- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 70
- Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
- Height: 1.7 m (5′ 7″)
- Marital Status: Single
- Full Name: Bruce Gerald Vilanch
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: November 23, 1948
- Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
- Occupation: Comedian, Actor, and Writer
- Education: Ohio State University
Bruce Vilanch is an American comedian with an estimated net worth of $8 million. He was born in New York City and was adopted when he was just four days old by Dr. Jonas Vilanch and his wife Henne. The couple brought him up in Paterson.
Vilanch was a theatre and journalism student at Ohio State University where he appeared in the student theatre production and wrote reviews. He began his career in entertainment by writing features for the Chicago Tribune where he spent the most time with celebrities.
He is a songwriter as well as a scriptwriter and in 2008 he wrote The Showgirl Must Go On together with Midler and it received numerous positive reviews as one of the best shows. He has received numerous awards including two consecutive Emmy Awards for his award-winning writing of the Academy Awards and an extra four Emmy Awards for the outstanding variety show.