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Daniel James Schneider (born January 14, 1966) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. Schneider created and produced a string of children's shows on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 2019. In the years since 2018, he has faced significant media coverage and controversy regarding numerous allegations of inappropriate behavior as well as other misconduct allegations. Schneider started his career acting in minor roles in several teen comedy films of the 1980s such as Making the Grade (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), Hot Resort (1985), Happy Together (1989), and The Big Picture (1989). On television, he played Dennis Blunden on the ABC television sitcom Head of the Class (1986–1991). In 1993, he played Walter Peters in the ABC sitcom Home Free which ran for only one season. Schneider is the co-president of his production company Schneider's Bakery, which he founded in 1996. He changed his career to working in children's television specifically for Nickelodeon. There, Schneider started as a writer and producer on the shows such as All That (1994–2005), and Kenan & Kel (1996–2000) before creating The Amanda Show (1999–2002). He gained fame for serving as the creator, executive producer and writer for numerous children's shows such as Drake & Josh (2004–2007), Zoey 101 (2005–2008), iCarly (2007–2012), Victorious (2010–2013), Sam & Cat (2013–2014), and later Henry Danger (2014–2020), Game Shakers (2015–2019), and The Adventures of Kid Danger (2018). He also wrote and acted in the film Good Burger (1997) and wrote and co-produced the film Big Fat Liar (2002). In the wake of the MeToo movement, details of his alleged sexual misconduct and gender discrimination allegations towards Nickelodeon employees, many of them underage, were made public beginning in 2018. In response to the accusations, Nickelodeon ended their long-time partnership with Schneider. After a three-year hiatus, he discussed writing and selling a new pilot to a different network. The Investigation Discovery docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024) detailed the numerous allegations against him of fostering a toxic workplace environment, which he has partly denied. Early life Daniel James Schneider was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 14, 1966, to a Jewish family, the son of Harry and Carol Aisenberg Schneider. He has three sisters: Sally, Nancy, and Kathy. In high school, Schneider was involved in theater and was senior class president. He found work repairing computers upon returning to Memphis, but soon moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. Career 1984–1994: Career beginnings and acting roles In the 1980s, Schneider appeared in minor roles in several films including the teen comedies Making the Grade (1984) starring Judd Nelson, and Better Off Dead (1985) with John Cusack. He also acted in comedy Hot Resort (1985), the romantic comedy Happy Together (1989) starring Patrick Dempsey, the comedy The Big Picture (1989) with Kevin Bacon and the drama Listen to Me (1989). In 1986, he played Dennis Blunden on the ABC television sitcom Head of the Class. The series ran for five seasons from 1986 to 1991. In 1993, he starred in the series Home Free. Schneider co-hosted the 1988 Kids' Choice Awards, where he met Nickelodeon development executive Albie Hecht. In 1994, he played Shawn Eckardt in Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story, one of two made-for-television films about the Tonya Harding–Nancy Kerrigan scandal. Schneider has made cameo appearances in TV series that he has helped to create and/or produce: All That, and its subsequent film Good Burger, Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show, Zoey 101, iCarly, and Henry Danger. Schneider also does voice-overs in many projects. 1993–2019: Nickelodeon showrunner In 1993, Hecht, now head of production for the network, hired Schneider to work on a new sketch-comedy show for children called All That. After writing the pilot episode, Schneider worked as producer, executive producer, and writer on the show. Schneider quit All That after the fourth season to run The Amanda Show (1999–2002) starring Amanda Bynes. The show's ratings soon declined, and it was cancelled in the 2000–2001 season. Schneider himself often appeared on The Amanda Show as a frustrated old man who was frequently the victim of strange prank phone calls. Nickelodeon then asked Schneider to come back and revamp All That in 2001. Schneider agreed, and All That returned to Nickelodeon in 2002. It ran for another four seasons until 2005, bringing All That to the end of its 10-season run. From 1996 to 1997, Schneider was an executive producer and a writer for Kenan & Kel starring Keenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Schneider guest-starred in an episode and was an executive producer during the first two seasons. He continued working as a consultant for the remainder of the series. He wrote the 1997 film Good Burger, starring Kenan and Kel and featuring Schneider himself in a supporting role. The film was spun off from a popular All That sketch produced by Schneider. While a modest commercial success it received negative reviews from critics with Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times giving the film two stars out of four, writing "It didn't do much for me, but I am prepared to predict that its target audience will have a good time." In 1998, he began his career as a show creator with Guys Like Us. The series is one of only two series Schneider created that was produced for broadcast network television. The show was cancelled after its first season due to low ratings and poor reviews. Schneider co-created What I Like About You with former Friends writer/producer Wil Calhoun. It premiered in 2002 on The WB and ran until 2006. Schneider was an executive producer during the show's first two seasons. He wrote and co-produced the comedy film Big Fat Liar (2002) starring Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, and Paul Giamatti which earned a total of $52.4 million at the worldwide box office. Schneider returned to Nickelodeon in 2004 with the show Drake & Josh. The series starred Drake Bell and Josh Peck, who were actors on The Amanda Show, and Miranda Cosgrove, who would later star in another of Schneider's shows, iCarly. Overlapping both Drake & Josh and iCarly, Schneider created the show Zoey 101, which starred Jamie Lynn Spears. Zoey 101 was Schneider's first and to date only single-camera format program and the first to be presented in a letterboxed format. Schneider guest-starred in the Zoey 101 series finale "Chasing Zoey", playing a cab driver. After the show was cancelled in 2008, Schneider began working on a new project for one of the actresses, Victoria Justice. That show, Victorious, premiered in 2010 after the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards. It starred Justice, Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies, Leon Thomas III, Matt Bennett and Avan Jogia. A dual-show spin-off of both iCarly and Victorious called Sam & Cat premiered in 2013. It was.... Discover the Dan James popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Dan James books.