Andy Tennant
Tennant at the 2011 Dallas International Film Festival
Born	(1955-06-15)June 15, 1955 (age 69) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Education	Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, director, actor, dancer
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Sharon Kay Johnson (m. 1993)
Children	4

Andrew Wellman Tennant (born June 15, 1955) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, actor, and dancer.

Tennant was born June 15, 1955, inChicago, Illinois, and was raised inFlossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father wasDon Tennant, a creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago. As a boy, he spent his summers on Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan and at Camp Minocqua in northern Wisconsin. He graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1973. He studied theater under John Houseman atUniversity of Southern California.

In 1978, he was cast as an extra of a dancing role in the musical adaptation filmGrease starring actorJohn Travolta and singer/actressOlivia Newton-John. That same year, he was cast as an extra in a dancing role in the musical comedy film adaptation ofSgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. His next role as an actor was in the 1979 period comedy film1941 as Babyface directed bySteven Spielberg featuring the ensemble cast ofDan Aykroyd,Ned Beatty,John Belushi,John Candy,Christopher Lee,Toshiro Mifune andRobert Stack. He was cast in the comedy filmMidnight Madness as Melio - Blue Team in 1980. He was cast as Boy Greaser in the sequel musical romantic-comedyGrease 2 starring actorMaxwell Caulfield and actressMichelle Pfeiffer in 1982. Tennant quit acting and began writing and producing with his first project being theNBC made-for-television movieMoving Target in 1988 starring actor/comedianJason Bateman, singer/actressChynna Phillips and actorJack Wagner. He branched out to directing, making his directorial debut in 1989 for theABC coming-of-age comedy-drama seriesThe Wonder Years directing the season 3 episode "Math Class" starring actorFred Savage. He worked as a director and producer for two episodes of the NBC adaptation of the 1980sJohn Hughes filmFerris Bueller starring actorCharlie Schlatter in 1990. He directed four episodes from season 1 of theFox sitcomParker Lewis Can't Lose starring actorCorin Nemac (1990). He directed theTNT made-for-television drama movieKeep the Change starring actorWilliam Petersen in 1992. He directed the unaired pilot episode of the Fox comedy seriesBill and Ted's Excellent Adventures a spin-off of the 1980s film series originally starring actorKeanu Reeves in 1992. He directed the made-for-television movieDesperate Choices: To Save My Child starring actressJoanna Kerns and actorBruce Davison in 1992. He directed an episode of the Fox sitcomGreat Scott! starring actorTobey Maguire in 1992. He directed the made-for-television movieWhat She Doesn't Know in 1992. He directed the ABC made-for-television drama movieThe Amy Fisher Story starring actressDrew Barrymore in 1993. He directed two episodes of the Fox weird western seriesThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. starring actorBruce Campbell in 1993. He directed an episode of the CBS crime/drama seriesSouth of Sunset starring actorGlenn Frey in 1993. He directed an episode of the ABC seriesThe Byrds of Paradise starring actorTimothy Busfield in 1994. He directed an episode of the Fox science fiction/fantasy seriesSliders starring actorJerry O'Connell in 1995.

He made his feature film directorial debut in 1995 with the comedy/family filmIt Takes Two starring actress/comedienneKirstie Alley, actor/comedianSteve Guttenberg and actressesMary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. He directed the romantic comedy filmFools Rush In starring actor/comedianMatthew Perry and actressSalma Hayek in 1997. He directed and wrote the romantic/drama filmEver After: A Cinderella Story re-teaming with Drew Barrymore in 1998. He directed the biographical drama filmAnna and the King loosely based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, which give a fictionalized account of the diaries ofAnna Leonowens starring Oscar-winning actressJodie Foster and actorChow Yun-fat in 1999. He directed the romantic/comedy filmSweet Home Alabama starring actressReese Witherspoon in 2002. He returned to television to directed as well as co-produce an episode of the Fox drama seriesThe American Embassy starring actressArija Bareikis in 2002. He returned to direct the romantic comedy filmHitch starringWill Smith andEva Mendes in 2005. He directed the made-for-television Fox movieThe Wedding Album starring actorBruno Campos and actressTara Summers in 2006. He directed the romantic comedy/adventure filmFool's Gold starring actorMatthew McConaughey and actressKate Hudson in 2008. He directed the made-for-television movieOperating Instructions in 2009. He directed the action/romantic-comedy filmThe Bounty Hunter starring actorGerard Butler and actressJennifer Aniston in 2010. He directed the made-for-television movieThunderballs in 2011. He served as an executive producer for the ESPN sports newsmagazine seriesE:60 earning three Emmy nominations and one win from 2011-2016. He directed an episode of theAmazon Video web seriesBetas starring actorJoe Dinicol in 2013. He directed the comedy filmWild Oats starring actressesShirley MacLaine andJessica Lange in 2016. He directed two episodes of theNetflix web seriesThe Kominsky Method starring actorMichael Douglas in 2018.

Tennant married photographer Sharon Kay Johnson on February 13, 1993.^[1] The couple have four children, three of whom are triplets. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California.^[2]

Acting roles

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