Vance DeGeneres
Vance DeGeneres
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Vance DeGeneres is an actor, musician, film producer and screenwriter known for his work in television. He is the older brother of actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
After a two-year stint in the Marine Corps, he hosted a radio program called New Wave New Orleans in the late 1970s, broadcast on WRNO-FM. He played bass guitar in The Cold, a new-wave band based in New Orleans in the early 1980s.
In the mid-1980s, he co-founded the short-lived rock band called House of Schock with The Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock. In 1998, he played keyboards for the New Orleans-based band Cowboy Mouth. In March 2006, he appeared on THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW with Cowboy Mouth to perform their song "The Avenue." In December 2006, he became the permanent rhythm guitarist in Cowboy Mouth, but left in September 2007 to pursue additional TV projects.
Vance DeGeneres was a correspondent on THE DAILY SHOW from 1999 to 2001. He occasionally presented a feature done in the style of a Dateline NBC report, known as "Tale of Survival." In it, a trivial incident was reported as if it had been dangerous and serious. Between pre-filmed portions, he would be seen in the studio hiding behind various set decorations or equipment while describing the events in greater frightful detail.
He's now with Carousel Productions, Steve Carell's production company, developing comedy films.
Vance DeGeneres at the Internet Movie Database