John Early (comedian)

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 starred in Search Party, which aired on TBS and HBO Max from 2016 to 2022.[1]

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

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.[2] He attended the University School of Nashville.[3] He graduated from New York University, where he majored in acting.[4]

When he was 11, he became a big fan of Australian actress Toni Collette and ran a fan website devoted to her.[5]

Career

Early was featured on Lauren Lapkus' podcast (Episode #41, August 28, 2015),[6] 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"[7] 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.[8]

Early frequently collaborates with comedians such as Hamm Samwich and Kate Berlant in a variety of sketch and filmed presentations.[9] In 2016, he wrote and starred in his own 30-minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters.[10] In 2017, he starred alongside Berlant in the Vimeo miniseries 555, directed by Andrew DeYoung.[11] He also had a small role as Evan in the 2017 drama Beatriz at Dinner, starring Salma Hayek and John Lithgow.[12] In 2019, Early appeared in the music video for "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.[13]

Early appeared in a small skit titled “Credit Card Roulette” in the Netflix comedy program I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and in the music video for "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift.[14] In June 2022, Peacock released a sketch comedy special produced by Early and his comedy partner, Kate Berlant, titled "Would It Kill You To Laugh".[15]

Personal life

Early is gay.[16] He has stated he is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[17]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes
2013 Sardines Out of a Can Arnie Shonali Bhowmik
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
2022 DC League of Super-Pets Barry Allen / The Flash Jared Stern Voice

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 30 Rock Jerome Episode: "Standards and Practices"
2014 High Maintenance Wayne Episode: "Sabrina"[18]
2015 Broad City Brandon Episode: "The Matrix"[18]
2015 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp Logan 2 episodes[18]
2015 The Special Without Brett Davis Tyler Episode: "Vic & the Moose & Tyler"
2016–2018 Animals. The Assistant, Monty, Fashion Rat 2 Voice, 4 episodes
2016 Love Daniel Episode: "Party in the Hills"
2016 Netflix Presents: The Characters John the Intern, Jason, 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"
2016–2022 Search Party Elliott Goss Main cast
2017 Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Logan 4 episodes
2017 Bob's Burgers Dalton Voice, 3 episodes
2017 At Home with Amy Sedaris Russell Episode: "Gift Giving"
2018–present Big City Greens Alexander Voice, 4 episodes
2019 Los Espookys Mark Stevens Episode: "El laboratorio alienigena (The Alien Lab)"
2019 Tuca & Bertie Dirk Voice, recurring role
2020 Central Park Augustus Voice, episode: "Hot Oven"
2020 Close Enough Mr. Timothy Brice Campbell Voice, 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?"
2021–present The Great North Henry Tuntley Voice, recurring role
2021 Summer Camp Island Bearded Sheep Voice, episode: "Barb and the Spotter Bears Chapter 3: Nightcap", "The Hits", "Bear With Me" and "Retrace Our Hooves"
2022–2023 The Afterparty Detective Culp Recurring role
2022 Killing It Kevin Brailing Episode: "The Kingmaker"
2023 John Early: Now More Than Ever Himself HBO comedy special

Music videos
Year Title Performer(s) Album
2019 "Squidward Nose" Cupcakke Not applicable
2022 "Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift Midnights

References
  1. "'Arrested Development' Alum Alia Shawkat to Star in Jax Media Comedy". The Hollywood Reporter. June 22, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. Philip, Tom (December 20, 2017). "The Manic, Effortless Comedy of John Early". GQ.
  3. Seling, Megan (January 27, 2017). "Calling Comedian John Early". Nashville Scene.
  4. Cooper, Katherine (March 11, 2016). "John Early on Theatre School, His Female Comedy Heroes, and Gay Minstrelsy". Vulture.
  5. "John Early Used to Run a Toni Collette Fan Website". Late Night with Seth Meyers. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  6. "John Early: Celebrity Wow with Tyler LIVE, episode #41 of With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. "Pretending to be Serious with Comedian John Early". The WILD Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  8. Wellen, Brianna (October 1, 2017). "Bob's Burgers returns with a little help from its fans". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  9. Branum, Guy (April 2, 2014). "John Early Is Young, Hungry and Coming Down the Stairs". HuffPost. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  10. "Netflix Orders Innovative Sketch Series 'The Characters' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. February 1, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  11. "Dial '555' for a good time with John, Kate, and Andy". Vimeo Blog. January 20, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  12. "John Early Has the Smallest Role in Beatriz at Dinner". Late Night with Seth Meyers. June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  13. Wright, Megh (July 15, 2019). "Watch a Very Drunk John Early Tell a Fascinating Story About Watergate". Vulture. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  14. Aniftos, Rania (October 21, 2022). "Taylor Swift Attends Her Own Funeral in Spooky 'Anti-Hero' Music Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  15. "Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 2 with John Early". Doughboys (Podcast). Headgum. July 7, 2022. Event occurs at 2:28:20. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  16. Dresden, Hilton (June 21, 2016). "Out Comedian John Early on Conquering the Queer Audience". Out. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  17. "John Early on Twitter: "I'm here, I'm gay, I just joined the DSA 🌹". twitter.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  18. "John Early". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
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