Howard Gordon

"What made us want to bring back Jack was the fact that we really missed him. I missed him. Kiefer [Sutherland] missed him. … It was really an opportunity to bring back an old friend, and to work with old friends again, and it was really as simple as that."

— Howard Gordon talking about why Live Another Day mini-series had to happen one way or another in 2014

Howard Gordon is a script writer, executive producer and showrunner for 24. Gordon wrote several episodes of Season 1 and 2, then crafted the entire story arcs for Season 3 and 4. He temporarily left 24 in the middle of Season 4 to work on another Fox series, The Inside. After the cancellation of The Inside, Gordon returned to 24 where, in 2006, he became executive producer and showrunner.

Gordon has also written/produced other hit TV shows including Spenser: For Hire, Beauty and the Beast (both with Alex Gansa), The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel. Gordon has worked with David Fury on writing episodes of Angel in 1999 and worked with Manny Coto on Strange World in 1999-2002.

Gordon's son Cap Gordon portrayed Prescott O'Brian, the son of Morris and Chloe O'Brian on Day 7. He is first seen in Day 7: 4:00pm-5:00pm.

In 2011, Gordon, Evan Katz and Alex Gansa developed the series Homeland, starring Diego Klattenhoff and Navid Negahban, for Showtime (which featured composer Sean Callery and producer Michael Klick). Actors who have appeared on Homeland include Omid Abtahi, Nazanin Boniadi, Al Faris, Tim Guinee, Mido Hamada, Jonah Lotan, Dane Northcutt, Nestor Serrano, Sammy Sheik, Maury Sterling, Hrach Titizian, and Herzl H. Tobey. The following year, Howard's new show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and another for Outstanding Drama Series as well as a 2012 and 2013 Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series. Homeland's fourth season debuts in fall 2014.

Gordon and Katz both wrote and produced the series Awake (starring Cherry Jones), which was subsequently cancelled despite positive remarks from TV critics.

In May 2013, Fox announced 24: Live Another Day, a 24 miniseries based on a story concept from Gordon, who will also serve as executive producer.

24 credits

Producer

• Season 1: Co-Executive Producer, "1:00am-2:00am" – "11:00pm-12:00am"
• Season 2 – Season 8: Executive Producer
• Live Another Day: Executive Producer

Writer

• Season 1
  • "Day 1: 5:00am-6:00am"
  • "Day 1: 11:00am-12:00pm"
  • "Day 1: 3:00pm-4:00pm" (with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 1: 7:00pm-8:00pm" (with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 1: 10:00pm-11:00pm" (with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 1: 11:00pm-12:00am" (story, with Robert Cochran)
• Season 2
  • "Day 2: 10:00am-11:00am"
  • "Day 2: 4:00pm-5:00pm"
  • "Day 2: 11:00pm-12:00am" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 2: 2:00am-3:00am"
  • "Day 2: 4:00am-5:00am" (with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 2: 7:00am-8:00am" (story, with Robert Cochran)
• Season 3
  • "Day 3: 3:00pm-4:00pm"
  • "Day 3: 7:00pm-8:00pm" (with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 3: 8:00pm-9:00pm" (with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 3: 9:00pm-10:00pm" (story, with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 3: 12:00am-1:00am" (teleplay, with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 3: 2:00am-3:00am" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 3: 3:00am-4:00am" (teleplay, with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 3: 6:00am-7:00am" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 3: 10:00am-11:00am" (story, with Robert Cochran)
  • "Day 3: 11:00am-12:00pm" (teleplay, with Robert Cochran)
• Season 4
  • "Day 4: 8:00am-9:00am"
  • "Day 4: 3:00pm-4:00pm" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 4: 6:00pm-7:00pm" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 4: 8:00pm-9:00pm" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 4: 10:00pm-11:00pm" (teleplay, with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 4: 1:00am-2:00am" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 4: 6:00am-7:00am" (with Robert Cochran)
• Season 5
  • "Day 5: 7:00am-8:00am"
  • "Day 5: 3:00pm-4:00pm" (with David Fury)
  • "Day 5: 8:00pm-9:00pm" (teleplay, with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 5: 12:00am-1:00am"
  • "Day 5: 5:00am-6:00am" (with Evan Katz)
• Season 6
  • "Day 6: 6:00am-7:00am"
  • "Day 6: 12:00pm-1:00pm" (with Manny Coto)
  • "Day 6: 3:00pm-4:00pm" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 6: 5:00pm-6:00pm" (story, with David Fury)
  • "Day 6: 7:00pm-8:00pm" (teleplay, with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 6: 8:00pm-9:00pm" (with Manny Coto)
  • "Day 6: 1:00am-2:00am" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 6: 3:00am-4:00am" (with Evan Katz)
• Season 7
  • 24: Redemption
  • "Day 7: 8:00am-9:00am" (with Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff)
  • "Day 7: 9:00am-10:00am" (story, with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 7: 12:00pm-1:00pm" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 7: 1:00am-2:00am" (story)
  • "Day 7: 7:00am-8:00am" (teleplay)
• Season 8
  • "Day 8: 4:00pm-5:00pm" (with Evan Katz)
  • "Day 8: 5:00pm-6:00pm" (story)
  • "Day 8: 8:00pm-9:00pm" (story)
  • "Day 8: 4:00am-5:00am" (story)
  • "Day 8: 3:00pm-4:00pm"
  • "Chloe's Arrest"

24-related appearances

• Gordon recorded audio commentary for the following:
  • "Day 2: 4:00am-5:00am" (with Dennis Haysbert)
  • Season 2 deleted scenes (with Rodney Charters and Jon Cassar)
  • "Day 3: 11:00am-12:00pm" (with Kiefer Sutherland)
  • "Day 3: 10:00pm-11:00pm" (with Sarah Clarke)
  • Season 3 deleted scenes (with Jon Cassar and Michael Loceff)
  • "Day 5: 7:00am-8:00am" (with Kiefer Sutherland and Jon Cassar)
  • "Day 5: 12:00am-1:00am" (with Mary Lynn Rajskub)
  • "Day 6: 6:00am-7:00am" (with Kiefer Sutherland)
  • "Day 7: 1:00am-2:00am" (with Carlos Bernard and Jeffrey Nordling)
  • "Day 7: 7:00am-8:00am" (with Jon Cassar)
  • 24: Redemption (with Jon Cassar and Kiefer Sutherland)
  • "Day 7: 7:00am-8:00am" (with Jon Cassar)
• "24 Season 6: Inside the Writers' Room", Season 6 DVD
• "Changing All the Rules", 24: The Official Companion: Season 6 DVD
• "Keepin' It Real: The Stunts and Special Effects of 24", 24: The Official Companion: Season 6 DVD
• "24 and the War on Terror: Can Truth Learn from Fiction?", 24: The Official Companion: Season 6 DVD
• "24 in 24"
• "24-7: The Untold Story", Season 7 DVD
• "The Ultimate CTU", Season 8 DVD
• "Virtually New York", Season 8 DVD
• "Jack Is Back"

Actor

...as Marcus Holt

Gordon appears uncredited in a photograph as Marcus Holt, an American operative in China, in 24: Day 6 Debrief.

External links

• Howard Gordon at Wikipedia
• Howard Gordon at the Internet Movie Database
• Howard Gordon (@HowardMGordon) on Twitter
• Article on Gordon's role as producer and defining the show's themes