Tommy Wiseau
American director
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| January 2024 | Featured in an advertisement for 1Password. |
| April 2 2023 | Had the world premiere of Big Shark at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon. |
| 2020 | Wiseau was ordered by a Canadian judge to pay damages to the makers of the documentary Room Full of Spoons after attempting to block its release due to perceived negative portrayal. |
| 2019 | Starred in the pilot episode of an animated webseries titled 'SpaceWorld'. |
| 2019 | Voices the character 'TX' in the production 'SpaceWorld' |
| February 2019 | Revealed a teaser trailer for his second directorial effort, Big Shark, at a screening of The Room at the Prince Charles Cinema. |
| 2018 | Starred as Harvey Lewis in 'Best F(r)iends'. |
| 2018 | Tommy Wiseau was featured in two music releases: The Armed's 'Role Models' and The Neighbourhood's 'Scary Love' |
| 2018 | Appears in Nerdist Presents videos, portraying Joker in comedic parody videos including 'Tommy Wiseau's The Dark Knight' and 'Tommy Wiseau's Joker Audition Tape' |
| 2017 | Wiseau told Entertainment Weekly about his stance on keeping his personal and professional life separate. |
| 2017 | Featured in 'The Disaster Artist', a film adaptation of Greg Sestero's autobiography. James Franco portrayed Wiseau and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Wiseau approved of Franco's portrayal and made a cameo appearance in the film's post-credits scene as the character Henry. |
| December 2017 | In an interview with Howard Stern, Wiseau claimed to speak fluent French and stated he is a Catholic. |
| November 2017 | Publicly confirmed for the first time that he is originally from Europe, stating 'I grew up in Europe a long time ago, but I'm American and very proud of it.' |
| September 4 2017 | Premiered Best F(r)iends at the Prince Charles Cinema. |
| June 1 2017 | Released the second volume of Best F(r)iends. |
| March 30 2017 | Released the first volume of Best F(r)iends. |
| 2016 | During an interview with James Franco, Wiseau referred to Greg Sestero as his 'best friend'. |
| 2016 | Wiseau voices the character 'Boss' in an episode of the animated series 'Bee and PuppyCat' |
| 2016 | Appeared in two films: 'Cold Moon' as a Rodeo Official (cameo) and 'Enter the Samurai' as himself. |
| October 2016 | Announced collaboration with Greg Sestero in a movie called Best F(r)iends, which was written by Sestero and shot secretly in Los Angeles. |
| 2015 | Tommy Wiseau created and starred in The Neighbors TV series, playing the characters Charlie/Ricky Rick across 6 episodes, which was based on his own novel |
| 2015 | Creates the sitcom 'The Neighbors'. |
| 2015 | Wiseau served as an executive producer and acted as Linton Kitano in 'Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance'. |
| September 2015 | Expressed enthusiasm about directing a sequel to Fantastic Four (2015). |
| May 26 2015 | Two additional episodes of 'The Neighbors' were released on Hulu. |
| March 14 2015 | The first four episodes of 'The Neighbors' were released on Hulu. |
| 2011 | Appeared in Machinima.com segments called 'The Tommy Wi-Show', featuring Wiseau playing video games like Mortal Kombat and Driver: San Francisco while providing commentary. |
| 2011 | Launched YouTube web series 'Tommy Explains it All', where he shared his perspectives on diverse topics including Citizen Kane and kissing techniques. |
| 2011 | Tommy Wiseau appeared in the short film 'Bump' playing the role of Rick. |
| 2010 | Tommy Wiseau won Filmmaker of the Year from Harvard's Ivory Tower (Harvard Undergraduate Television) |
| 2010 | In an interview with Crikey, Wiseau claimed to be born around 1968 or 1969. |
| 2010 | Starred in a 15-minute parody horror film titled The House That Drips Blood on Alex. |
| 2010 | Wiseau appeared in Marc Wootton's comedy TV series 'La La Land', where he famously kicked Wootton off his set after a joke about using production funds for lottery tickets. |
| 2010 | Began the 'Love is Blind' International Tour for 'The Room', screening the film in multiple countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Australia, and India. Wiseau personally attended many screenings, interacting with fans and posing for photographs. |
| 2010 | Tommy Wiseau appeared in an episode of La La Land playing himself |
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