Chris Gethard
Biography
Chris Gethard is an American comedian and actor who also writes and hosts podcasts. Growing up in West Orange, New Jersey, he spent much of the 2000s teaching improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and began appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2001, often playing teenagers. He starred as Josh Franklin in the Comedy Central sitcom Big Lake (2010) and played Bill in Don't Think Twice (2016). He put out a stand-up album and half-hour special in 2014, followed by an hour-long special in 2017; HBO aired Career Suicide, produced by Judd Apatow, that same year. Gethard created and hosted The Chris Gethard Show, which ran on public access, Fusion, and TruTV, and he hosted the podcast Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, winning a Best Host Webby Award in 2017. He also played Eddie on Space Force and was named to Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2010.
46years old
Turns 47 on May 23in 217 days
- Born West Orange
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Christopher Paul Gethard
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years2014 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 2023She Came to MeIMDb rating 6.0
- 2020Class Action ParkIMDb rating 7.1
- 2016Don't Think TwiceIMDb rating 6.7
- 2014The Angriest Man in BrooklynIMDb rating 5.7
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First role
Gethard began doing paid acting work on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2001, at age 21, playing teenagers because he looked younger than he was through his teens and much of his twenties.
Early training
In 2000, during his sophomore year of college, Gethard became a member of the improv troupe at the Cabarat Theatre at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. That summer he started taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
Chris Gethard movies on Netflix
Worked with
Chris Gethard shares two films with Peter Dinklage, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Peter Dinklage's page
Robin Williams's page
James Earl Jones's page
Marisa Tomei's page
Richard Kind's page
Melissa Leo's page
All films by Phil Alden Robinson
All films by Mike Birbiglia
All films by Rebecca Miller
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.