John Early (comedian)

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John Early
Born (1988-01-21) January 21, 1988 (age 33)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materNew York University
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2012–present

John Early (born January 21, 1988) is an American comedian and actor. He has appeared on 30 Rock as Jenna Maroney's son and in the independent film Fort Tilden. He stars in Search Party, which was written partly by Michael Showalter and also stars Alia Shawkat.[1]

Early life[]

Early is from Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a Presbyterian minister; his mother, a minister at a church of the Disciples of Christ. He attended the University School of Nashville. He graduated from New York University where he majored in acting. When he was 11, he became a big fan of Australian actress Toni Collette and ran a fan website devoted to her.[2]

Career[]

Early was featured on Lauren Lapkus' podcast (Episode #41, August 28, 2015),[3] as well as Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which was released on Netflix in the summer of 2015. He tours around the country with his stand-up/variety show "Literally Me"[4] and also hosts a monthly variety event (called Showgasm) at Ars Nova in New York City. He has made voice appearances on two episodes of Bob's Burgers as brunch blogger Dalton Crespin.[5]

Early frequently collaborates with comedians such as Hamm Samwich and Kate Berlant in a variety of sketch and filmed presentations.[6] In 2016, he wrote and starred in his own 30-minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters.[7] In 2017, he starred alongside Berlant in the Vimeo miniseries 555, directed by Andrew DeYoung.[8] He also had a small role as Evan in the 2017 drama Beatriz at Dinner, starring Salma Hayek and John Lithgow.[9] In 2019, Early appeared in the music video "Squidward Nose" by Cupcakke. In July 2019, Early starred in an episode of Drunk History about Martha Mitchell, which included acting by Vanessa Bayer and Tony Hale.[10]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Director Notes
2014 Fort Tilden John Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers
2016 Other People Gabe Chris Kelly
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Darren Nicholas Stoller
2017 Beatriz at Dinner Evan Miguel Arteta
2017 Fun Mom Dinner Alfred Alethea Jones
2017 What Children Do Pastor Wes Dean Peterson
2017 The Disaster Artist Chris James Franco
2018 Thread John Max Rosen Short film
2019 Late Night Chris Reynolds Nisha Ganatra
2019 Good Posture Sol Dolly Wells
2020 Save Yourselves! Blake Alex Huston Fischer
Eleanor Wilson

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2012 30 Rock Jerome Episode: "Standards and Practices"
2014 High Maintenance Wayne Episode: "Sabrina"[11]
2015 Broad City Brandon Episode: "The Matrix"[11]
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Logan 2 episodes[11]
2015 The Special Without Brett Davis Tyler Episode: "Vic & the Moose & Tyler"
2016–2018 Animals. The Assistant / Monty / Fashion Rat 2 4 episodes
2016 Love Daniel Episode: "Party in the Hills"
2016 Netflix Presents: The Characters John the Intern / Jason / John / Riley / Vicky 2 episodes
2016 Difficult People Mickey Episode: "Kessler Epstein Foundation"
2016 Haters Back Off Maureen The Mattress Queen Episode: "Starr Off the Parade"
2016–present Search Party Elliott Goss Main cast
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Logan 4 episodes
2017 Bob's Burgers Dalton 3 episodes
2017 At Home with Amy Sedaris Russell Episode: "Gift Giving"
2018–present Big City Greens Alexander 4 episodes
2019 Los Espookys Mark Stevens Episode: "El laboratorio alienigena (The Alien Lab)"
2019 Tuca and Bertie Dirk Recurring role
2020 Central Park Augustus Episode: "Hot Oven"
2020 Close Enough Mr. Timothy Brice Campbell Recurring role
2021 I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Leslie Episode: "Didn't you say there was gonna be five people at this table?"
TBA The Afterparty Detective Cusp Upcoming series

References[]

  1. ^ "'Arrested Development' Alum Alia Shawkat to Star in Jax Media Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "John Early Used to Run a Toni Collette Fan Website". Late Night with Seth Meyers. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "John Early: Celebrity Wow with Tyler LIVE, episode #41 of With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Pretending to be Serious with Comedian John Early « The WILD Magazine". thewildmagazine.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Wellen, Brianna (October 1, 2017). "Bob's Burgers returns with a little help from its fans". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  6. ^ Branum, Guy (April 2, 2014). "John Early Is Young, Hungry and Coming Down the Stairs". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "Netflix Orders Innovative Sketch Series 'The Characters' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  8. ^ "Dial '555' for a good time with John, Kate, and Andy". Vimeo Blog. January 20, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "John Early Has the Smallest Role in Beatriz at Dinner". Late Night with Seth Meyers. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  10. ^ Wright, Megh. "Watch a Very Drunk John Early Tell a Fascinating Story About Watergate". www.vulture.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c "John Early". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

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