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-drama series Insecure . The role led to wider recognition. [6]
On September 28, 2018, Kerman was featured in his own Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half-hour special, Lightskinned Feelings (later titled "White People Can Keep Secrets"). [7] 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 list. [2]
Kerman has a voice-over role in IMDb's 2019 animated series You're Not a Monster . [8] He also appeared in the 2019 Comedy Central series The New Negroes, [9] 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 , [10] and appeared in a recurring role on the second season of The Boys . [11]
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. [12]
Kerman co-created and co-stars in the 2022 Peacock series Bust Down . [13] 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. [14]
In 2024, Kerman released his first standalone comedy special, Bad Poetry, on Netflix. It was directed by comedian John Mulaney. [15] Critics gave it high marks. In a review in The New Yorker , Vinson Cunningham wrote that "work like Kerman’s is the way back to comedy on its own terms, as an art to be enjoyed in its purest form." [16] Vulture called it "a stellar introduction to Kerman’s whimsical brand of comedy." [15] Cracked said that, "story after story, bit after bit, Kerman nails it." [17] The Daily Beast described Kerman as "one of the most exciting stand-up comedians working right now." [18]
Kerman appeared in a recurring role in the FX comedy series English Teacher , which premiered in September 2024. [19]
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