Chuck Lorre

@Television Producer, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Chuck Lorre is an accomplished, award-winning American TV writer, producer, and composer. New York American Film & Theater Personalities Directors T V & Movie Producers Musicians Writers Libra Celebrities Chuck Lorre is an accomplished, award-winning American TV writer, producer, and composer. His TV career, spanning over two decades, encompasses creating, writing, and producing several popular American sitcoms, such as ‘Two and a Half Men’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ His passion for music led him to drop out of the ‘State University of New York’ (SUNY Potsdam). Soon, he forayed as a guitarist and songwriter and toured across the US. He wrote several pop songs, including Deborah Harry’s radio hit ‘French Kissin' in the USA.’ He switched his focus to TV during the early 1980s, which saw him penning down animation scripts such as the ‘DiC’ version of ‘Heathcliff.’ He also wrote and produced themes and scores for various animated series, such as ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.’ During the late 1980s, he started writing for sitcoms. Some of the award-winning and critically acclaimed sitcoms in which he contributed as a creator, writer, and executive producer, include ‘Cybill,’ ‘Dharma & Greg,’ ‘Two and a Half Men,’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory.’ The ‘Chuck Lorre Productions’ vanity cards that usually feature at the end of each episode of his productions, bearing a different message every time, have become a trademark of this talented show-business personality.

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Birthday: October 18, 1952 Nationality: American Famous: Television Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Musicians, Writers City/State: New Yorkers Spouses: Karen Witter, Karen Witter (m. 2001–2010), Paula Smith (m. 1979–1992) Known as: Charles Michael Levine Universities: State University of New York at Potsdam Information Detail Birthday October 18, 1952 Nationality American Famous Television Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Musicians, Writers City/State New Yorkers Spouses Karen Witter, Karen Witter (m. 2001–2010), Paula Smith (m. 1979–1992) Known as Charles Michael Levine Universities State University of New York at Potsdam Birth Place Bethpage, New York Gender Male Father Robert Net Worth $600 Million Sun Sign Libra Born in Bethpage, New York Famous as Writer, Television Producer, Director

Bethpage, New York

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Lorre was married to Paula Smith from 1979 to 1992. He had two children with her. Unsplash Personal Life

In May 2001, he married actor and former ‘Playboy Playmate’ Karen Witter. They divorced in July 2010. Unsplash Personal Life

Since August 2017, he is engaged to behavioural health specialist Arielle Mandelson. Lorre is a recovering alcoholic and is quite candid about it. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born Charles Michael Levine, on October 18, 1952, in Bethpage, New York, US, into a Jewish family. His father, Robert, ran a lunch counter but struggled with it, leading the family into financial issues. He lost his father in 1976. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Lorre enrolled at the ‘SUNY Potsdam,’ where, according to him, he “majored in rock 'n' roll and pot and minored in LSD" but dropped out after a couple of years to embark as a songwriter. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At age 26, he changed his surname to “Lorre.” Talking about this decision in 2004, he stated, “My mother, never a fan of my father's family, had an unfortunate habit of using Levine as a stinging insult. When displeased with me, she would often say/shriek, "You know what you are? You're a Levine! A no good, rotten Levine!" So, for as far back as I can remember, every time I heard my last name I would experience acute feelings of low self-esteem.” Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He mentioned that it was his first wife who had proposed his new name, which he found to be cool. This is how he adopted his new name, “Chuck Lorre.” Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Lorre stepped into show business as a guitarist and songwriter and toured across the US. He wrote hundreds of pop songs, such as the hit song ‘French Kissin' in the USA’ (1986), recorded by American singer Deborah Harry. The song was featured Harry’s second solo album, ‘Rockbird.’ Unsplash Career

He concentrated on writing scripts for animated shows in the early 1980s and garnered his first work in the ‘DiC Entertainment’-produced animated TV series ‘Heathcliff,’ which premiered on September 5, 1984. Unsplash Career

Eventually, he turned his focus to writing for TV sitcoms. His initial freelance projects included the syndicated comedy ‘Charles in Charge’ (1984). He then garnered a staff job in the Paul Reiser-starrer ‘NBC’ sitcom ‘My Two Dads’ (1987). Unsplash Career

The theme music of the American animated TV series ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1987–1996) was composed by him, along with Dennis Challen Brown. Lorre performed the spoken parts of the theme song and recorded it too. Unsplash Career

His real breakthrough came when he was inducted as the supervising producer of the ‘ABC’-aired popular American TV sitcom ‘Roseanne.’ He remained with the project from 1990 to 1992, contributing as a writer, co-executive producer, and supervising producer, before being fired due to irreconcilable creative differences. Unsplash Career

Information	Detail
Birthday	October 18, 1952
Nationality	American
Famous	Television Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Musicians, Writers
City/State	New Yorkers
Spouses	Karen Witter, Karen Witter (m. 2001–2010), Paula Smith (m. 1979–1992)
Known as	Charles Michael Levine
Universities	State University of New York at Potsdam
Birth Place	Bethpage, New York
Gender	Male
Father	Robert
Net Worth	$600 Million
Sun Sign	Libra
Born in	Bethpage, New York
Famous as	Writer, Television Producer, Director

Chuck Lorre

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Oct 18, 1952

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Bethpage, New York