Editing Greg Proops (section)

==Career==

===Improv comedy===
After college, he joined an improv group with [[Mike McShane]]. Both Proops and McShane impressed producers [[Dan Patterson]] and Mark Leveson, who put them on their show, ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''. He frequently instigated jokes concerning various [[idiosyncrasy|idiosyncrasies]] and differences between [[British English]] and [[American English]], and would frequently banter with [[Clive Anderson]] on these matters (among others). He lived in London for four years when he was doing the show and lists McShane, [[Richard Vranch]]<ref>{{citation |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smartest-man-in-the-world/id401055309 |title=iTunes - podcasts - The Smartest Man in the World - "Legends" |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=March 23, 2012 |access-date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> and [[Colin Mochrie]] among his best friends. After the show ended, he was recalled for the [[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|American version]] and has been a frequent "fourth contestant". Through 2020, he has appeared in 74 American ''Whose Line'' episodes, more than any other non-regular cast member.
[[File:GregProops nightclub.jpg|thumb|right|Proops performing in a nightclub in 2008]]

Proops also appeared in every episode of the short-lived ''[[Drew Carey's Green Screen Show]]'', where the performers would play improv games (some of which were taken from the show's main influence ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'') in front of a massive green screen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whose-line.com/greenscreen/ |title=Drew Carey's Green Screen Show |publisher=Whose-line.com |access-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref> Later, animators would draw on the background and other props. In April 2011, ''[[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]'' premiered on [[Game Show Network|GSN]] featuring Proops along with other frequent guests from ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line is it Anyway?]]'' In July 2012, Proops appeared in ABC's improvisation show, ''[[Trust Us with Your Life]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/reviews/trust-us-with-your-life-1117947868/|title=Trust Us With Your Life|last=Lowry|first=Brian|date=July 9, 2012|work=Variety|access-date=December 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

In November 2011, Proops did a week on [[Royal Caribbean International|Royal Caribbean]]'s [[MS Freedom of the Seas|''Freedom of the Seas'']] with the Lewis Black Comedy Cruise Tour. He performed the entire week of stand-up with other artists, which included a live, one-hour podcast in front of his entire audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pollstar.com/event/lewis-black-comedy-cruise-at-royal-caribbeans-freedom-of-the-seas-4508517|title=Pollstar {{!}} Royal Caribbean Cruise Line - Freedom Of The Seas|website=www.pollstar.com|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Proops has performed his stand-up act across [[United Kingdom|Britain]], mainland [[Europe]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. His other credits include hosting ''[[Space Cadets (game show)|Space Cadets]]'', a mid-1990s science-fiction comedy game show on [[Channel 4]] in the UK, which also featured [[Craig Charles]] ([[Dave Lister]] from ''[[Red Dwarf]]'') and [[Bill Bailey]], and appearances on [[BBC2]]'s ''[[Mock the Week]]''. He appeared as a panelist on the 2000 revival of ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''. Proops has also hosted game shows, including ''[[VS. (game show)|VS.]]'' in 1999,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Time-for-the-mis-match-game-3081725.php|title=Time for the (mis)match game|work=SFGate|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref> ''Rendez-View'' in 2001,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/rendez-view/95900|title=Rendez-View {{!}} Broadcasting & Cable|website=www.broadcastingcable.com|date=January 8, 2001 |access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gregproops.net/video/rendezview/|title=Rendez-View - Greg Proops Net|work=Greg Proops Net|access-date=December 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[Head Games (game show)|Head Games]]'', a [[Science Channel]] game show which ran for one season in 2009.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/10/play-head-games-rule-your-social-media-circle/|title=Play Head Games, Rule Your Social Media Circle|last=Silver|first=Curtis|magazine=WIRED|access-date=December 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Proops also competed on the November 8th, 1984 episode of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', losing to eventual five day champion John Genova. He would later record video clues for two ''Jeopardy!'' episodes in 2000 and 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7695|title=J! Archive - Show #44, aired 1984-11-08|website=J-Archive|date=February 5, 2023 |access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref>

In addition to his stand-up and improv acts, Proops has done voice work in various films and TV shows, including [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'', and the miniseries ''[[Stripperella]]'' with [[Pamela Anderson]].  Proops provided the voice of Bob in the US version of the TV series ''[[Bob the Builder]]'' for the five seasons of ''[[Bob the Builder#Project Build It|Project Build It]]''. He has also featured in 2003 film ''[[Brother Bear]]'' as the voice of one of the Love Bears and provided the voice as Cryptograf in 2006 film ''[[Asterix and the Vikings]]''.

Proops has been involved with [[Turner Classic Movies]] since 2013, appearing on several of the network's podcasts and in person at public events. In 2016, he appeared as a television presenter for TCM, introducing comedy films by the [[Marx Brothers]] and [[Wheeler & Woolsey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1134470%7C0/Guest-Programmer-Greg-Proops-11-5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106164210/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1134470%7C0/Guest-Programmer-Greg-Proops-11-5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2015|title=Guest Programmer: Greg Proops|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

Proops has been involved with the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise as well. He played the role of [[List of Star Wars characters#A|Fode]] in ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''. He would later work with the [[Expanded Universe]], reprising his role as Fode in the video game ''[[Star Wars Episode I: Racer]]'' and the video game adaptation of ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (video game)|Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]'', and he guest-starred on two episodes of the animated series ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' ("The Mandalore Plot" and "Voyage of Temptation") as Tal Merrick. In 2018, Proops voiced Jak Sivrak in ''[[Star Wars Resistance]]''.

Proops appeared as a guest on ''[[The George Lucas Talk Show]]'' during their ''May the AR Be LI$$ You'' [[Arliss (TV series)|Arli$$]] marathon fundraiser.

===Radio and podcast===
[[File:GregProopsJan07.jpg|thumb|right|Proops in 2007]]
Since 2010, Proops has hosted a podcast called ''The Smartest Man In The World'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smartest.libsyn.com/|title=The Smartest Man in the World podcast}}</ref> often together with his wife Jennifer Canaga, in which he talks about current events, celebrity culture, and his personal life, usually in front of a live audience. Before ''Smartest Man'', Proops hosted a podcast called ''The Greg Proops Experiment''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/theatre/interview-greg-proops-comedian-1-2194708|title=Interview: Greg Proops, comedian|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

In 2010, Proops hosted Odd News on yahoo!.com for several years. It was a weekly program where he told weird and funny stories from around the world. The series seems to have continued in text format and on Twitter for several years after Proops was no longer a part of it.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ricklimpert.squarespace.com/journal/2012/1/5/yahoo-odd-news-with-greg-proops.html | title=Yahoo Odd News with Greg Proops - RickLimpert.info - RickLimpert.info }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=gregproopsnet|number=129406731729121280|title=We have added three new Yahoo! Odd News video clips}} {{better source|date=March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/blogs/sideshow/thanks-pushing-odd-news-facebook-page-past-100k-204740273.html | title=Thanks for pushing our Odd News Facebook page past 100,000 fans | date=April 16, 2012 }}</ref>

From 1995 to 1996, Proops presented ''[[Bits from Last Week's Radio]]'' on [[BBC Radio 1]]. He did voice work for the [[BBC Radio 2]] series ''[[Flight of the Conchords (radio series)|Flight of the Conchords]]'', first broadcast in September 2005. Proops also played the title role in [[BBC Radio 4]]'s sci-fi comedy series ''[[Seymour the Fractal Cat]]''.

Proops provided the voices for the Harlequin Demon, the Devil, and the Sax Player in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' soundtrack and movie.

===Video games===
Proops provides voice-over work as Howard "Buckshot" Holmes, a game show announcer along with [[John DiMaggio]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Wii]] game ''[[MadWorld]]''. DiMaggio and Proops play as comical announcers on a brutal game show set in the future.

Proops provided the voice of Matthew Black, a reporter in the forgotten [[Psygnosis]] game, ''ZombieVille (1997)''.

Proops also provided the voice of Fargus, a pyromantic court jester for the PlayStation ''[[Pandemonium (video game)|Pandemonium]]'' game series.

He later worked as a voice actor in ''[[Skylanders: Imaginators]]'', where he voiced a Brain that was freed by Kaos in order to help perfect his Doomlanders project.

===Comedy albums===
* ''Live'' (1994)
* ''Back in the UK'' (1997)
* ''Joke Book'' (2006)
* ''Houston, We Have a Problem'' (2007)
* ''Elsewhere'' (2009)
* ''Greg Proops Digs In!'' (2010)
* ''In the Ball Park'' (2015)
* ''The Resistance'' (2018)
* ''In The City'' (2022)
* ''French Drug Deal'' (2023)

===Comedy specials===
* ''Greg Proops: Live At Musso & Frank'' (2013)

=== ''The Smartest Book in the World'' ===
On May 5, 2015, Proops released nonfiction book ''The Smartest Book in the World'' through publisher Touchstone. The book is based in part on Proops's weekly podcast ''The Smartest Man in the World'', detailing the author's movie and poetry recommendations, baseball facts, powerful women, and misconstrued history. The paperback version of the book was released from Touchstone on February 21, 2017.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Smartest-Book-in-the-World/Greg-Proops/9781476747057|title=The Smartest Book in the World|website=Simon & Schuster|date=February 21, 2017|isbn=9781476747057|last1=Proops|first1=Greg|publisher=Atria Books }}</ref>