Howard Gordon

Biography

Howard Gordon is an American television writer and producer. He is well known for his work on the action series 24 alongside the thriller Homeland, which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff, and for the political drama Tyrant, which he co-developed with Craig Wright. He also produced the science fiction thriller Awake.

Career Overview

Howard Gordon has 27 screen credits in a career dating back to 1993. Signature works include 24: Redemption, Ball & Chain. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

27

Birth Date

1961-03-31 00:00:00

Birth Place

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  24: Redemption
• Ball & Chain

Frequent Collaborators

• Kiefer Sutherland (1 collaborations)
• Bob Gunton (1 collaborations)
• Cherry Jones (1 collaborations)
• Colm Feore (1 collaborations)
• Myndy Crist (1 collaborations)
• Dan Cortese (1 collaborations)
• Sasha Alexander (1 collaborations)
• Kayla Blake (1 collaborations)
• Eric Dane (1 collaborations)
• Scotch Ellis Loring (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (11 credits)

  • The Beast in Me

    executive producer

    production

    - The Last Word (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Ghosts (2025) ... executive producer production

    - The Beast and Me (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Bacchanal (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Thanatos (2025) ... executive producer production
    2025
  • Accused

    - Billy's Story (2023) ... executive producer production

    - Jessie's Story (2023) ... executive producer production

    - Samir's Story (2023) ... executive producer production

    - Morgan's Story (2023) ... executive producer production

    - Jiro's Story (2023) ... executive producer production
    2023
  • The Raid

    producer

    production
    2017
  • 24: Legacy

    executive producer

    production

    - 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM (2017) ... executive producer production

    - 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM (2017) ... executive producer production

    - 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM (2017) ... executive producer production

    - 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (2017) ... executive producer production

    - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (2017) ... executive producer production
    2017
  • Legends

    executive producer

    production

    - The Legend of Alexei Volkov (2015) ... executive producer production

    - The Legend of Gabi Miskova (2015) ... executive producer production

    - The Legend of Doku Zakayev (2015) ... executive producer production

    - The Second Legend of Dmitry Petrovich (2015) ... executive producer production

    - The Legend of Tamir Zakayev (2015) ... executive producer production
    2014
  • Awake

    producer

    production

    - Turtles All the Way Down (2012) ... producer production

    - Two Birds (2012) ... producer production

    - Say Hello to My Little Friend (2012) ... producer production

    - Slack Water (2012) ... producer production

    - Game Day (2012) ... producer production
    2012
  • Homeland

    executive producer

    production

    - Prisoners of War (2020) ... executive producer production

    - The English Teacher (2020) ... executive producer production

    - Designated Driver (2020) ... executive producer production

    - In Full Flight (2020) ... executive producer production

    - Threnody(s) (2020) ... executive producer production
    2011
  • Queer Duck: The Movie

    executive producer

    production
    2006
  • 24

    executive producer

    production

    - Day 8: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Day 8: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Day 8: 1:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Day 8: 12:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Day 8: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. (2010) ... executive producer production
    2001
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    - Surprise (1) (1998) ... consulting producer production

    - Bad Eggs (1998) ... consulting producer production

    - Ted (1997) ... consulting producer production

    - What's My Line? (2) (1997) ... consulting producer production

    - What's My Line? (1) (1997) ... consulting producer production
    1997
  • The X-Files

    - Hell Money (1996) ... co-executive producer production

    - Teso Dos Bichos (1996) ... co-executive producer production

    - Pusher (1996) ... co-executive producer production
    1993

• crew (2 credits)

  • Buzz

    thanks

    crew
    2025
  • Stranger at the Gate

    thanks

    crew
    2022

• creators (2 credits)

  • Legends

    creator

    creators
    2014
  • Homeland

    creator

    creators
    2011

• writing (12 credits)

  • The Beast in Me

    - The Last Word (2025) ... writer writing
    2025
  • Accused

    - Marcus' Story (2024) ... teleplay writing

    - Scott's Story (2023) ... writer writing
    2023
  • 24: Legacy

    - 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM (2017) ... writer writing

    - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (2017) ... writer writing
    2017
  • Legends

    - Pilot (2014) ... story writing
    2014
  • Awake

    - Game Day (2012) ... writer writing

    - Guilty (2012) ... writer writing
    2012
  • Homeland

    - Prisoners of War (2020) ... writer writing

    - In Full Flight (2020) ... writer writing

    - False Friends (2020) ... writer writing

    - Clarity (2018) ... writer writing

    - The Litvinov Ruse (2015) ... story writing
    2011
  • 24: Redemption

    writer

    writing
    2008
  • Ball & Chain

    writer

    writing
    2001
  • 24

    - Day 8: 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. (2010) ... writer writing

    - Day 8: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. (2010) ... writer writing

    - Day 8: 8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. (2010) ... writer writing

    - Day 8: 5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. (2010) ... writer writing

    - Day 8: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. (2010) ... writer writing
    2001
  • Angel

    - The Ring (2000) ... writer writing

    - Expecting (2000) ... writer writing

    - Hero (1999) ... writer writing
    1999
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    - What's My Line? (1) (1997) ... writer writing
    1997
  • The X-Files

    - Zero Sum (1997) ... writer writing

    - Synchrony (1997) ... writer writing

    - Unrequited (1997) ... writer writing

    - Kaddish (1997) ... writer writing

    - Teliko (1996) ... writer writing
    1993