Matt Mira

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Matt Mira
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Mira in July 2015, San Diego Comic-Con
Birth nameMatthew Paul Mira
Born (1983-08-05) August 5, 1983 (age 41)
Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S.
MediumStand-up, podcasting
Years active2008–present
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
Children1
Notable works and rolesCo-host of The Nerdist Podcast , co-host of FEaB, correspondent for "Gadget Pr0n" on G4s Attack of the Show, writer for @midnight , writer for The Goldbergs , host of After Trek
Website http://www.nerdist.com/

Matthew Paul Mira (born August 5, 1983) is an American podcast host, stand-up comedian and television writer based in Los Angeles. He was a co-host of The Nerdist Podcast from 2010 to 2018. [1] [2]

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Life and career

Mira was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts, on August 5, 1983, and grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. He is the youngest of four children. His parents are John and Mary Mira. He has two older sisters, Kimberly and Julie, and an older brother John. He was raised Catholic, and attended Lowell Catholic High School. After high school he attended local colleges. He left Massachusetts for Los Angeles in 2007 to pursue a career in comedy.[ citation needed ]

From 2008 to 2010, while working as an Apple Genius, Mira produced the podcast Comedy and Everything Else featuring Todd Glass and Jimmy Dore. [3] Since February 2010, Mira has co-hosted The Nerdist Podcast, with Jonah Ray and Chris Hardwick. [4] The podcast was named one of 2010's best by The A.V. Club. [5] Mira has appeared as a guest on several other podcasts, including Sklarbro Country [6] and Doug Loves Movies . [7] In 2011 Mira produced ONESTAR, a show at UCB Theatre Los Angeles with comedian Thomas Lennon in which comedians and actors performed "dramatic readings of the Yelp reviews of the Koreatown 24 Hour Fitness." [8] Mira hosts a weekly open mic at the NerdMelt theatre at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles titled Nerdist Open Mic, formerly titled Matt Mira's Day Off. [9] In May 2011, BBC America commissioned a pilot based on The Nerdist Podcast, hosted by its creator, comedian Chris Hardwick and featuring Jonah Ray and Mira in their usual co-hosting roles. [10] Mira announced on The Nerdist Podcast that he had accepted a job as the new gadget producer on G4's Attack of the Show . [11] In January 2012, he began making on-air appearances for the segment. Beginning in July 2012, Mira co-hosted Attack of the Show up until its final episode on January 23, 2013. [12]

A video featuring a golf-cart running over Matt has been featured on the TV shows tosh.0 , Country Fried Home Videos, and World's Dumbest... .

Beginning in March 2012, Matt began co-hosting an occasional podcast with film producer Scott Mosier called FEaB (Four Eyes and Beard), a joint production of Nerdist Industries and SModcast.com.

Since September 2013, Matt co-hosts James Bonding with Matt Gourley (and guests), an Earwolf podcast where they discuss James Bond films. [13] [14]

Since October 2013, Mira has been writing for the Chris Hardwick hosted @midnight on Comedy Central. [15]

On June 19, 2015, Kevin Smith announced via Facebook that he and Mira "will provide a commentary track for every single episode of Frasier " on a new podcast entitled Talk Salad & Scrambled Eggs. [16]

As of 2016, Mira is writing for The Goldbergs on ABC. He hosts a podcast with his wife Doree Shafrir about their journey about making a baby via IVF called Matt & Doree's Eggcelent Adventure.[ citation needed ]

In January 2017, Mira began co-hosting the podcast Star Trek: The Next Conversation with fellow The Goldbergs writer Andrew Secunda. [17]

On September 22, 2017, Matt was named host of After Trek , a live after-show companion to Star Trek: Discovery broadcast on CBS All Access. [18]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011–2013 Attack of the Show! Himself – Gadget Pr0n / Himself – Host / Segment Producer65 episodes
2013 The Nerdist Himself (Host) / Senior Segment Producer / Head Writer18 episodes
2013–2015 @midnight Writer26 episodes
2016 The Goldbergs Writer7 episodes
2017 After Trek Host14 episodes

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  2. ↑ Burrows, Leah (April 8, 2011). Chris Hardwick singles out his nerdiness. Boston Herald
  3. ↑ "Zvents Performers: Matt Mira". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  4. ↑ Hardwick, Chris (February 8, 2010). "The Nerdist Podcast: Now A Thing!". nerdist.com.
  5. ↑ Adams, Erik; Heisler, Steve; Hyden, Steven; Koski, Genevieve; Phipps, Keith; Robinson, Tasha; Ryan, Kyle; Tobias, Scott (December 29, 2010). "The Best Podcasts of 2010". The A.V. Club.
  6. ↑ "Earwolf guest: Matt Mira". Earwolf.
  7. ↑ Benson, Doug (August 24, 2011). Zach Galifianakis, Nick Swardson, Marc Maron and Matt Mira guest Doug Loves Movies.
  8. ↑ "Matt Mira & Thomas Lennon present ONESTAR". Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
  9. ↑ Hardwick, Chris. "Matt Mira's Day Off: Warning: The Following Item Is an Open Mic". LA Weekly.
  10. ↑ Wicks, Kevin (May 23, 2011). Anglophenia: Chris Hardwick to host "Ministry of Laughs" and Nerdist pilot for BBC America. BBC America
  11. ↑ Hardwick, Chris. "Nerdist Podcast #112".
  12. ↑ "Mira Co-Host AoTS".
  13. ↑ Matts Gourley and Mira (September 5, 2013). "James Bonding #000: Do You Expect Me To Talk?" (Podcast). Nerdist. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ Sedinger, Kelly (August 5, 2014). "Responding to Bonding". Byzantium's Shores. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Mira writes on @Midnight". IMDb .
  16. ↑ "Kevin Smith – New Podcast! @mattmira & I will provide a commentary track for every single episode of Frasier on Talk Salad & Scrambled Eggs!". Facebook .
  17. ↑ "Star Trek The Next Conversation on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  18. ↑ "Matt Mira To Host After Trek". Star Trek. Retrieved Aug 11, 2020.
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