Jon Kinnaly

Jon Kinnally was born in Upstate New York and went to college at Oswego State University, before moving to New York, where he performed with his writing partner, Tracy Poust, in their comedy group, Loud Blouse. After relocating to Los Angeles, the first job interview they had was with the creators of an as yet unaired show called Will & Grace, and shockingly to them, it became their first television job as well.

He and Tracy stayed with the show through its entire eight seasons, eventually running it, and returning for the reboot. Over the years, there were many Emmy nominations as well as a Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Writing in Episodic Comedy in 2018.

He has also worked on many other shows, including Ugly Betty—which received Emmy and NAACP award nominations—and The Crazy Ones which they ran, and had the privilege to write for the great Robin Williams.

He currently lives in Spain with his husband Chris and their cats, Howard Bannister and Elliott.