Dan Soder | |
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![]() Soder performing in November 2016 | |
Birth name | Daniel Edward Richard Soder |
Born | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | June 24, 1983
Medium | Stand-up, radio, television |
Genres | Observational comedy, blue comedy, crude humor, off-color humor, insult comedy, impersonations, sarcasm |
Subject(s) | Everyday life, pop culture, human behavior, self-deprecation, sex, recreational drug use, celebrities, current events |
Partner(s) | Katie Nolan (2022–present) |
Website | dansoder |
Daniel Erwin Soder (born June 24, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his character Mafee on the Showtime drama series Billions and as the co-host of The Bonfire with fellow comedian Big Jay Oakerson on Sirius XM from 2015 to 2023. He is also known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's Guy Code .
Daniel E. Soder was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on June 24, 1983. [1] He is of Irish and Swedish descent. [2] He was raised in Aurora, Colorado. [1] While Soder was in high school, his father died after a long illness; two years later, his sister died in a car crash. [2] He became close friends with future Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel while the two were growing up. [3] He attended Smoky Hill High School. [4] He began performing stand-up comedy while a student at the University of Arizona, [5] graduating in 2005 with degrees in journalism and political science. [6] A year later, he moved to New York City to further pursue his career.
Soder has appeared on Comedy Central's The Half Hour , Conan , Cum Town , Opie and Anthony , The Anthony Cumia Show , MTV2's Guy Code and Guy Court , Fox Sports 1's Garbage Time with Katie Nolan , and the You Know What Dude! podcast with Robert Kelly. After the firing of Anthony Cumia from the Opie & Anthony Show, Soder was a frequent guest and "third mic" on Opie with Jim Norton , formerly on the Faction Talk channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. [7] On July 27, 2015, Soder along with fellow stand-up comedian Big Jay Oakerson began their two-hour live radio talk show, The Bonfire, on SiriusXM's Comedy Central Radio channel airing every Monday through Thursday (previously Mondays and Wednesdays) from 6-8pm ET. [8] [9] [10] In March 2021, the show began airing on Faction Talk from 5-7pm ET, after Comedy Central Radio ceased production on all of its talk shows. [11] On February 22 2023, it was announced that Soder would be leaving The Bonfire and would be replaced by comedian Robert Kelly. [12] In November 2023, Soder started his own podcast, Soder.
Soder appeared in multiple episodes as a guest star on Inside Amy Schumer beginning in 2014, and had a minor appearance in Amy Schumer's film Trainwreck (2015). [13] On March 19, 2016, Dan Soder made a special guest appearance on the popular professional wrestling podcast Wrestling Soup. [14] Soder is a lifelong fan of wrestling, and is particularly well known for his impression of "Macho Man" Randy Savage. [15] [16] Later that year, Soder began a recurring role on the Showtime drama series Billions [17] and released his first hour long special on Comedy Central, titled Not Special. [18] In late 2016, Soder was cast in the comedy Drunk Parents (2019), starring Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek. [19] In July 2017, Netflix released the first season of its new stand-up comedy series The Standups , in which Soder had a 30-minute set on the final episode. [20] In 2022, Soder appeared in the Showtime comedy series, Flatbush Misdemeanors .
In December 2022, sports personality Katie Nolan announced her engagement to Soder. [21] [22]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013–2015 | Guy Code | Himself | Seasons 3 - 5 |
2014–2016 | Inside Amy Schumer | Various | 4 episodes |
2015 | It Had to Be You | Chris | |
2015 | Trainwreck | Dumpster Guy | |
2016 | Night Train with Wyatt Cenac | Self | 1 episode |
2016–2023 | Billions | Dudley Mafee | Recurring role |
2017 | The Standups | Self | 1 episode |
2019 | Drunk Parents | Randall | |
2019 | Robot Chicken | Plastic Army Man, Nerdy Basketball Player (voice) | Episode: "Garfield Stockman in: A Voice Like Wet Ham" |
2022 | Flatbush Misdemeanors | Ben | 1 episode |
2022 | Paradise PD | "Macho Man" Randy Savage | 5 episodes |