Mike Royce has been obsessed with comedy since he was a tiny person. He grew up in Syracuse, New York during the wonderful 1970s, watching lots of television. Once "Saturday Night Live," "Fernwood 2Night," and David Letterman's morning and late night shows came on, Mike began to watch television full-time. During this period of his life, he made many Super 8 films, all of which are terrible. He made these films with his best friends Stuart Connelly and William Rapp, who must share the blame.

In high school, Mike became interested in acting, and soon found himself as a regular performer in the yearly musicals. Yes, he did a lot of singing and dancing, but also there were girls there.

Mike went to film school at Ithaca College and after graduation, moved to New York City to try to write for film and TV. Instead he got sidetracked into trying stand-up comedy. He was terrible. But this time he couldn't blame Stuart Connelly and William Rapp, so he kept at it. Eventually he got better and began to get work. The comedy boom of the 1980s was ending and somebody needed to stand in front of the microphone and perform for eight people on a Tuesday. Mike became a fixture on the New York City comedy scene all through the 1990's, performing non-stop at The Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, Standup NY, Caroline's, and all the others. At some point he went bald, and began to frequent alternative comedy spaces like Luna Lounge. He appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" as well as many cable comedy shows of questionable quality.

Mike also worked frequently as a warmup comedian. He is perhaps most proud of his ability to last five years warming up audiences for "The Maury Povich Show." Sometimes he would be onstage for an hour or more, somehow keeping those goddamn homeless people in their seats. He went on to warm up many shows including "Viva Variety," "The Dana Carvey Show," "The Jon Stewart Show," and "Spin City."

Mike's first writing job was on an MTV show called "Apt 2-F," which starred Jason and Randy Sklar. It was a great experience, which is his way of saying it was quickly cancelled. Later, "Spin City" co- creator Bill Lawrence hired Mike to write a script for the show. At the same time, Ray Romano hired him to help write a book entitled "Everything and a Kite." Mike also wrote a sketch for Ray's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" based on ESPN's "SportsCenter," which garnered some attention for its inane catch phrase, "Sweet Sassy Molassy." In 1999, Ray and "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal invited Mike to join the Raymond writing staff.

On Raymond, Mike eventually rose to the ranks of Executive Producer and won two Emmys. He was also nominated for a Best Writing Emmy® for his episode "Counseling." He lost to his former good friend Tucker Cawley.

Once Raymond wrapped in 2005, Louis C.K. asked Mike to partner up with him to run "Lucky Louie." Not only was Mike a giant fan of Louis since his standup days, but the show melded with Mike's interests, and the prospect of helping form HBO's first sitcom was exciting to say the least. Mike jumped aboard eagerly, and he and Louis had a wild first season together. Together with an incredible writing staff, cast and crew, they produced a show they are very proud of.