Stavros Halkias

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Stavros Halkias
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Halkias in 2021
Born (1989-02-11) February 11, 1989 (age 35) [1]
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • Podcast
Education Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Years active2010s–present
Genres
Website stavvy.biz

Stavros Halkias (born February 11, 1989) is an American stand-up comedian and podcaster. Active since the early 2010s, he is a nationally touring comic who came to prominence as a founding co-host of the podcast Cum Town . [2] As of 2024, he co-stars in the Netflix comedy series Tires .

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Early life

Halkias was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, [3] to Greek immigrant parents (a Macedonian mother and Athenian father) and attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school where he played football. [4] He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, working for Marc Steiner's Center for Emerging Media as an intern. [5] He stated on the podcast Digression Sessions that he was a few credits short of graduating. [6]

Career

Halkias began performing comedy while attending UMBC, at which he hosted a monthly comedy showcase. [7] [8] [6] During this period, he was active in the greater Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia area and, in 2012, was named Baltimore's New Comedian of the Year. [6]

He later moved to New York City, where he has since made numerous radio and podcast guest appearances, and has written and performed on Adult Swim, IFC, MSG Network's People Talking Sports and Other Stuff . [8] He has appeared in the Comedy Central series Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring , Life Fails, and Sex Fails, and has acted in other internet shorts. He has also performed at venues like the New York Comedy Festival and has opened for acts including Wham City, Tom Papa, and Robert Kelly. [8] [9]

Halkias is best known as a former co-host of the podcast Cum Town , which he co-hosted from its inception in 2016 until his departure in 2022. [10] Since 2019, he has co-hosted the basketball podcast Pod Don't Lie with Sam Morril. [11] Prior to this podcast, he co-hosted White Chocolate NBA Pipecast with Adam Friedland. [12] He also hosted a Twitch series Stavvy Solves Your Problems from 2020 to 2021. [13] In 2022 this series evolved into the podcast Stavvy's World. In 2022, Halkias released his first comedy special, Live At The Lodge Room , on his YouTube channel, which reached 2 million views in three weeks. [14] His second special, Stavros Halkias: Fat Rascal, was released on Netflix in December 2023. [15]

Halkias has become well known for his crowd work, often engaging actively with the audience and riffing on their stories and anecdotes. [16] Many of his stand-up clips on his YouTube channel feature this practice. [17] He released a half-hour crowd-work-only comedy special, Four Nights In NYC. [18]

Halkias has been noted as a body-positive activist. [19] Halkias's involvement with Cum Town podcast has occasionally caused controversy, with criticism levied at the podcast's association with the dirtbag left. [20] [21]

Personal life

Halkias is a Baltimore Ravens [22] and Olympiacos F.C. [23] fan.

Works

Television

• Tires (2024) [24]

Comedy specials

Podcasts [25]

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