Michael Schur

Michael Schur
Birth name	Michael Herbert Schur
Born	October 29, 1975 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Notable Shows	The Good Place
Awards	2 Primetime Emmy Awards 1 Daytime Emmy Award 1 WGA Award

Michael Schur is an American television writer who has written for Saturday Night Live and The Office. He is also an occasional actor who has appeared in The Office as Dwight Schrute's cousin Mose.

Producer

Series Produced

Series	Year(s)	Credit	Season(s)
Saturday Night Live	2002 –2004	Producer																												28	29
The Office	2005	Co-Producer	1
	2005 –2006	Producer		2
	2006 –2009	Co-Executive Producer			3	4	5
The Comeback	2005	Co-Producer	1
Parks and Recreation	2009 –2015	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	2013 –	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Master of None	2015 –2021	Executive Producer	1	2	3
The Good Place	2016 –2020	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4
Abby's	2019	Executive Producer	1
Sunnyside	2019	Executive Producer	1
Rutherford Falls	2021 –2022	Executive Producer	1	2
Hacks	2021 –	Executive Producer	1	2	3	4
Q-Force	2021	Executive Producer	1
Primo	2023	Executive Producer	1
A Man on the Inside	2024 –	Executive Producer	1

Writer

Series Created

Series	Premiere Date	Creation Credit
Parks and Recreation	April 9, 2009	Co-Creator
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	September 17, 2013	Co-Creator
The Good Place	September 19, 2016	Creator
Rutherford Falls	April 22, 2021	Co-Creator
A Man on the Inside	November 2024	Creator

Episodes Written

Series	Episode	Airdate	Credit
The Office	1x04 - The Alliance	April 12, 2005
The Comeback	1x06 - Valerie Saves the Show	July 17, 2005
The Comeback	1x09 - Valerie Hangs with the Cool Kids	August 7, 2005
The Office	2x02 - Office Olympics	October 4, 2005
The Office	2x10 - Christmas Party	December 6, 2005
The Office	2x16 - Valentine's Day	February 9, 2006
The Office	3x07 - Branch Closing	November 9, 2006
The Office	3x13 - Traveling Salesmen	January 11, 2007
The Office	3x14 - The Return	January 18, 2007
The Office	3x19 - The Negotiation	April 5, 2007
The Office	3x24 - The Job (1)	May 17, 2007
The Office	4x03 - Dunder Mifflin Infinity	October 4, 2007
Parks and Recreation	1x01 - Pilot	April 9, 2009
Parks and Recreation	2x07 - Greg Pikitis	October 29, 2009
Parks and Recreation	2x12 - Christmas Scandal	December 10, 2009
Parks and Recreation	2x16 - Galentine's Day	February 11, 2010
Parks and Recreation	2x23 - The Master Plan	May 13, 2010
Parks and Recreation	3x03 - Time Capsule	February 3, 2011
Parks and Recreation	4x06 - End of the World	November 3, 2011
Parks and Recreation	4x09 - The Trial of Leslie Knope	December 1, 2011
Parks and Recreation	4x22 - Win, Lose, or Draw	May 8, 2012
Parks and Recreation	5x05 - Halloween Surprise	October 25, 2012
Parks and Recreation	5x14 - Leslie and Ben	February 21, 2013
Parks and Recreation	5x22 - Are You Better Off?	May 2, 2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	1x01 - Pilot	September 17, 2013
Parks and Recreation	6x13 - Ann and Chris	January 30, 2014
Brooklyn Nine-Nine	1x15 - Operation: Broken Feather	February 2, 2014
Parks and Recreation	7x04 - Leslie and Ron	January 20, 2015
Parks and Recreation	7x12 - One Last Ride (1)	February 24, 2015
Parks and Recreation	7x13 - One Last Ride (2)	February 24, 2015
The Good Place	1x01 - Pilot	September 19, 2016
Black Mirror	3x01 - Nosedive	October 21, 2016
The Good Place	1x13 - Michael's Gambit	January 19, 2017
The Good Place	2x13 - Somewhere Else	February 1, 2018
The Good Place	3x01 - Everything Is Bonzer! (1)	September 27, 2018
The Good Place	4x13 - Whenever You're Ready (1)	January 30, 2020
The Good Place	4x14 - Whenever You're Ready (2)	January 30, 2020
Rutherford Falls	1x01 - Pilot	April 22, 2021

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies Written

Title	Credit	Airdate	Series/Banner
NBC 75th Anniversary Special		May 5, 2002

Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Office	Mose Schrute	3x05 - Initiation	October 19, 2006
The O.C.	Paul	4x13 - The Case of the Franks	February 1, 2007
Miss Guided	Carl	1x05 - Pool Party	March 27, 2008

Awards and Accolades

Emmy Awards

(5 Nominations, 2 Wins)

• Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2001)

Saturday Night Live

• Won: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2001)

Saturday Night Live

• Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2003)

Saturday Night Live

• Nominated: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (2006)

The Office (USA): Christmas Party

• Won: Outstanding Comedy Series (2006)

The Office (USA)

Writers Guild of America

(7 Nominations, 1 Win)

• Nominated: WGA Award (TV), Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series (2001)

Saturday Night Live

• Nominated: WGA Award (TV), Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series (2002)

Saturday Night Live

• Nominated: WGA Award (TV), Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series (2003)

Saturday Night Live

• Nominated: WGA Award (TV), Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials (2003)

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

• Nominated: WGA Award (TV), Comedy Series (2006)

The Office (USA)

• Nominated: WGA Award (TV), New Series (2006)

The Office (USA)

• Won: WGA Award (TV), Comedy Series (2007)

The Office (USA)

Other Awards

Daytime Emmy Awards

(1 Nomination, 1 Win)

• Won: Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy (2007)

The Office: Webisodes

Trivia

• husband of J.J. Philbin