Andrew Schulz

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Andrew Schulz
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Birth nameAndrew Cameron Schulz
Born (1983-10-30) October 30, 1983 (age 41)
New York City, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
  • film
  • podcast
Education BCCHS
Alma mater UC Santa Barbara (BA)
Years active2000s–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Spouse
Emma Turner
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(m. 2021)​
Children1
Website theandrewschulz.com

Andrew Cameron Schulz (born October 30, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. In addition to his stand-up, he is known for his work on MTV2's Guy Code and its two spinoffs, [1] the Flagrant podcast with Akaash Singh, and The Brilliant Idiots podcast. [2] Schulz's first Netflix special, Schulz Saves America, premiered in December 2020. [3] He has been described as part of the manosphere. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Early life

Schulz was born on October 30, 1983, in New York City to parents Larry and Sandra Schulz (née Cameron). His mother, a Scottish immigrant, was a professional ballroom dancer. [8] [9] [10] His father, a native New Yorker of German and Irish descent, is a former reporter and military veteran born to a family originally from Chicago, Illinois. [11] Schulz's parents owned the Sandra Cameron Dance Center in Lower Manhattan for three decades. [12] [8]

Schulz was raised in the East Village and attended New York City Public Schools, including Lillie Devereaux Blake Primary School and Robert F. Wagner Middle School on the Upper East Side. He is a graduate of Baruch College Campus High School in Kips Bay. [13] [8] Schulz then attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, from which he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology. [14]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Schulz began performing stand-up during college in California and continued when he returned to New York in the mid-2000s. He became a regular at the Comedy Village and went on to make his debut at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2008. [13]

In September 2017, Schulz self-released his first comedy special, 4:4:1, on YouTube. [15] In June 2018, Schulz followed up with his debut comedy album, 5:5:1 which earned the top ranking on iTunes' comedy album charts. The album went on to rank number one on Apple Music, Google Play, and Amazon. [15] The album went number one on the Billboard comedy album charts the week of June 23, 2018. [16] In 2021, Schulz issued a pair of streaming EPs, Views from the Cis and Brilliant Idiot. On July 25, 2022, he released another special on his YouTube channel titled "Infamous". [17]

Television, film, and web series

Schulz with fellow Guy Code cast members April Rose, Melanie Iglesias, and Charlamagne tha God at the MTV Movie Awards in 2012 Cast of Guy Code at MTV Movie Awards 2012.jpg
Schulz with fellow Guy Code cast members April Rose, Melanie Iglesias, and Charlamagne tha God at the MTV Movie Awards in 2012

Schulz has hosted or appeared on numerous MTV2 shows, including Jobs That Don't Suck, Guy Code , Guy Court , Girl Code and The Hook Up. [1] In 2015, he starred in the IFC series Benders . [18] He also acted in Amazon's Sneaky Pete (2015, 2017), Hulu's There's Johnny! (2017), and HBO's Crashing (2018). [19] Schulz appeared in the feature films The Female Brain (2017), Write When You Get Work (2018), [20] No Safe Spaces (2019), and the remake of White Men Can't Jump (2023). [21] His web series credits include writing and starring in Rise of the Radio Show and The Apartmentship. [22]

A four-part Netflix special, Schulz Saves America, premiered on December 17, 2020. [23] [3] The special was criticized for its Anti-Asian jokes blaming Asians for the COVID-19 pandemic. [24] [25] In May 2024, Schulz participated in Netflix's The Roast of Tom Brady.

Podcasts

Schulz co-hosts two podcasts on Combat Jack's Loudspeakers Network. His best-known podcast is The Brilliant Idiots with fellow MTV2 personality Charlamagne tha God. [15]

Akaash Singh (pictured) co-hosts Flagrant with Schulz. Akaash Singh Uploaded James Tamim (cropped).png
Akaash Singh (pictured) co-hosts Flagrant with Schulz.

Schulz also hosts Flagrant (formerly Flagrant 2) with his best friends and fellow stand-up comedians Akaash Singh and Mark Gagnon, and video editor AlexxMedia. [15] Since starting the podcast, Singh created a Patreon where the hosts post an additional podcast a week. [26]

In October 2024 Schulz hosted an episode with then presidential candidate Donald Trump. [27] He later went on to defend his actions in the Triggernometry podcast, stating that Democrats were "not cool" and his vote being based on "who gets the most pussy". [28] Regarding the controversial quote, Schulz later said "I shouldn’t have said it like that" in an interview with The New York Times. Since the 2024 election, Flagrant has featured a variety of politicians and political commentators, such as Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, [29] and Ro Khanna. [30]

Schulz appeared on the Full Send Podcast in November 2022, however, due to "drama" and "awkwardness" with co-host Steiny, the podcast wasn't released until July 2023. [31] [32]

Personal life

On December 18, 2021, Schulz married Emma Turner in Montecito, California. His wife gave birth to a girl, Shiloh Jean Schulz, in February 2024. Their daughter was conceived through in vitro fertilization.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Strangers in the SnowThe BoyShort
2012Bronx WarrantsCarlosTV movie
2014Today's SpecialPatriceShort
2015VictorSal
2017 The Female Brain Andi [20]
2018 Write When You Get Work Mitchell Mullen Vega [20]
2019 Feast of the Seven Fishes Angelo
2023 You People Cousin Avi
White Men Can't Jump TJ
2024 The Underdoggs Chip Collins [33]
Upgraded Ronnie [34]
The Thicket Hector [35]
2026 Street Fighter Dan Hibiki Filming [36]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011–15 Guy Code HimselfMain Cast
2012–13 Big Morning Buzz Live Himself/PanelistRecurring Guest
2013 The Challenge HimselfEpisode: "ChallengeMania: The Road to Rivals II"
Guy Court HimselfRecurring Guest
2013–17 Red Eye Himself/PanelistRecurring Guest
2014Jobs That Don't SuckHimself/HostMain Host
2015 Benders Paul RosenbergMain Cast
2015–17 Sneaky Pete NathanielEpisode: "Pilot" & "Safe"
2016 Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne HimselfMain Guest: Season 2
Guy Code vs. Girl CodeHimselfMain Cast
Acting Out HimselfEpisode: "Episode #1.6"
2017 There's... Johnny! MitchRecurring Cast
2018 Crashing AndrewEpisode: "Bill Burr"
Fake News at NightHimselfEpisode: "Episode #1.10"
2019Something's BurningHimselfEpisode: "Yannis Pappas & Andrew Schulz Make Matzo Ball Soup"
2022 That Damn Michael Che HimselfEpisode: "Black Mediocrity"
2024-present Tires SchulzRecurring Cast

Comedy Specials

YearTitleDistributionNotes
20174:4:1 YouTube [15]
20185:5:1YouTube [15]
2020Schulz Saves America Netflix [23] [3]
2022InfamousIndependent
2025LifeNetflix

Comedy Albums

YearTitleDistributionNotes
2021Views From The CisPandora, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon [23] [3]
Brilliant IdiotPandora, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon [23] [3]

Documentary

YearTitle
2017Funny Pains
2019 No Safe Spaces

References

  1. 1 2 "MTV2's Guy Code." MTV.com. 2015. Retrieved 2020 December 17.
  2. ↑ Brilliant Idiots homepage
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Andrew Schulz announces "four part comedy event" on Netflix". The Laugh Button. Archived from the original on 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  4. ↑ Adler, Dan (2025-04-02). "Andrew Schulz and the New Media Nerve Center". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  5. ↑ Paz, Christian (2025-04-14). "How Joe Rogan's America processed Trump's tariffs". Vox. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  6. ↑ Barrett, Brian. "The Manosphere Won". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  7. ↑ Nicolaou, Anna (2025-01-25). "The podcast bros who helped put Trump back in the White House". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  8. 1 2 3 "Transcript of The Megyn Kelly Show: Andrew Schulz on Trump and Biden, the State of Comedy, and Feminism". Happy Scribe. March 10, 2021. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  9. ↑ "Panelist Bios". Frankie Manning Foundation. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  10. ↑ Sandra Cameron and Larry Schulz Viennese Waltz Performance. April 20, 2022. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  11. ↑ My Racist Italian Father. Flagrant 2. January 31, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021– via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "BALLROOM DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE GARDEN". The New York Times. 1982-10-01. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  13. 1 2 Donelson, Marcy (2018). "Andrew Schulz | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  14. ↑ Dishman, Lydia (2014-04-16). "MTV2's "Jobs That Don't Suck" Gives Millennials a Real-World Look at Finding Their Dream Job". Fast Company. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Valente, Maria (June 22, 2018). "Major Networks Rejected Him—Now He Holds The #1 Comedy Album". Beyond the Interview. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Comedy Albums: The Stand Up Comedy Chart". Billboard . Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Andrew Schulz - INFAMOUS (2022) FULL SPECIAL". YouTube . 25 September 2022.
  18. ↑ Friedlander, Whitney (December 30, 2015). "IFC Cancels Hockey Comedy 'Benders' After Season 1". Variety . Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  19. ↑ Andrew Schulz at IMDb
  20. 1 2 3 Behnam, Nicole (March 14, 2018). "Question of the Day: Is Andrew Schulz the Next Household Name in Comedy?". Beyond the Interview. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Tim Allen joins docudrama taking down PC culture". 2018-01-29.
  22. ↑ "Andrew Schulz". Stand Up NY . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  23. 1 2 3 4 Staff, Interrobang (2020-12-08). "Andrew Schulz Four Part Special Coming to Netflix December 17th". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  24. ↑ Simons, Seth (December 30, 2020). "Why Did Netflix Give a Platform to Andrew Schulz's Lazy, Harmful, Anti-Asian Pandemic Jokes?". Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  25. ↑ Mersinoglu, Yasemin Craggs (December 25, 2020). "Netflix called out over comedy special that contains 'racist jokes and conspiracy theories'". indy100. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  26. ↑ "Flagrant 2 is creating Podcast, Video, and more".
  27. ↑ Sharf, Zack (March 19, 2025). "Andrew Schulz Is Not a 'Right-Wing MAGA Lunatic,' Says Having Donald Trump on a Podcast Didn't Impact Election: 'America Had Made Up Its Mind'". Variety . Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  28. ↑ Konstantin Kisin (2025-04-21). "Andrew Schulz - Comedy, the American Dream and Whores". Triggernometry (podcast) (Podcast).
  29. ↑ "Andrew Schulz, 'Podcast Bro,' Might be America's Foremost Political Journalist". The New York Times . 21 June 2025.
  30. ↑ "Trump Voter Comedian Blasts President on Epstein Files, Slamming GOP and dem 'Cults'". 16 July 2025.
  31. ↑ Bennett, Connor (24 July 2023). "NELK Boys address Andrew Schulz drama as long-awaited podcast finally releases". Dexerto.
  32. ↑ Alonso, Jorge (21 July 2023). "Andrew Schulz Roasts Nelk Boy Steiny To Near Tears In Extremely Awkward Podcast Interview". BroBible.
  33. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (4 October 2022). "Snoop Dogg's MGM Comedy 'The Underdoggs' Sets Ensemble With Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, Andrew Schulz & George Lopez". deadine.com. Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  34. ↑ Grobar, Matt (2022-10-28). "Andrew Schulz & 'Do Revenge's Rachel Matthews Among Six New Additions To Gulfstream's Rom-Com 'Upgraded'". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  35. ↑ Lester, Elliott (2024-09-06), The Thicket (Crime, Drama), Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Levon Hawke, Estuary Films, Hollywood Gang Productions, Milu Entertainment, retrieved 2024-09-05
  36. ↑ Couch, Aaron (September 4, 2025). "Street Fighter Moves to Paramount as Legendary Deal Becomes Official". The Hollywood Reporter . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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