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• Grew up in a creative family, his father was a graphic designer and his mother a children's book author.
• Raised in Los Angeles, California.
• Visited the Paramount Studios, where his mother worked, after school and wandered around the lot.
• While in college, was involved in the school's television program and ran the campus station.
• After graduating college, moved to New York for a year and worked as an advertising copywriter before returning to Los Angeles.
• Grace in Will & Grace is based on his childhood friend Janet, and Will is based on him.
• Has created and produced multiple television series with his creative partner and childhood friend David Kohan, with whom he has a production company named KoMut Entertainment.