Barry Rothbart

Barry Rothbart is an American comedian, actor, filmmaker and writer who was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. He began performing stand-up while attending the University of Massachusetts Lowell and later took classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. After seven years on the New York stand-up circuit, he moved to Los Angeles. His television stand-up debut came on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2011, and Variety named him one of its 10 Comics to Watch in 2013. He played Peter Deblasio in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and has appeared in The Lovebirds (2020), Vacation Friends (2021) and Who Invited Them (2022). On television, he was a series regular on Downward Dog and had a recurring role on Kidding. He also co-directed the documentary Hungry, created the Audible series Searching for Allan Rothbart, and produced Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story, which won SXSW jury and audience awards.