Gabe Liedman is an American stand-up comedian, television writer, producer, and actor known for his work on PEN15, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Inside Amy Schumer. He is the showrunner of Netflix animation series Q-Force and the first season of PEN15.^[1]

Liedman grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Columbia University in 2004.^[2] He joined the Varsity Show in 2001 and met Jenny Slate, who became his future stand-up and writing partner in the comic duo Gabe and Jenny.^[3][4] His castmates also included television writer and creator of Netflix series Never Have I Ever Lang Fisher, comedian Michelle Collins, Emmy Award-nominated stage actor Brandon Victor Dixon, managing editor of The Onion and Upworthy co-founder Peter Koechley, and Robby Mook, who became manager of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.^[5]

After college, Liedman worked for Barneys New York as a salesperson during the day.^[2] At night, he and Slate worked for comedy clubs around the city, eventually hosting the Williamsburg-based, critically acclaimed comedy show Big Terrific, along with stand-up comedian Max Silvestri.^[6] After the show had its last New York City performance in 2015, the trio eventually brought the show to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.^[7]

In 2013, Liedman got his first writing job as a staff writer on the writing team of Inside Amy Schumer.^[2] From 2013 to 2015, he was also a writer and actor for Nick Kroll's Kroll Show, and worked for the first three seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine from 2013 to 2016.^[8] In 2014, he made his feature film debut in Obvious Child, starring Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy.^[9]

He was a producer for the comedy series Broad City and was in the works of creating Malltown USA with the showrunners, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson.^[10] The show followed the life of a 13-year-old navigating the complexities of life in the classic microcosm of American culture, the strip mall.^[11]

In 2018, Liedman became the executive producer of PEN15.^[12]

In 2019, Netflix ordered ten episodes of a half-hour, adult animated spy comedy series titled Q-Force, written by Liedman and produced by Michael Schur and Sean Hayes. The show premiered on Netflix in 2021.^[13]

Liedman was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Awards in 2019, 2020, and 2021 for his work on PEN15.^[14][15][16] He shared the 2019 Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series – Short Form, also for his work on PEN15.^[17]

Liedman is gay and is married to Canadian writer Daniel Zomparelli.^[18] He is Jewish.^[19]