Hayes Davenport

Hayes Hamilton Davenport (born March 23, 1986) is an American writer, comedian, television producer, and podcast host. He is best known, along with Sean Clements, as one half of The Boys, the duo who hosts the podcast Hollywood Handbook.[1]

Hayes Davenport
Born (1986-03-23) March 23, 1986
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • Writer
  • comedian
  • television producer
  • podcast host
Notable work
Eastbound & Down
Family Guy
Allen Gregory
Nick Swardson's Pretend Time
Hollywood Handbook
Spouse(s)Geneva Robertson-Dworet

Early life

Davenport grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[2][3] He participated on his high school's rowing team.[2]

Davenport attended Harvard University, where he graduated with a degree in social studies.[2] He was the editor of the Harvard Lampoon.[2][4] After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles.[2]

Davenport has also appeared as a contestant on the game show Jeopardy!.[2][1]

Career

Davenport briefly worked at the Game Show Network before being hip pocketed by Creative Artists Agency.[2]

He has written for Big Lake, Family Guy, Great News, Eastbound & Down, Allen Gregory, Divorce, and Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. He was a writer for the show Vice Principals.[5]

Davenport also acts occasionally and has starred in the web series Those People.[6]

Hayes is the host of multiple podcasts including Hollywood Handbook,[7] LA Podcast,[8] and The Flagrant Ones.[9]

Hayes appeared as a guest on The Big Alakens Big Lake marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

He co-hosts the LA Podcast with Alissa Walker and Scott Frazier.[10]

References
  1. Sorokach, Josh (January 28, 2014). "Talking to Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements About Their Podcast 'Hollywood Handbook'". Vulture. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  2. "BA #099: Hayes Davenport". the Box Angeles podcast. October 5, 2015. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  3. Westhoff, Ben (May 14, 2014). "HAYES DAVENPORT AND SEAN CLEMENTS: HOSTS OF THE HILARIOUS HOLLYWOOD HANDBOOK PODCAST". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
  4. "'Harvard Lampoon' Spoofs 'National Geographic'". NPR. March 30, 2008. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  5. "Guy Ritchie's Back, episode #247 of Who Charted? on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Hollywood Handbook podcast on Earwolf". Earwolf. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  8. "LA Podcast". The LA Podcast. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  9. "The Flagrant Ones are creating basketball podcasts". The Flagrant Ones Patreon.
  10. https://thelapod.com


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