Trivia

Has written two movies that were directed by Martin Scorsese.

Says his favorite original series episode is Balance of Terror (1966), which introduced the Romulans to the audience, and has, thus, made the tenth "Star Trek" movie, Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), about the Romulans.

His play, "Never the Sinner", at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1986 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work.

Met Brent Spiner (Lt. Comdr. Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)) during one of Mr. Spiner's performances of "1776" on Broadway and they, subsequently, became friends.

A huge fan of Citizen Kane (1941) and Orson Welles, Logan lobbied hard for the job of writing RKO 281 (1999), doing 6-months' worth of research before meeting with Ridley Scott to ask for the job. However, the film is notable for a very large number of obvious factual inaccuracies and for taking a very disapproving attitude towards Orson Welles.

His play, "Hauptmann", awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Play Production at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

His play, "Music from a Locked Room", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work.

Graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1983.

Irish-American. His parents immigrated to the United States from Northern Ireland.

Brent Spiner approached Star Trek's head honcho, Rick Berman, about having John Logan pen the 10th Star Trek movie, Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). He agreed.

He was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Music from a Locked Room", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

He has said that his favorite characters on Penny Dreadful are Vanessa Ives and The Creature/Caliban/John Clare. He liked Them so much he wrote an episode, "A Blade Of Glass'', centered around just the two of Them.

Denis O'Hare, a close friend of Logan's from Northwestern University, originated the role of "Nathan Leopold" in Logan's play, "Never the Sinner", and the role of "Bruno Hauptmann" in Logan's play, "Hauptmann".

He was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work for "Hauptmann", at the Stormfield Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.