Josh Johnson | |
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Born | 1990 (age 33–34) |
Occupation(s) | Comedian, writer |
Josh Johnson is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and musician. He has been a writer on The Daily Show since 2017, and he previously was a writer and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . He toured with Trevor Noah on his Loud & Clear tour for several years. In 2018, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up at the New York Comedy Festival. He has released two hour-long comedy specials, # (Hashtag) (2021) and Up Here Killing Myself (2023).
Johnson is from Alexandria, Louisiana. He received a degree in lighting design for theater from Centenary College in 2012. [1] He lived in Chicago before moving to New York City. [2]
Johnson made his late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , where he was also a writer and performer. [1] Since 2017, he has been a writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; [1] he made his debut as an on-air correspondent in 2024. His first half-hour special was released on Comedy Central in 2017. [3] His comedic story "Catfishing the KKK" has been viewed over 12 million times on YouTube. [4]
In 2018, he appeared on the Netflix stand-up comedy series The Comedy Lineup. [5] At the New York Comedy Festival that year, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up. [6]
He toured with Trevor Noah on the Loud & Clear tour for several years, beginning in 2019. [7] [1]
Johnson's first hour-long stand-up special was # (Hashtag). [8] It was released in June 2021 on Comedy Central to a positive reception, including being named one of the best comedy specials of 2021 by Vulture magazine. [9] [10] Later that year, he took bits from his stand-up and interspersed music compositions in a 33-track mixtape album called Elusive, which he worked on with Mike Relm. [11] [12] His second special, Up Here Killing Myself, was released in February 2023 on Peacock. [9]
Johnson voices Harry Buns on the Disney Channel series Kiff , which premiered in March 2023, his first acting role in a major scripted TV series. [13]
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