stand-up comedian

Michelle Buteau — a multi-talented stand-up comedian, actress, host, writer, and more — has proven she can land her humor with a variety of audiences.

The stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze was popular before he hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time in 2023, but that episode — and a second hosting gig in October — helped boost him into comedy’s A-list.

One of the Sharpied names is Melissa Villaseñor, a stand-up comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum.

The notion that people are putting out multiple specials didn’t exist when I started with stand-up, but I think that people who consume a stand-up comedian’s material, there’s a familiarity, but it’s like a friendship.

The Ohio-born comic further established his comedy cred when he became the youngest stand-up comedian to sell out the Hollywood Bowl during the second installment of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival in May.