The Resume

(June 5, 1941-January 10, 2004)
Wrote and performed in the one-man plays 'Swimming to Cambodia,' 'It's a Slippery Slope,' 'Sex and Death to the Age 14,' 'Booze, Cars and College Girls' and 'A Personal History of the American Theater'
Acted in the films 'The Killing Fields,' 'True Stories,' 'Beaches,' 'The Paper' and 'King of the Hill' and in the plays 'Our Town' and 'The Best Man'
Author of 'Gray's Anatomy'
Founder of The Wooster Group
Reported missing January 11, 2004; Found dead March 7, 2004

Why he might be annoying:

He always wore a plaid flannel shirt.
He was neurotic.
He was compulsively self-obsessed.
He tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in 2002.
His solo piece 'Black Spot' was canceled after his suicide attempt.
His body was found dead in the East River two months after he disappeared on January 10, 2004.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was an accomplished live performer, only using a desk and a glass of water as props.
His one-man storytelling career began when he would give his co-workers a blow-by-blow account of the day's events when he was working as a dishwasher.
Many of his monologues were made into book form and several were turned into films.
He won an Obie for 'Swimming to Cambodia.'
He turned his serious eye problem into a book called 'Gray's Anatomy' and later into a film.
In an interview, he provided an epitaph for his tombstone: 'An American Original: Troubled, Inner-Directed and Cannot Type' (1997).
His battle with depression began after his mother committed suicide.
A car accident in 2001 left him in poor health and he never recovered from it emotionally.

Credit: Reo Rogerz

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [June] (Ranked: 6051941)
• Google's Top 5 'In Remembrance' Searches [2004] (Ranked: 3)
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I am an Atheist
• I Attempted Suicide and Screwed it Up
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 62)
• I was Involved in a Car Accident in 2001
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Michael McKean Impersonations
• One of My Parents Committed Suicide
• Paul Mazursky Films
• Profiles 10751-11000 (Ranked: 10781)
• Reo Rogerz's Profiles [Series 1]
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• The Nanny
• The Nanny - Guest Stars

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 67.86% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 102 Votes: 51.96% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 133 Votes: 58.65% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 215 Votes: 45.58% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 450 Votes: 52.44% Annoying