Dino Stamatopoulos

Dino Stamatopoulos is an American television writer, producer, actor, and voice artist known for his offbeat comedic sensibilities and cult-favorite projects. He began his career writing for influential sketch shows such as The Ben Stiller Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mr. Show with Bob and David, and The Dana Carvey Show, earning an Emmy Award for his work early on. He later made a significant mark in adult animation, creating the acclaimed stop-motion series Moral Orel and Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole for Adult Swim. Stamatopoulos is also known for his role as Star-Burns on NBC’s Community, where he served as both a recurring actor and a consulting producer. Beyond writing and acting, he co-founded the animation studio Starburns Industries, which produced the Oscar-nominated film Anomalisa. His work often blends dark humor with emotional depth, making him a unique voice in American television and animation.

Works

Community

Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

Release Date2009-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Star-Burns

Episode Count2

Vote Count1868

Mary Shelley's Frankenhole

Mary Shelley's Frankenhole is a stop-motion animated TV series by Dino Stamatopoulos, creator of Moral Orel.

Release Date2010-06-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd The Mummy (voice)

Episode Count13

Vote Count13

Moral Orel

Orel is an 11-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation and crack addiction. No matter how much trouble he gets into, his reverence always keeps him cheery.

Release Date2005-12-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd

Episode Count43

Vote Count89

Animals.

An animated comedy focusing on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.

Release Date2016-02-05

Charactersd Ad Man 2

Episode Count1

Vote Count71

Mr. Show with Bob and David

A sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. The pair introduce most episodes as heightened versions of themselves before transitioning to a mixture of live sketches and pre-taped segments.

Release Date1995-11-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Jeepers Creepers Dancer (uncredited)

Episode Count14

Vote Count82

TV Funhouse

In this spin-off of the Saturday Night Live TV Funhouse cartoons, happy-go-lucky Doug hosts a children's show in the vein of Pee-wee's Playhouse, wherein he chooses a theme for the day (Caveman Day, Western Day, Spaceman Day, Mexicans Day, etc.) and encourages his puppet friends, the Anipals, to participate. Of course, the depraved felt animals are far more interested in other activities, including going to a cockfight, visiting a bordello, becoming lab tests, and even getting (literally) high on Christmas cheer!

Release Date2000-12-06

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd

Episode Count8

Vote Count8

High School USA!

The super positive, millennial students of High School USA! confront all the unique challenges of growing up in this modern world. Our gang of kids confronts everything from cyber-bullying to sexting to national Adderall shortages. And that’s all before they get home from school where they have to deal with their crazy parents. Just regular kids, doing regular things.

Release Date2013-07-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Mr. Merriwether (voice)

Episode Count12

Vote Count9

Saturday TV Funhouse

A spin-off of the "TV Funhouse" segments on Saturday Night Live, "Saturday TV Funhouse is a dark parody of Bozo the Clown, with Robert Smigel playing Prozo, a half-drunk clown, accompanied by an announcer, a sidekick, and a live band.

Charactersd Wizzy

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

The Black Hole

Follows an android serving depressed drunks in the shittiest dive bar in the cosmos, who desires more for herself.

Release Date2021-07-21

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Newscaster

Vote Count2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Release Date1993-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2724

Vote Count144

W/ Bob & David

After being dishonorably discharged from the Navy Seals, Bob and David are back serving our country the way they do best, making sketch comedy. Four half-hours of brand new comedy featuring all new characters, all new scenes, and most importantly, all new wigs.

Release Date2015-11-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count71

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Tom Goes to the Mayor is an American animated television series created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim for Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on November 14, 2004 and ended on September 25, 2006, with a total of thirty episodes.

Release Date2004-11-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count29

Vote Count30

Horace and Pete

The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar.

Release Date2016-01-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count137

Lucky Louie

A blue-collar family man grapples with life's challenges while trying to maintain his marriage, raise his young daughter, and deal with the eccentricities of his friends and neighbors.

Release Date2006-06-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count124

MADtv

MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox.

Release Date1995-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count125

Anomalisa

An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

Release Date2015-12-30

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1748

The Ben Stiller Show

This sketch show specialises in parodies of movies, shows and commercials. Special guest stars join them in the comedy sketches with crazy results.

Release Date1992-09-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count25

The Master of Disguise

After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, Italian waiter Pistachio Disguisey utilizes his supernatural ability to disguise himself in an attempt to stop him.

Release Date2002-08-02

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Vote Count312

Mr. Show and the Incredible, Fantastical News Report

A seventies-looking news broadcast sets up several "Mr. Show" (1995) clips for the upcoming season. Only these newscasters aren't the professionals that they should be, and eventually reveal that what you have been watching probably wasn't what you thought it was.

Release Date1998-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Drinky Crow Show

An alcoholic crow goes on suicidal adventures with his monkey friend.

Release Date2008-11-23

Episode Count10

Vote Count8

Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story

A documentary detailing funny, outrageous, positive stories about Andy Dick. Interviews range from club bouncers to celebrities. This Is Your Life meets Comedy Central Roast.

Release Date2017-05-13