Director

Gerard Way

Acting

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 587872

IMDb ID: nm2007553

Known for: Acting

Born: April 9, 1977

Age: 48

Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2022

Years active: 48

Average TMDB rating: 6.86

Wikidata: Q204132

Also known as

My Chemical Romance

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Writer (3)Comic Book (1)Executive Producer (1)Thanks (1)

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Biography

Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. Way co-created and wrote the comic series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and The Umbrella Academy, the latter of which was later adapted into a popular Netflix series that ran for four seasons. He is also the founder of DC Comics' Young Animal imprint, and wrote the imprint's flagship series, Doom Patrol. In 2013, Way made his television directorial debut on The Hub original series "The Aquabats! Super Show!," co-directing and co-writing the season two finale "The AntiBats!" with series co-creators Christian Jacobs and Jason deVilliers. The following year, Way, as part of the show's writing team, was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series". In 2018, the character Peni Parker who he co-created appeared in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." Way also served as co-executive producer on the television series adaptation of "The Umbrella Academy" for its entire run from 2019 to 2024.