Sam Morril

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Sam Morril
Born1986or1987(age 37–38)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2005–present
Relatives Ansel Elgort (cousin)
Arthur Elgort (uncle)
Website sammorril.com

Sam Morril (born 1986or1987) [1] is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.

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Early life

Morril grew up in New York City, the son of Ashkenazi Jewish parents. His mother, Marilyn Greenberg, is a painter and his stepfather is publishing industry attorney Mark Charles Morril. [2] [ time needed ] His maternal grandfather was George Greenberg, the former CEO of Loehmann's clothing store chain. [2] [ time needed ] In 1993, when he was seven years old, his mother and stepfather married and he thus adopted the Morril surname. [2] [ time needed ] He has two step-siblings. [3] Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer Ansel Elgort. [2] He attended the Browning School in Manhattan, [2] [4] [5] and later attended Tulane University in New Orleans. [6]

Career

Morril was named one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including Dave Attell, Marc Maron, Conan O'Brien, and Amy Schumer. [7] He worked as an intern on The Colbert Report and later appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April 2016. [8] He has also made multiple appearances on Conan since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on America's Got Talent in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special, Positive Influence, was released by Comedy Central in September 2018. [9] His second one-hour special, I Got This, was released via Comedy Central's YouTube channel in February 2020. [10] He is a regular on Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, performing frequently when not on tour.[ citation needed ] He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an open mic night in the DC thriller film Joker (2019). He co-hosts the weekly podcast We Might be Drunk with comedian Mark Normand. [11]

Personal life

Morril was in a relationship with fellow comedian Taylor Tomlinson from March 2020 to February 2022. [12] [13]

Filmography

Comedy specials

YearTitlePlatform
2018Positive Influence Comedy Central
2020I Got ThisComedy Central
2020Up On the Roof YouTube
2022Same Time Tomorrow Netflix

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Joker Open Mic Comic
2021Full CapacityHimselfDocumentary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Stuck on APerformer1 episode
2014 Adam DeVine's House Party Himself1 episode
2014–2015 Inside Amy Schumer Beaver / Employee #32 episodes
2014–2020 Conan Himself6 episodes
2015–2016 Red Eye Himself32 episodes
2015 Last Comic Standing Writer
1 episode
2015Adventures in ComedyHimselfDocumentary
2016 America's Got Talent Himself1 episode
2016 @midnight with Chris Hardwick Himself1 episode
2016 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Himself1 episode
2016 Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle Himself3 episodes
2017People Talking Sports: And Other StuffWriter
12 episodes
2018 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Himself1 episode
2018 Last Call with Carson Daly Himself1 episode
2018This Week at the Comedy CellarHimself3 episodes
2018 The Late Late Show with James Corden Himself1 episode
2019 Billions SamEpisode: "Fight Night"
2022Life & BethCarnySeason 1, Episode 5

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Laugh AidHimself Benefit livestream

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  1. ↑ Sullivan, James (March 10, 2023). "Sam Morril on Elevating His Comedy Game and Teaming Up with Julian Edelman". The Boston Globe . p. G4. Sam Morril has been doing stand-up comedy for at least half of his 36 years.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Episode 1115 - Sam Morril". WTF with Marc Maron Podcast. April 16, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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  5. ↑ Epstein, Kayla (April 1, 2015). "Did Trevor Noah and Lena Dunham's jokes offend Jewish people? It depends". The Guardian. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Coviello, Sam (January 14, 2023). "Comedian and former Tulane student Sam Morril performs Jan. 18 at Joy Theater". Nola.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
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  11. ↑ "We Might Be Drunk Podcast on Spotify". We Might Be Drunk Pod. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
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