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{{short description|American writer and actor}}
{{other people|Todd Hanson}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2022}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2012}}

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'''Todd Hanson''' is an American writer and voice actor, notable for his work as a writer and editor at the [[News satire|parody newspaper]] ''[[The Onion]]''. He also voices the character [[Patricia French|Dan Halen]] on the [[Adult Swim]] program ''[[Squidbillies]]''.

==Career==

===As writer===
Todd Hanson briefly attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986 and soon dropped out.  He remained in Madison and began working a series of menial jobs. Eventually Hanson began drawing a semi-autobiographical cartoon entitled 'Badgers and Other Animals' which was published regularly in the Daily Cardinal, a university student newspaper.  Hanson was working as a dishwasher when he first started as a writer and cartoonist at ''The Onion''.<ref>Hoffmann, Leah (May 23, 2006). [https://www.forbes.com/2006/05/20/todd-hansen-onion_cx_lh_06work_0523hansen.html "First Job: Todd Hanson"].  ''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]''.  Retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> He wrote an article in ''The Onion'' that was optioned as a movie by [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]<ref>Fierman, Daniel (October 10, 2000).  [https://ew.com/article/2000/10/10/comic-webzine-onion-makes-deal-dreamworks/ "Web Masters{{spaced ndash}} The Site's Creators Tell EW that It's Just the Beginning of Mass Commodification"].  ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''.  Retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> and co-wrote the [[comedy film]] ''[[The Onion Movie]]'' (2008), which he has since disowned.<ref>{{cite web|title=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode 190|url=http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/episode-190-todd-hanson|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref>

===As actor===
Todd was an ensemble member in the Ark Improvisational Theater in Madison, Wisconsin from 1987–88. He voices the character Dan Halen on ''[[Squidbillies]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freewisconsinblog.com/?author=1&paged=61 |title=Dennis Kern |accessdate=2013-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102062055/http://freewisconsinblog.com/?author=1&paged=61 |archivedate=November 2, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He made three guest appearances in the episodes of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' called Interfection, Hypno-Germ and Last Dance for Napkin Lad. He is also on the commentary for ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters]]'' in which he stated that he is a big fan of the show. The commentary also states that he came up with the [[List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters#Chicken Bittle|Chicken Bittle]] character which was rejected to be an Aqua Teen for several years.

==Personal life==
Hanson has lived in [[Wisconsin]] and [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. During a storytelling segment on [[Public Radio International]]'s ''[[The Moth]]'', Hanson credited his mother for him being "a douchebag".<ref name="the_moth">{{cite AV media
|date=April 21, 2011
|title=The Moth Presents Todd Hanson: The Triumph of Apathy
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ85WVNDuxE
|access-date=August 23, 2012
|publisher=[[The Moth]]
}}</ref>

Hanson spoke candidly about his long history of depression on the July 7, 2011 episode of ''[[WTF with Marc Maron]]''.<ref name="wtfpod">{{cite web
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mnOgjJwO14
|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/_mnOgjJwO14
|archive-date=2021-12-15
|url-status=live
|title=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast – Episode 190 – Todd Hanson
|publisher=Wtfpod.com
|date= July 7, 2011
|accessdate= October 4, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''
| Writer
| 1 episode
|-
| 2002–2011
| ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''
| Writer
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Aristocrats (film)|The Aristocrats]]''
| Actor/Himself
| Staff of ''The Onion''
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Onion Movie]]''
| Writer
| 
|-
| 2005–2021
| ''[[Squidbillies]]''
| Dan Halen
| 55 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''Ape Trouble''
| 
| Video
|-
| 2009
| ''Something Extremely Important''
| 
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The People vs. George Lucas]]''
| Actor/Himself
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1512920}}

{{The Onion}}

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