Russel Friend is an American television writer and producer who served as an executive producer on the Fox series House, for which he won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2010 for co-writing the episode "Broken". He often works with his writing partner Garrett Lerner.
Television career Friend's writing career began on the CBS crime series Martial Law, after which he served as a writer and producer on several series through the late 1990s until the early 2000s, including FreakyLinks, Roswell, John Doe, Boston Public, LAX and Smallville. In 2005, he and Lerner joined the writing staff of the medical mystery series House. Their first episode, "Acceptance", was the premiere of the second season. At the start of the fourth season, Friend became an executive producer. He was also a Consulting Producer and writer on Glee.
Filmography YearTitleCredited asNetworkNotesCreatorWriterExecutiveProducerProducer1998–1999Martial Law (3)CBS 1999The Strip (2)UPNStory Editor 2000–2001FreakyLinks (3)Fox 2001–2002Roswell (2)The WB, UPNExecutive Story Editor 2002–2003John Doe (5)FoxSupervising Producer 2002Smallville (1)The WBEpisode: "Redux"2003–2004Boston Public (3)FoxSupervising Producer 2004–2005LAX (4)NBCCo-executive Producer 2005–2012House (18)FoxCo-executive Producer Executive Producer 2012–2014Glee (4)Consulting producer Executive Producer 2015Battle Creek (2)CBS2017Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2)BBC America (United States)Netflix (International)Consulting producer 2018Altered Carbon (2)NetflixExecutive Producer 2018Rise (1)NBCCo-executive Producer2020–2021Home Before Dark (4)Apple TV+2021–2022Ordinary Joe (13)NBCCo-created with Garrett Lerner2023La Brea (1)Consulting producer 2022–2024Walker (5)The CW2025–presentDoctor Odyssey (2)ABCCo-executive Producer
Awards and nominations In 2010, Friend was the recipient of the Writers Guild of America award for the House season six premiere "Broken", which he shared with Garrett Lerner, David Foster and David Shore. Four years running he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on House.
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