Dan Greaney

Dan Greaney
Greaney in 2026
Personal details
BornDaniel John Greaney
(1964-09-28) September 28, 1964 (age 62)
Duxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseShinako Greaney
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
OccupationTelevision writer
Known for
The Simpsons
WebsiteCampaign website

Daniel John Greaney (born September 28, 1964) is an American television writer and political candidate. A member of the Republican Party, he is a declared candidate for the 2028 Republican Party nomination to succeed Donald Trump as President. He has written for The Simpsons and The Office. He was hired during The Simpsons' seventh season after writing the first draft of the episode "King-Size Homer", and left after season eleven. He returned to the Simpsons staff during the thirteenth season, and remains involved with the series (as a consulting producer and occasional writer) into the present day.

On May 26, 2026, Greaney announced that he would run for president of the United States in 2028 as a Republican to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent president Donald Trump, making him one of the first declared candidates for president in 2028.

Life and career

Greaney attended Harvard College, where he was president of Harvard Lampoon and editor of the Harvard Lampoon's nationally distributed parody of USA Today. He also worked as an editorial assistant at The Boston Globe. He graduated from Harvard in 1987.

After college, he worked as a reporter for USA Today and co-authored a book entitled Truly One Nation with USA Today founder Allen H. Neuharth. He subsequently attended Harvard Law School. While at Harvard Law, he was an editor of the Harvard Law Record. Upon graduation, he practiced law in New York for two years, during which time he co-founded PME, a television and media company operating in Ukraine and several other former Soviet republics.

Greaney coined the word embiggen for the 1996 "Lisa the Iconoclast" episode from season seven of The Simpsons.

Greaney has worked on numerous film projects, most notably as composer on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Greaney is credited with writing "Bart to the Future", an episode of The Simpsons from 2000 based on Donald Trump's run for president under the Reform party that presented the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency, which would be realized sixteen years later.

2028 presidential campaign

Dan Greaney for President 2028
Campaign2028 presidential election (Republican Party primaries)
CandidateDan Greaney
Television writer
AffiliationRepublican Party
StatusActive
AnnouncedMay 26, 2026
Key peopleMieke Marple (campaign director)
SloganFor All
Website
dangreaneyusa.com

On May 26, 2026, Greaney announced his intention to run for president of the United States in the 2028 election in a video posted to his Instagram account. In a press release, his campaign stated he would run as a "progressive Republican in the tradition of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt", naming universal health care and the Green New Deal as policy planks. Greaney has also called for the expansion of the Supreme Court to 13 justices. Greaney filed to run for president in the Republican primary with the Federal Election Commission on April 19, 2026.

Greaney held his first campaign event on June 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. On June 23, Greaney joined “The Hill on NewsNation” to discuss his candidacy for president with news correspondent Laura Ingle. Greaney has stated on running that "I see a future where Trumpism has been defeated, polarization is moderated, and we create an America that works for all."

Writing credits

The Simpsons episodes

Greaney has written the following episodes:

The Office episodes

Greaney wrote the following episodes:

Television pilots and series

Greaney worked on the following pilots and short-lived TV series in his two-year break from The Simpsons:

References

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  4. ↑ Greaney, Dan (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "King-Size Homer" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  5. ↑ "'Simpsons' writer Dan Greaney known as 'The Prophet' launches run for president". New York Post. May 26, 2026.
  6. ↑ Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein (2009-07-22). "An animated conversation". The Boston Globe. p. 14.
  7. ↑ Fears, Darryl (1999-10-27). "Howard U. Works in Silence on Humor Magazine". The Washington Post. p. B1.
  8. ↑ Hoffman, Barbara (1986-09-16). "A USA Today Of A Different Color". The Record. p. B05.
  9. ↑ Dan Greaney (1984-05-27). "Today's Students Not Apathetic, Just Wiser". The Boston Globe.
  10. ↑ Christ, Mary (September 1997). "Regarding Homer". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  11. ↑ Cavna, Michael (June 14, 2018). "Hi-diddily-ho, here's everything you've ever wanted to know about 'The Simpsons'". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Who Is Dan Greaney?". dangreaneyusa.com. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  13. ↑ William E. Rehling. "Homer-palooza...from a Harvard perspective". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  14. ↑ Oakley, Bill (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  15. ↑ Addley, Esther (17 March 2016). "Simpsons writer says President Trump episode was 'warning to US'". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 Klee, Miles. "'It's Not a Joke': A 'Simpsons' Writer Holds His First Presidential Campaign Rally". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  17. ↑ Kile, Meredith (2026-05-26). ""The Simpsons" Writer Who Predicted Trump's Presidency Launches His Own 2028 White House Bid - AOL". AOL.com. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  18. ↑ "Dan Greaney, 'Simpsons' writer who predicted Trump presidency, runs for president". NewsNation. 23 June 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  19. ↑ McCue Bell, Mary. "'The Simpsons' writer Dan Greaney aims for 2028 White House bid". The Washington Times. Retrieved 31 August 2026.