Comedians
Jimmy HVD is an Australian comedian, now based in New York City. He mixes observational comedy and personal stories, finding humor in everyday activities like grocery shopping, preparing for marriage, and surviving Australia’s wildlife.
Described as “someone you might a beer with”, Jimmy’s laid-back and personable delivery will make it feel like you’re catching up with an old friend.
Jimmy performs throughout NYC and at comedy festivals across the USA.
Shaun Murphy is a comedian originally from Buffalo, NY who has performed in many clubs and colleges throughout North America. He has told jokes at prestigious places like the Boston Comedy Festival and the Asheville Comedy Festival to less prestigious places like a high school graduation party with a broken microphone. He has been lucky enough to feature for a diverse group of headliners such as Dave Attell, Michael Ian Black, Jen Kirkman, Tom Green and Mark Normand.
Shaun’s like-ability and awkwardness keeps audiences captivated whenever he performs. However, he thinks it’s really weird to impress strangers by talking about his accomplishments but hopefully it worked. If not, that’s okay too. He currently lives in New York City and has no money.
Quan D. Wiggins is a New York based comedian, actor and content creator. Originally from the farmlands of Bertie County, North Carolina the former football player & party promoter turned comedian got his start in stand up while attending college. Since relocating to New York to pursue his comedic dreams, he has appeared on both network television and indie projects & has created a platform of his own. He’s making waves on the New York comedy scene winning the 4th annual New York Comedy Club competition. He was also a finalist in the New York’s funniest showcase during the 2018 New York Comedy Festival. Quan’s shows embody his southern flavor with, high energy, charisma & spot on celebrity impersonations.
Was born in New York City but spent most of her childhood in Oakland, California. Sydnee was recently honored as an “UpNext” comedian at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest. Sydnee co-hosts a super high energy and hilarious monthly Comedy show in the Lower East Side called 'Hot Box Comedy'--where she consistently wins over the jaded New Yorkers who brave the city’s comedy scene. Her humor and view toward vanity, dating both sexes, and how to party safely as a woman are both unique and refreshing.
A cast member in MTV's international tv show "Vidiots". Has a solo show called "Death of a Bottle Girl". Cohost of the very popular podcast "The UnOfficial Expert”. And has appeared on TruTv VH1 and various YouTube videos for GQ, Cosmo, and Elite Daily.
Will has been doing stand-up since he graduated college. He performs all over New York City, opens for headliners on the road, and goes wherever else someone will have him.
He co-created and wrote an animated series, “That's My Bus!” which received a pilot order from FOX after winning 1st place at Just for Laughs Comedy Festival's "From Set to Screen" contest in Montreal. He also created and starred in an award-winning pilot, “Why Willy Why,” which was chosen as an Official Selection at the 2013 New York Television Festival, the 2014 Independent Television Festival, the 2014 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival and the 2015 LA Comedy Festival, where it won for "Kick Ass Original."
Brett Druck is an American stand up comic best known for the viral success of his chivalry joke. He was a cast member and guest host on Laughs TV Show seasons 2 & 3 on FOX and HULU and you may have seen him on America's Got Talent, in NBC SeeSo's “SCHTICK OR TREAT: HALLOWEEN STAND UP SPECIAL” , mentioned in Rolling Stone, or heard him on Pandora Comedy Radio. He frequently appears on the front page of Reddit and has had his jokes shared millions of times. He has also been featured in numerous comedy festivals including TBS's Just for Laughs Chicago, The Charleston Comedy Festival, The Andy Kaufman Award(Finalist),
San Francisco Sketchfest, Hoboken Comedy Festival(2015 Winner). He can be seen now performing in select cities across the U.S. and Canada on The Your Tour 2018 and Brewery Comedy Tour.
Mike Finoia is a comedian based out of NYC.
He is a writer / producer for TruTV’s Impractical Jokers, and he also opens for the guys on their national theater tour.
Mike is also the co-host of the Comes a Time Podcast, alongside Dead & Co / Allman Brothers Bassist Oteil Burbridge.
Mike has been featured on TruTV, Sirius XM & Comedy Central.
When not on the road, Mike can be found nightly performing at the premiere NYC comedy clubs.
He can be heard regularly on The Bonfire on SXM Faction. @mikefinoia
Giulia Rozzi is a comedian, actress and writer that has been seen on Tru TV's How To Be A Grown Up, Vh1's The Greatest, Chelsea Lately, Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Lifetime TV, Playboy TV's Foursome: Walk Of Shame, MTV, TLC, The Artie Lange Show and co-stars/co-created the web series Seeing Other People with Brooke Van Poppelen. A relatable storyteller, her very personal and honest humor has earned her the honor of being a Moth GrandSLAM champion, a Boston Comedy Festival finalist, and a TEDx speaker. As a writer, Giulia has worked on the MTV series Girl Code and Silent Library and was a contributing writer for Bravo's Odd Mom Out and TV Land's Younger. She has also written and performed two solo shows: Stupid Foreigners and Bad Bride (which toured the US and UK). Giulia also co-created/hosts the groundbreaking and long running sex themed storytelling show Stripped Stories with Margot Leitman and co-hosts the relationship podcast Hopefully We Don't Break-Up on Cave Comedy Radio with comedian Will Miles. Her new comedy album Touch My Heart debuts February 2016 on Comedy Records. More at giuliarozzi.com
Comedian, actress, writer, producer, and more, Amanda Seales doesn’t just make you laugh, she makes change!
With an uncanny knack for taking serious topics and with humor, making them relatable and interesting, she combines intellectual wit, silliness, and a pop culture obsession to create her unique style of smart funny content for the stage and screen.
Amanda Seales is a comedian and creative visionary with a Master’s in African American studies from Columbia University. Seamlessly blending humor and intellect, her unique style of smart funny content spans various genres across the entertainment and multi-media landscape. She is best known for her iconic role as “Tiffany DuBois" in HBO’s "Insecure" and her debut stand-up comedy special, “I Be Knowin,” and as a former co-host on daytime talk show “The Real”, host of NBC's “Bring the Funny,” and host/writer of the groundbreaking 2020 BET Awards. Amanda speaks truth to change via her wildly popular Instagram @AmandaSeales, weekly podcast “Small Doses,” and book by the same name. Centering community building in her comedy, she is also the creator/host of the touring variety game show, “Smart Funny & Black.” Loved for fearlessly saying what folks are thinking, her Reach Media/Urban1 syndicated radio show + podcast, “The Amanda Seales Show,” edu-tains audiences daily, giving the culture what it’s missing in markets across the nation!
A philanthropist, her efforts support Black girl-focused organizations, education, and animal conservation. Always an advocate for Black voices, she produces and creates art as edu-tainment across the media landscape by any joke necessary!
Kevin McCaffrey is a comedian and writer based out of New York City. Originally from Chicago, he has been a contributing monologue writer for The Late Show with David Letterman since graduating college in 2004. He has also appeared on the show many times as an actor. Currently Kevin appears on-air each week on TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest se...
Jesus Trejo Bio A native of Long Beach, CA, Jesus Trejo, has been described as one of funniest young comics to look out for. His high-energy performance is a fusion of characters, storytelling, and physical comedy that paint a picture from within the world he grew up. Jesus’s work ethic has earned him spots opening for the likes of: Steve Trevino, Pauly Shore, Steve Byrne, and Russell Peters. Jesus recently landed a reoccurring role as “Javier” on the new TBS sitcom titled “Sullivan & Son”, Staring Steve Byrne and produced by Vince Vaughn/ Peter Billingsley-- Currently on It's 2nd Season ! Follow Jesus Trejo! Twitter: @JesusTrejo Facebook: facebook.com/JesusTrejoComedy Instagram: @jesustrejo1
Jared Logan lives in New York City but originally hails from Morgantown, WV. Â He has performed a Half Hour special on Comedy Central and was a delegate for that network's Indecision 2012 election coverage. Â He's appeared on The Pete Holmes Show and can be seen on the upcoming season of The Meltdown, also on Comedy Central. Check o...
 Bill Dawes is an actor/comic/writer. Don't be fooled by his boyish looks, his comedy isn't for everybody. His high-energy delivery mixes adult subjects and material with comedy we can all relate to making his show a non-stop barrage of laughter you won't soon forget. Bill has performed all over the U.S. and the world, including tours of Canad...
Crystian Ramirez was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He first got on stage at the age of 15. His auto-biographical style allows for comedy audiences to connect with him immediately, whether he is being self deprecating or talking about his roots as a young man growing up on the streets of New York City. Crystian has performed all over the country ...
MIKE BROWN is a standup comic and writer based in Harlem, New York. He was named one of Rooftop Comedy’s Comics to Watch, Caroline’s Best of New Talent and a semi-finalist in NY Funniest competition presented by Carolines/JetBlue. Along with featuring at various comedy festivals like Comedy Central’s New York Comedy Festival, The San Francisco Sketchfest, The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Mike Brown has appeared on Adult Swim, MTV, TruTV, and Funny or Die.
Along with stand-up, Mike Brown produces COMEDY OUTLIERS (a podcast and comedy showcase) and writes the comedy web series Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (featured on Splitsider & ComedyHype.com).
Chloé Hilliard is a larger than life comedian. Well, that’s because she’s 6’1 and rocks a killer afro. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in a large Hasidic Jewish neighborhood, Chloé has spun her unique experiences into side splitting laughs. Once you know how to tell a story you’re set for life. As a journalist-turn-comedian, Chloé Hilliard is entertaining the masses with her wit and ability to find the humor in everything. For over ten years, Chloé was a culture and entertainment journalist, writing for The Village Voice, Essence, Vibe, King, and The Source. For her expertise on Hip Hop culture she’s appeared on CNN Headline News, ABC News, Our World with Black Enterprise and C-Span.
Her work has been featured in Best African American Essays: 2009. She made her national TV debut on NBC’s smash hit “Last Comic Standing” and has since appeared on AXSTV’s “Gotham Comedy Live,” Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show,” Tru TV’s”Almost Genius” and MTV’s “Acting Out.”
Comedian Kris Tinkle has been making his mark on the New York City standup scene since he moved here from his native San Francisco. He was the co-host and resident comedian on Comedy By Request on SiriusXM Raw Dog. He has appeared on DirecTVâs âThe Artie Lange Showâ, is a regular on Sirius XM Radioâs âFriday&rs...
A native of La Crescenta California, Taylor Ketchum’s journey into the stand-up comedy world has been anything but ordinary. A former college football player, Taylor spent most of his 20’s in and out of detoxes and various free clinics around the Los Angeles area. After a fated meeting with another comedian in a drug rehab, Taylor lied his way onto a local comedy stage and never looked back. Since then he has brought his unique perspective to audiences around the country, using his unusual background and unique outlook as fodder. Taylor’s comedy bridges the gap between the dark, dinginess of America’s underbelly and the everyday silliness of our conventional routine, “finding the balance between the only man and the every man.”
A co-producer of “The Meaning of Life,” a weekly stand-up showcase in the East Village, Taylor can be seen performing nearly every night in New York City.
Nick Turner is a Texas-born, Virginia-raised, New York grown, LA based comedian. He has done stand-up comedy on NBC’s Late Night w/ Seth Meyers & Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central’s "The Half Hour," & “John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show.”
He created, wrote and starred opposite Parker Posey in a pilot for Comedy Central called “Crazy House.” His debut album, "Yelling" was released in 2016 through Comedy Central Records. He was a regular cast member on VH1’s "Best Week Ever," “I Love the 2000’s," GSN's "Lie Detectors" and TruTV's "Almost Genius."
In 2011, he performed as a "New Face" at the Montreal Comedy Festival and returned in 2013 returned to film the Canadian and Australian television show, “Just For Laughs" and in 2016 to film for Kevin Hart's new VOD service.
He's an undefeated champion on TruTV's "Comedy Knockout" and can be seen improvising stand up on the most recent season of Seeso's "What's Your Fucking Deal? w/ Big Jay Oakerson."
Recently he created and starred in a Comedy Central digital series called "Ya Killin' Me!" This August he and Nick Vatterott release their new podcast on the Earwolf Network called “Get Rich Nick.”
My name is Chris Cotton, I'm stand up comedian, actor and writer. I'm also co-founder of my own Production company (Center City Comedy LLC). I'm a regular on the Artie Lange Uncensored Podcast & The Gavin McInnes Show. I have worked with a lot of best national headliners such as Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, Keith Robinson etc... I have done the Gotham Comedy Live (2015), Artie Lange Show (2013) several times. I've also participated in the NYC Festival (2014), Semi-Finslist NBCuniversal Stand up competition (2013), World Series of Comedy Festival (2013), Eric Andre Show Live (2012), Charleston Comedy Festival (2012) Chris Cotton began performing stand-up comedy in the same city he was born and raised in (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). His Stand up Comedy Set topics include pop culture, current events, being married, and growing up in the city. Equipped with an easy going style, Chris is rapidly gaining popularity. He currently the Co-Host of the Artie Quitter Podcast with Artie Lange. Chris has worked with many of the best national headliners including Keith Robinson, Godfrey, Bret Ernst, Tommy Davidson, Kevin Hart, Judah Frielander, and Hannibal Burress. As a writer Mr. Cotton has written and acted in numerous sketches, television shows and contributed to developing commercial advertising. When he is not performing Chris enjoys spending time with his lovely wife.
Dave Smith is a comedian, political commentator, radio and tv personality. Dave is a regular guest on "The Joe Rogan Experience", "Tim Pool", "Kennedy", and "The Greg Gutfeld show". In 2017 Dave's debut comedy special "Libertas" was released and spent over three weeks at #1 on the ITunes comedy chart. Dave is the host of "Part of the Problem" a libertarian podcast about current events and the evils of government and the corporate media as well as his comedy podcast "Legion of Skanks".
Gilbert Lawand got his start on the mean comedy streets of Atlanta and now resides in Brooklyn. In the past few years, he has participated in several festivals including the Bridgetown Comedy Festival as well as the Laughing Skull Festival where he was a finalist in 2015. He's opened up for Dave Chappelle and Aziz Ansari in large theater shows and produces the annual Red Clay Comedy Festival which takes place in Atlanta every September.
Comedy seemed to be a natural fit for Hadiyah very early on. She was a Finalist in the NBC Stand Up For Diversity showcase, a Semi Finalist in the Ladies of Laughter competition and a featured comedian in the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Her television performances include BET’s One Mic Stand, The Mo’Nique Show, AXS’ TV’s Gotham Comedy Live and also appeared as a commentator on MTV’s Yo Momma, BET’s Do’s and Don’ts of the Hip Hop Awards, The Maury Povich Show as well as a contestant on TV One’s Get the Hookup. She will also be a featured cast member on Centric’s upcoming series “According to Him + Her.” Hadiyah has also appeared in the pages of O Magazine, TimeOut NY, Stagetime Magazine and MTV’s GuyCode Blog. Hadiyah performs regularly in NYC’s Stand Up NY, Gotham Comedy Club, The New York Comedy Club and clubs across the country and she’s worked with such noted comedians as Sherri Shephard, Donnell Rawlings, Sheryl Underwood, Hannibal Burress and many more. She’s even taken her act across the pond to Amsterdam’s RAI Theater as a Queen of Comedy and performed the troops in Germany and South Korea. Before making the leap into comedy, Hadiyah worked at MTV on the television series High School Stories, Uncensored, True Life, and P.Diddy’s Making the Band. Today she continues to create passion projects for television, film and the web. You can see the first 2 episodes of her web series The Grind online now. For show info log on to www.hrcomedy.com or email bookinghadiyah@gmail.com.
POPPA" RUS GUTIN is celebrating 23 YEARS in the world of Stand-Up! He is also a graduate of the Musical Theatre program at AMDA NY!.... Currently, RUS is PROUD to be a regular at NEW YORK COMEDY CLUB and he can be seen as the HOUSE HOST at ATLANTIC CITY COMEDY CLUB! He is also the co-founder of PHILLY COMEDY CLUB, where he serves as HOUSE HOST and Co-Producer!... For several years, Rus was a Regular Guest on THE Q on FOX 29 Philadelphia! (The region's #1 Late-Night Program)!.... RUS has Co-Produced & Hosted 2 PLUS YEAR RUNS of both COMEDY JUICE NY @ GOTHAM and FRIDAY NITE LIVE @ The World Famous COMEDY STORE!... In addition, he's been featured @ THE IMPROV, CAROLINE's, PUNCH LINE PHILLY, LEVITY LIVE, HELIUM, STAND-UP NY + THE STAND, ICEHOUSE, and LAUGH FACTORY!... POPPA RUS's Hour Special, "LEGAL GUARDIAN", taped live @ NEW YORK COMEDY CLUB, is avail NOW as an (Album) on COMEDYRECORDS.CA and iTUNES!... As a SAG / AFTRA Actor, RUS has appeared in a sketch on E!'s CHELSEA LATELY and starred in the movies "SURF SCHOOL", "THE LAST STAND, "SOMETHING LIKE A BUSINESS" & "HOLD ON LOOSELY"... Additionally, he's written the Off-Broadway musical, "GANGSTAPELLA" and comedy sketches for BILLBOARD.COM, Broadway Legend LAURA BELL BUNDY, ALAN THICKE and CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO... Listen to all 3 Seasons of Rus's podcast, "The RUS GUTIN EXPERIENCE" produced by LAST OUT MEDIA on Apple & Spotify!... FOR BOOKINGS, please contact his agent, Ingrid French @ ingridfrenchmanagement.com or his manager, Emilio Savone @ newyorkcomedyclub.com!... For POPPA RUS's updated schedule, follow him @RUSGUTIN on Instagram and Twitter!
Esther Ku is a comedian, actress and musician but mostly comedian because that’s what she told me to write first. I am her stenographer. (Not really, but she wants you to think she has a stenographer because she doesn’t want you to think she wrote her own bio.) In 2008, Ku was selected as the only female comedian from New York City to advance to the Las Vegas Semi-Finals in NBC’s Last Comic Standing. In Vegas, she advanced to the house portion of the reality show to become a Last Comic Standing Season 6 Finalist where she annoyed the hell out of everybody with her laugh. (I told her not to laugh so loudly but she doesn’t listen to me I’m just her stenographer. I hate it when she treats me this way.) Six months later, she was selected by Howard Stern as a finalist in the Hottest Funniest Chick Contest on Sirius Satellite Radio. She has been a featured regular in the Boston International Comedy Festival and the New York Underground Comedy Festival. She has performed in the hit comedy Shear Madness, the longest-running non-musical play in American theatre history. On her spare time, she manages to dedicate her energy to a serious and troublesome cause — to end tickling forever. “Tickling is forcing someone to laugh when you’re not being funny. Tickling is the opposite of comedy. If you’ve ever tickled anyone, you’re a fraud!” she warns. Ku’s muses include Harold from Harold and the Purple Crayon and Amelia Bedelia from the Amelia Bedelia Collection. (That italicizing will cost you extra little Ms. Ku. This is bullshit.) Esther Ku is the first Ku in her family who didn’t need a green card. She was born in Chicago a couple years after her parents immigrated from South Korea as missionaries thinking they were pioneers in “bringing Jesus to America.” Ku often wondered why her family traveled so far to bring Jesus to a country that already sells him on endcaps in K-Mart. At the age of 3, she picked up the violin. Ten minutes later, she put it down and told her parents it was too Asian. Years later, she became a prodigy at the oboe, the one instrument that best resembles the human voice. After years in the orchestra, though, she grew sick of projecting herself solely through musical instruments and longed for a way to communicate through her voice and ideas. (blah, blah, blah. How many paragraphs of this shit do you expect people to read?) So she ventured towards stand-up comedy with an auspicious debut as the emcee of her 8th grade talent show. Growing up in a rowdy house of five kids with a mother who didn’t allow her daughters to talk to boys inspired Ku. She began to fill her notebooks with jokes instead of math equations. She founded an underground school paper called “the coup” which exposed hypocrisy within the faculty and administration of her high school. At 17 years old, she ran off to college to dodge an arranged marriage set up by evangelical Jesus fanatics. There she learned how to hold a fork correctly and to talk to all the boys she wanted. Ku officially began her stand-up career in Boston where she shared the stage with Doug Stanhope, Steven Wright, Jonathan Katz, and Teddy Bergeron. For a hot second the team Ku and the Jew ruled the club — until they were fired by the bartender. She now resides in Brooklyn and travels the country entertaining audiences with her all-American bratty charm and infamous maniacal laugh. (She told me to write adorable but I secretly changed it to maniacal because it’s a more accurate description of that shrieking noise. Geez when did she get so delusional?) Preconceived notions of Asians and women, and Asian women, specifically, are dispelled within seconds of her gracing the stage. Her delightful demeanor and deadpan observational humor incite hysteria wherever she goes.
TJ Del Reno has been seen on The Daily Show, MTV and heard on SiriusXM. Since 2004 he’s been doing stand up comedy all over the city and the East Coast. TJ has performed with Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Dave Attell and other amazing comedians. He was also featured in the 2007 NY Comedy Festival with Jim Gaffigan. . His voice can be heard on television and radio in commercials such as AT&T, Coke Zero, Super 8 Hotel, McDonalds as well as video games (Grand Theft Auto V, BULLY) and cartoons (Poke’mon & Yu-Gi-Oh 5D.). He has a silly, high-energy style of observational comedy and talks about growing up poor in NJ, His gay brother, his wonderfully stupid relationships with girls and life as a nerd. Watch his web series With Friends Like These (www.with-friends-like-these.com). Finally if you like video game comedy he had a show on SiriusXM called “Unlimited Lives” which is on iTunes and CaveComedyRadio.com. Follow him @tjdelreno on twitter, instagram and Facebook.
Katie Haller is a stand-up comedian, and tiny rapper by the name of T-Spoon. She has performed in the Women In Comedy Festival, NY Funny Song Festival, and was most recently a finalist in the New York Comedy Club Competition. Her writing has been featured on Collegehumor, Elite Daily, and Huffington Post Comedy. She also writes about dogs for The BarkPost. She is 4'11, but seems way taller on stage, and on the internet.
Clark Jones is the type of comedian whose experiences range from being a Cubs fan to be attending a historically Black college in Atlanta. He has been named a Top comic to watch by BET as well as an invited guest at New York’s prestigious Friars’ Club. While in New York he has hosted the lauded Comedy at the Knitting Factory, been named one of Brooklyn’s funniest people, and performed in sketches for Comedy Central and Amanda Seales’ popular Get Your Life web show, and has been seen on HBO’s “Crashing” and “Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” on Starz.
His debut album “First of All” is streaming on all networks and is in development with a major network for his digital series “Six Minute Show”