Jonathan Ames (born March 23, 1964) is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, Bored to Death (HBO) and Blunt Talk (STARZ). In the late '90s and early 2000s, he was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, and became known for self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures. He also has a long-time interest in boxing, appearing occasionally in the ring as "The Herring Wonder". His novel You Were Never Really Here was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix. It premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017, and was released on April 6, 2018, in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Ames, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2017You Were Never Really Here — Novel, Executive Producer
• Blunt Talk — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Drunk History — Junius Booth
• 2013Satan, Hold My Hand — Producer
• 2010The Extra Man — Executive Producer, Screenplay, Novel
• Bored to Death — Irwin, Writer, Creator
• 2008The Great Buck Howard — Edward Kelly
• 2007American Loser — Chairperson
• 2006What's Not to Love? — Jonathan, Writer
• 2001The Girl Under the Waves — Jonathan
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Nathan Stein
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Sam
• 1991Guilty by Suspicion — Cabbie
• Moonlighting — Jergenson (uncredited), Jurgensen
• Kockroach — Screenplay

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2019Good Posture — Self
• 2016All the Rage (Saved by Sarno) — Self
• 2005As Smart As They Are: The Author Project — Himself
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self