Chuck Tatham

Charles Tatham (born 1963) is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer best known for his work on Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother, and Modern Family.

Early life Tatham was born in Listowel, Ontario. He grew up in Guelph and later lived in Waterloo, London, and Bathurst Street. He moved to Los Angeles in 1991 with his brother Jamie to pursue a career in writing in the film and television industry after working in the advertising business for five years in Toronto.

Career Tatham's first writing job was in 1992 on the sitcom Full House, for which he wrote eight episodes with his brother and writing partner, Jamie, who later quit and returned to Vancouver, while Chuck went on to become a producer in 1994. He has also, with the rest of the Arrested Development writing crew, been nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards, in 2005 and 2006, both in the Comedy Series category. Following ‘Arrested Development’ Tatham wrote on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ for five seasons, then ‘Modern Family’ for three seasons.

He fully supported the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike,

In 2020, he signed on as an executive producer on the forthcoming Canadian sitcom Children Ruin Everything.

Personal life He has two sons. He enjoys hockey and slow marathons and is allergic to bananas.