character's guest appearances in the DCAU's ''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Static Shock'', and ''The Zeta Project''.

Conroy is well remembered by fans for being the first person in animation to use two distinct voices to portray Bruce Wayne and Batman, which was Conroy's idea. In a tally of performances that include every episode, movie, and guest appearance made as Batman, Conroy has portrayed the superhero longer than any other actor in either live-action or animation. Apart from the DCAU, Conroy has also portrayed Batman in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies ''Batman: Gotham Knight'' (2008), ''Superman/Batman: Public Enemies'' (2009), ''Superman/Batman: Apocalypse'' (2010), and ''Justice League: Doom'' (2012).

Additionally, he portrayed Batman in the video games ''The Adventures of Batman and Robin'' (1994), ''Batman Vengeance'' (2001), ''Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu'' (2003), ''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' (2009) and ''Batman: Arkham City'' (2011), as well as the 2001 revamp of ''Batman Adventure - The Ride'', at the Warner Bros. Movie World theme park in Queensland, Australia. Conroy also voiced Batman alongside his DCAU co-star Mark Hamill as the Joker and Jason Hillhouse as Dick Grayson in a feature of a storyboard scene included in the 2005 Special Edition DVD of the 1989 ''Batman'' film. This scene depicted the origin of Robin, which wasn't filmed because the filmmakers ultimately felt it was out of place with the rest of the film. In the season four premiere of ''The Batman'', an animated series unrelated to the DCAU, Conroy portrayed Robin's father, John Grayson. Conroy also voiced the Phantom Stranger and an alternate Batman in ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', another animated series unrelated to the DCAU.

He also portrays Batman in the online video game ''DC Universe Online''.

Personal life

After the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Conroy participated in relief efforts by volunteering to do cooking duties for officers and firefighters. During an audio commentary on ''Batman: Gotham Knight'' Conroy expressed his surprise at the reaction of the emergency service workers to his presence. At the behest of another cook, Conroy called out from the kitchen to the dining area in his "Batman voice", reciting a few lines, which were greeted by cheers and applause from emergency service personnel, many of whom had been fans of ''Batman: The Animated Series'' during its airing in the 1990s. Conroy confessed to being humbled and deeply flattered by the reaction.

Credits

''How to Pick Up Girls!'' (1978; TV movie) - Bartender

''Another World'' (1980–1981; TV series) - Jerry Grove #2

''Born Beautiful'' (1982; TV movie) - Stan

''Kennedy'' (1983; TV mini-series) - Ted Kennedy

''George Washington'' (1984; TV mini-series) - John Laurens

''Search for Tomorrow'' (1984–1985; TV series) - Chase Kendall

''Covenant'' (1985; TV movie) - Stephen

''Dynasty'' (1985–1986; TV series) - Bart Fallmont

''Ohara'' (1987; TV series) - Capt. Lloyd Hamilton

''Tour of Duty'' (1987–1988; TV series) - Capt. Rusty Wallace

''Killer Instinct'' (1988; TV movie) - Dr. Steven Nelson

''So Proudly We Hail'' (1990; TV movie) - Francis Crosby

''The Face of Fear'' (1990; TV movie) - Frank Dwight Bollinger

''Hi Honey - I'm Dead'' (1991; TV Movie) - Brad Stadler

''Battle in the Errogenous Zone'' (1992; TV movie) - Mondo Ray

''The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton'' (1992; TV movie) - Hunter Roy Evans

''Chain of Desire'' (1992) - Joe

''Rachel Gunn, R.N.'' (1992; TV series) - Dr. David Dunkle

''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995; TV series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman and Dr. Thomas Wayne

''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'' (1993; theatrical film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''The Adventures of Batman and Robin'' (1994; video game) - Batman

''Island City'' (1994; TV movie) - Col. Tom Valdoon

''The Office'' (1995; TV series) - Steve Gillman

''Superman: The Animated Series'' (1997, 1998, 1999; TV series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman (guest appearances)

''The New Batman Adventures'' (1997–1999; TV series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero'' (1998; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''Crusaders of Might and Magic'' (1999; video game) - Drake

''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001; TV series) - Bruce Wayne

''Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker'' (2000; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''The Zeta Project'' (2001; TV series) - Bruce Wayne (guest star; episode: "Shadows")

''Batman Vengeance'' (2001; video game) - Batman

''Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'' (2001; video game) - Fisherman

''Justice League'' (2001–2004; TV series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''Static Shock'' (2002, 2003, 2004; TV series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman (guest appearances)

''Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne'' (2003; video game) - Lord Jack/Cleaner/Commando

''Lords of EverQuest'' (2003; video game) - Lord Palasa

''Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu'' (2003; video game) - Batman

''Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman'' (2003; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''Justice League Unlimited'' (2004–2006; TV series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''The Batman'' (2006; TV series) - John Grayson (guest star; episode: "A Matter of Family")

''Batman: Gotham Knight'' (2008; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''Ben 10: Alien Force'' (2008; TV series) - Alien X (Bellicus)

''Batman: Arkham Asylum'' (2009; video game) - Bruce Wayne/Batman and Thomas Wayne

''Superman/Batman: Public Enemies'' (2009; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''The Venture Bros'' (2009; TV series) - Captain Sunshine (guest star; episode: "Handsome Ransom")

''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' (2010; TV series) - Batman of Zur-En-Arrh, Phantom Stranger

''Superman/Batman: Apocalypse'' (2010; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''DC Universe Online'' (2011; online video game) - Batman

''Batman: Arkham City'' (2011; video game) - Bruce Wayne/Batman, Dr. Thomas Elliot/Hush

''Justice League: Doom'' (2012; DTV film) - Bruce Wayne/Batman

''Transformers: Prime'' (2012; TV series) -

Stage plays

Character played ? ? ? ? Achilles Hamlet Hamlet ? Lenny Hamilton ? Lysander Lysander ? ?

Stage Play	|	Location performed	Year
Accounts	|	Hudson Guild	?
Come Back Little Sheba	|	Roundabout Theatre	?
Deathtrap	|	(on Broadway)	1979
Eastern Standard	|	Golden Theatre (Broadway)	1989
The Greeks	|	Hartford Stage	1984
Hamlet	|	New York Shakespeare Festival	1984
Hamlet	|	Old Globe Theatre, San Diego	?
King Lear	|	San Diego Shakespeare Festival	?
The Last Yankee	|	Signature Theatre	12/30/97 - 2/8/98
Lolita	|	(on Broadway)	?
A Midsummer Night's Dream	|	New York Shakespeare Festival	1984
A Midsummer Night's Dream	|	Old Globe Theater, San Diego	1982
Mother Courage	|	?	?
Much Ado About Nothing	|	San Diego Shakespeare Festival	?

References

External links

Kevin Conroy talks life, Batman and video games

Audio Interview w/ The Rafferty/Mills Connection Podcast (2009)

HoboTrashcan - One on One with Kevin Conroy (2009)

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Jonathan Daniel "Jon" Glaser (born June 20, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and television writer based out of New York City. He is best known for his work as a writer and sketch performer for many years on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', as well as for creating and starring in the the Adult Swim series ''Delocated''.

Life and career

Glaser is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he performed in the sketch comedy troupes Comedy Company and Just Kidding with Jon Hein, he is a five-time Emmy nominee with the writing staff of ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. He has appeared in the movies ''Pootie Tang'', ''School for Scoundrels'', and ''Be Kind Rewind'', and he has guest-starred on comedy programs such as ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''Wonder Showzen'', ''Bob's Burgers'' and ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''. He was also a lead voice actor in several animated comedy programs such as ''Stroker and Hoop'', ''Freak Show'', and ''Lucy the Daughter of The Devil''.

Glaser is the creator and star of the live-action Adult Swim series ''Delocated'', about "Jon", a man in the witness protection program with his own reality show. The show finished its third season on April 5, 2012. Glaser's Delocated character, "Jon" was also featured as a DJ on an Adult Swim-themed radio station in the video game ''Saints Row: The Third''. In February 2012, Glaser appeared as the spokesman in a series of Subway commercials playing his Delocated character.

Glaser was a member of the mainstage cast of ''The Second City'' during the mid-1990s, performing alongside future ''Saturday Night Live'' head writer Adam McKay and cast member Rachel Dratch, as well as future ''Mr. Show'' and ''30 Rock'' cast member Scott Adsit. In Second City's award-winning revue ''Pinata Full of Bees,'' which was directed by Tom Gianas, Glaser sang about the importance of not betraying a friendship by pretending not to have legs in order to play in a wheelchair basketball league. He also provided musical accompaniment for the show's climax by drumming in a demonic pig mask, and appeared onstage throughout the show to pass judgement on audience members for laughing at jokes he considered socially irresponsible.

Early in his television career, Glaser wrote and occasionally performed on the short-lived sketch comedy programs ''The Jenny McCarthy Show'' on MTV and ''The Dana Carvey Show''. He also made one appearance as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' in 2004. Glaser is also known for his comedic partnership with H. Jon Benjamin. For a number of years they hosted a live sketch show together in New York City called ''Midnight Pajama Jam'', and have also performed stand-up comedy together for many years, often playing characters who bicker and argue with each other while on stage. Glaser created and starred in the Comedy Central web-series ''Tiny Hands'', which has been shown on the channel's short film series ''Atom TV'' a number of times. More recently Glaser worked as a contributing writer and occasional performer on the sketch comedy programs ''Human Giant'', ''Jon Benjamin Has a Van'' and ''Nick Swardson's Pretend Time'', as well as providing voices in the animated film ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters''. In 2009, Glaser worked as the head writer and segment producer on the HBO sports program ''Joe Buck Live''. Glaser also appeared on the ESPN classic show ''Cheap Seats'', providing such roles as "Beamy" and the "Score Settler".

Glaser is currently a voice actor for the animated version of the cartoon strip ''Get Your War On'' and appearing as "Video Cowboy" in ESPN's ''Mayne Street'' starring Kenny Mayne. Glaser was also the lead singer in the New York City-based comedy band "Detroit Octane", they performed their song "Barack Obama-sistible" (sung to the tune of the Robert Palmer song "Simply Irresistible") on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' on June 17, 2008. He was also the bass player in "A Matter of Trust", another comedy music project he was involved in with comedians H. Jon Benjamin, Todd Barry and Tom Shillue. The band's gimmick was that they only played the Billy Joel song "A Matter of Trust" over and over again, and refused to play any other songs. They performed as an opening act for The New Pornographers in 2006.

Glaser's first published book ''My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top'', was released on February 8, 2011.

Characters on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''

Ehud Henkleman, a Shofar player often hired to play with the band every Rosh Hashanah, though he is not himself religious. He is also known to show off his various Shofar albums, which will always have obnoxious cover art and even more obnoxious Shofar-themed puns as the album titles.

Awareness Del, an excited man who hits the streets of the city, trying to spread awareness about the virtues of Delaware. His themesong would play throughout the sketch: "He's Awareness Del. Making people aware. Aware of Delaware!"

A-hole Ronald, an obnoxious and abusive gum-chewing jerk dressed like Ronald McDonald who goes around slapping people eating fast food not from McDonalds. He'll usually slap around the McDonalds eaters as well, just because he's such a jerk. Was also once spun off into a sketch called "A-holes Throughout History", with Glaser playing the "A-hole" character slapping people around in various periods of history: Pre-historic Caveman times, Ancient Greece, etc.

Jeremy (of ''Jeremy & Ira''), performed with ''Late Night'' writer Brian Stack (as Ira), as two bizarre men from another dimension dressed in black hoods, who would visit Conan & Andy from time-to-time, always appearing in the corner of the TV screen. They never speak, and only communicate through nodding and other gestures.

One of the Slipnutz (also known as They Might be Slipnutz), a comedy group of three men (Glaser, Andy Blitz, Brian Stack) that was inconveniently booked on the same show with Slipknot, (and later with They Might Be Giants). Their routine involves the three of them slipping and sliding on nuts scattered on the floor. The Slipnutz also appeared on the program to promote their greatest hits album, which included songs like "Old West Cowboys Slipping on Nuts" and "Viking Raiders Slipping on Nuts".

Gorton's Fisherman, an obnoxious and ill-tempered version of the frozen food mascot. Each sketch would end with the Gorton's Fisherman getting angry at Conan and throwing a box of fishsticks at him before storming off.

The Wrist Hulk, a man with ''Incredible Hulk''-like powers, but only in his wrist.

Segue Sam, the master of talk show segues. Conan would often turn to Sam for help when he needed the perfect segue.

Commercial Jingle Writer, performed with ''Late Night'' writer Brian McCann as two bickering jingle writers in Conan's studio audience. They would usually fight with each other about who was the better jingle writer, until Conan would settle it by having the two fight each other in a steel cage battle.

Dave "Tiny Hands" Gordon, a seemingly average man who has difficulty trying to live a normal life because of his infant-sized hands.

Jon the Stair Climber, a self-proclaimed expert at talk show stair climbing. Armed with only his stair climbing equipment and his sherpa "Lakpa", Jon has made several attempts to brave the climb up the staircase in Conan's studio, only to fail miserably every time.

Kim the Witness Protection Comedian, a stand-up comedian who specalizes in celebrity impressions, but because he is in the witness protection program he has to wear a ski-mask and have his voice digitally scrambled, making all his impressions sound the same. Glaser would later bring back a variation of this character for his Adult Swim series Delocated.

Terrible Bill Clinton Puppet, Glaser provided the voice of the "Terrible Bill Clinton Puppet" perched from behind Conan's desk, usually telling really unfunny jokes and making awkward chit-chat with Conan.

Pubes, a man who would ruin any moment by saying the word ''pubes'', wearing an all-black outfit with the word on his shirt.

Impressions on ''Late Night'' included Bill Cosby, Billy Joel, Martin Bashir, Michael McDonald (in the "Camp Michael McDonald" sketch), Bob Ross and Bob Seger.

References

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External links

Interview with Jon Glaser

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