Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, writer and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including The State, Viva Variety, Stella, and currently Michael & Michael Have Issues.

Biography

Early life

Black was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jill, a store owner, and Robert Schwartz, an executive.www.filmreference.com/film/48/Michael-Ian-Black.html He grew up in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey,Meoli, Daria. "That’s Entertainment", New Jersey Monthly, October 2005. Accessed December 26, 2007. "Add Stella, the strange Comedy Network brainchild of Princeton native Michael Showalter and Hillsborough native Michael Ian Black—he played wacky bowling-alley employee Phil in Ed, filmed all over the state—and Ohioan David Wain." where he attended Hillsborough High School. His parents divorced when he was three years old. When he was twelve, his father died during neurological surgery following a mysterious assault. Black is Jewish.