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Jonathan Lethem

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A woman finds a man on her porch and drags him inside the house. He's one of the sleepy people. She sort of likes him anyway.
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Sleepy People (2010)
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Jonathan Lethem was born on 19 February 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Motherless Brooklyn (2019), A Scanner Darkly (2006) and As She Climbed Across the Table. He has been married to Amy Barrett since 2004. He was previously married to Shelley Jackson and Julia Rosenberg.
BornFebruary 19, 1964
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    • Known for

    Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
    Motherless Brooklyn
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 2019
    Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson in A Scanner Darkly (2006)
    A Scanner Darkly
    7.0
    • Additional Crew
    • 2006
    As She Climbed Across the Table
    • Writer
      You Don't Love Me Yet
      You Don't Love Me Yet
      • Writer

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        Writer

        • Tonight at Noon
          • novel
          • Post-production
        • You Don't Love Me Yet
          • based on a novel by
          • In Development
        • Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Edward Norton, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
          Motherless Brooklyn
          6.8
          • from the novel by
          • 2019
        • The Collector (2013)
          The Collector
          9.3
          Video
          • short story
          • 2013
        • Evan Mosher in The Epiphany (2011)
          The Epiphany
          Short
          • based on a story by
          • 2011
        • Sleepy People
          Short
          • short story
          • 2010
        • Biospheres
          Short
          • short stories
          • 2009
        • The Zeppelin Parable (2008)
          The Zeppelin Parable
          Short
          • original story
          • 2008
        • The Sleeping People
          6.8
          Short
          • story "Sleepy People"
          • 2008
        • Entry of Buildings (2008)
          Entry of Buildings
          Short
          • based on a short story by
          • 2008
        • Light and the Sufferer (2007)
          Light and the Sufferer
          4.6
          • short story
          • 2007

        Actor

        • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
          BoJack Horseman
          8.8
          TV Series
          • Diane's Ringtone (voice)
          • 2016
        • Jonathan Lethem and Lars Eidinger in Lars & Jonathan: A Berlin Friendship (2014)
          Lars & Jonathan: A Berlin Friendship
          Short
          • Jonathan Lethem
          • 2014
        • Les Non-Dupes
          Short
          • 2011

        Additional Crew

        • Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson in A Scanner Darkly (2006)
          A Scanner Darkly
          7.0
          • consultant
          • 2006
        • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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        SLEEPY PEOPLE

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        • Height
          • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
        • Born
          • February 19, 1964
          • Brooklyn, New York, USA
        • Spouses
            Amy Barrett2004 - present
        • Other works
          Book (ed.): "The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology" (Vintage Books)
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          • 1 Interview
          • 3 Articles

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          He grew up on Dean Street in Brooklyn, New York, and returned to live there after many years in San Francisco, three blocks from the townhouse where he spent his childhood.
        • Quotes
          [of his time spent in Berkeley, California:] "If you asked me then, I would have said I'd be working at bookstores until I was 45. You have to understand -- all my heroes were dark horses. They all had embattled careers because of genre prejudice, something I've had the good fortune to be spared. It's like I'm standing on their shoulders. I sort of feel Philip K. Dick died for my sins."

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