Langston Kerman

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Langston Kerman
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Kerman at the 2015 Just for Laughs comedy festival
Born (1987-04-23) April 23, 1987 (age 36)
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Michigan (BA)
Boston University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Comedian, writer, actor
Known for Insecure
Notable workLightskinned Feelings
Children1
Website www.langstonkerman.com

Langston Kerman is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He has acted in programs including Insecure , High Maintenance , Bless This Mess , and The Boys . Kerman is a writer and co-star on HBO Max's South Side . His first comedy album, Lightskinned Feelings, was named to Vulture's list of 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2018. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Kerman was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. His mother is African American and his father is white and Jewish. [3] He received his bachelor's degree in English from University of Michigan in 2009. After college he taught poetry at his former high school for one year. [3] Kerman later received an MFA in poetry at Boston University and then decided to pursue a full-time career in stand-up comedy. [4] [5]

Career

Kerman has acted in shows such as on Adam DeVine's House Party , High Maintenance , Strangers, and Comedy Bang! Bang! . [5] He was selected by host Chris Rock to write for the 2016 Academy Awards. [1]

In 2016, he appeared in his first recurring acting role as Jered on the first season of Issa Rae's scripted comedy series Insecure . The role led to wider recognition. [6]

In September 2018, Kerman was featured in his own Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents special, Lightskinned Feelings. On the same day he also released an hour-long comedy album of the same name, which was recorded at Punchline Comedy Club in San Francisco. [1] It was named to Vulture's 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2018. [2]

Kerman has a voice-over role in IMDb's 2019 animated series You're Not a Monster . [7] He also appeared in the 2019 Comedy Central series The New Negroes, [8] and is also a writer and recurring actor for the HBO Max series South Side.

He was a series regular on the second season of Bless This Mess , [9] and appeared in a recurring role on the second season of The Boys . [10]

In August 2020 Kerman created the comedy podcast My Momma Told Me on the iHeartRadio Network. He discusses various Black conspiracy theories that he and his guests learned from their mothers. [11]

Kerman co-created and co-stars in the 2022 Peacock series Bust Down . [12] In 2023, he was cast in the Hulu mystery thriller series The Other Black Girl , a television adaptation of the 2021 novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris. [13]

Personal life

Kerman is married. [14] He and his wife have one child (b. 2021). [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Teen SawStudentShort
201610 CrosbyCute GuyShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Just for Laughs: All Access —1 episode; writer
2013 Clear History Coffee Shop PatronTV movie
2014My Crazy LoveFreddy1 episode
2015StorytimeSelfShort; also writer
2015The Battery's Down1 episode; web series
2016 Adam DeVine's House Party —1 episode; writer
2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Party Guy1 episode
2016–2018 Insecure Jered7 episodes
2016 88th Academy Awards —TV special; writer
2017StrangersJake1 episode
2018 High Maintenance 1 episode
2018SingularityEthanUnsold pilot
2018Straight Up, Stand Up—1 episode; writer
2018 The New Negroes —1 episode; writer
2019 Sherman's Showcase 1 episode
2019 You're Not a Monster Dr. Edgar Martinez / Pazuzu / Headless Horseman3 episodes
2019–2020 Bless This Mess BrandonSeries regular
2019; 2021 South Side Adam Bethune3 episodes; also writer and story editor
2020 BET Awards 2020 —TV special; writer
2020; 2022 The Boys Eagle the ArcherRecurring role
2022 Bust Down LangstonMain role; also co-creator, executive producer, and star
2023 How I Met Your Father Eli1 episode
2023 The Other Black Girl Jesse WatsonRecurring role

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