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Christopher Paul Gethard (/ˈɡɛθərd/; born May 23, 1980) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He was the host of The Chris Gethard Show, a talk show based in New York City, which aired from 2011 to 2018. He hosts the podcasts Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People and New Jersey is the World.

Chris Gethard
Gethard in July 2016
Born	Christopher Paul Gethard (1980-05-23) May 23, 1980 (age 42) West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actor, comedian, writer
Television	The Chris Gethard Show
Spouse	Hallie Bulleit ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1

Early life

Gethard grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, the son of Sally and Ken Gethard,[2][3] and attended West Orange High School.[4]

Career

Gethard is an improvisational actor who works largely out of Manhattan's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. He began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2000 while he was a student at Rutgers University.[5]

In 2013, the Independent Film Channel asked Gethard to write a pilot based on his book, A Bad Idea I'm About to Do. IFC gave Gethard a year, in addition to writing his pilot, to market for them at festivals and produce web content.[6]

In August 2016, Gethard participated for the first time in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing his show Career Suicide dealing with his experiences of depression, suicide attempts and alcoholism.[7] During his run at the festival, he also recorded an episode of Stuart Goldsmith's "Comedian's Comedian Podcast", which was published in December 2016.[8]

On May 6, 2017, HBO broadcast Career Suicide, an evening of standup comedy based on Gethard's off-Broadway show of the same title.[9] Produced by Judd Apatow, the HBO special has garnered praise from The New York Times, Time,[10] NPR,[11] The A.V. Club,[12] USA Today,[13] Entertainment Weekly,[14] The Daily Beast,[15] Paste,[16] The Huffington Post[17] and Splitsider.[18]

On October 10, 2019, he was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary called Laughing Matters, created by SoulPancake in collaboration with Funny or Die, wherein a variety of comedians discuss mental health.[19]

The Chris Gethard Show

Gethard hosted The Chris Gethard Show, a talk show that originally aired on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network and was streamed around the world on Gethard's website. The show began as a live piece at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in 2009. Gethard then went to Los Angeles to pitch a network version of the show, but ended up returning to New York City to produce it for public-access because he wanted to retain the chaotic, cheap feel of early MTV talk shows. The show has since grown to consist of both stage and filmed performances. It has developed a reputation for outrageous spectacle, often featuring awkward viewer calls, high-concept group segments and Gethard subjecting himself to abuse, including an episode where he hired a kickboxer to hit him if he failed to answer simple questions about his friends.[5] As a child, Gethard admired comedians who seemed to be able to do whatever they wanted, such as Howard Stern, Andy Kaufman, and David Letterman. This interest influenced the style of The Chris Gethard Show and laid the groundwork for Gethard's comedic persona.[20]

The show was entirely self-funded, and none of the performers were paid for their time during its public access time. However, this largely surfaced as result of the style of Upright Citizens Brigade shows and the aesthetic of the show, Gethard had stated that he would not be opposed to the show being picked up by a television network. He met with a number of network producers, but the show was not picked up, the primary concern being its unpredictable nature and frequent swearing.[6] In early 2014, Comedy Central ordered a pilot from TCGS, to be co-produced by Funny or Die, leading to a brief hiatus from the weekly program. The pilot was taped but ultimately not picked up by Comedy Central. The show returned to MNN from April to January 2015. In its final MNN episode, it was announced that the show had been picked up by Fusion, where it ran for two seasons.^{[citation needed]}

Throughout the show's many manifestations, it has attracted a number of celebrity guests, including P. Diddy, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, Paul Giamatti, and Lena Dunham.[21]

After its run on Fusion, The Chris Gethard Show was picked up for a third season by truTV, and began airing live episodes in August 2017.[21] In August 2018, Gethard announced the show had been canceled and would not return for another season.[22]

Beautiful/Anonymous

Gethard hosts the Earwolf podcast Beautiful/Anonymous, which first aired on March 15, 2016. The following is Earwolf's description of the show: "1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. That’s the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard...Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he can’t hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can and will happen!"[23] He won the Webby Award for Best Host in 2017.[24]

In Your Dreams

Gethard co-hosted Earwolf's podcast, In Your Dreams, with Gary Richardson.[25] The podcast first aired on December 12, 2016 with special guest comedian Aparna Nancherla, and the ninth and final episode aired on February 6, 2017.[25]

Planet Scum Live

Gethard has hosted the show Planet Scum Live, the title of which was given to his live streaming comedy network, since May 3, 2020.

Books

Gethard is also the author of Weird NY, a book detailing the ghost stories and urban legends of New York City, and A Bad Idea I'm About to Do, a collection of stories from Gethard's life, which has been highlighted on This American Life.[26] Previously, Gethard served as an editorial assistant for the popular Weird NJ and Weird US publications.^{[citation needed]} On October 16, 2018, Gethard's self-help narrative Lose Well was published out of Harper Collins's HarperOne imprint.[27]

Interactions with fans

The Chris Gethard Show is well known for its audience interaction. One show featured a woman calling in to inquire about the purpose of the show. Gethard invited her to join them and she became a regular for four months.[5] After this the notion of random, unknown fans becoming regular cast members became popular. The show continued this trend through its public access run, having a new "random" as a cast member for 15 episodes.

Personal life

Gethard married Hallie Bulleit, band leader for The Chris Gethard Show,[28] on August 30, 2014 in Brooklyn, New York.[29] The service was performed by fellow Chris Gethard Show cast member Murf Meyer.[30] The couple had a son, Caleb David Gethard, in April 2019.

He is an avid fan of The Smiths and has two tattoos related to the band—Morrissey's signature on his right shoulder (based on an actual signature he got in marker on his arm), and "It takes strength to be gentle and kind," a lyric from "I Know It's Over," on his right biceps.[31]

Gethard has stated that his favorite sport is basketball and he is a New York Knicks fan. His favorite player growing up was Knicks guard John Starks, who appeared on The Chris Gethard Show in 2016.[32]

His brother, Gregg Gethard, frequently performs as "Financial Guru Gregg Gethard".

Discography

• My Comedy Album (2014)
• Career Suicide (2017)
• Taylor Ham, Egg, And Cheese (2019)
• Chris Gethard: Half My Life (2021)

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	M.A.S.	Head Elf	Video short
2009	May the Best Man Win	Tommy
2010	Snoopy Lamp	Officer Wengert	Video short
	The Other Guys	Clerk
2011	Adults	Michael	Video short
	A Novel Romance	Unnamed Character
2012	The Dictator	Clark
2013	Iron Man 3	Juan	Uncredited
	The Angriest Man in Brooklyn	Dr. Jordan Reed
	The Heat	Himself
2016	Don't Think Twice	Bill
	Ghostbusters	Himself	Cameo
2020	Class Action Park	Himself	Interviewee

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Crossballs: The Debate Show	Writer/ Additional Characters
	Hope & Faith	Wally
2007	Saturday Night Live	Guest Writer	Episode: "Scarlett Johansson/Björk"
	The Knights of Prosperity	Burton Employee
2010	Big Lake	Josh Franklin	10 episodes
2010–2012	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Himself	3 episodes
2011	The Back Room	Himself/ Banjo Kid from Deliverance	TV Series Short; 2 Episodes
	Hardly Working	Hugh Jackman/ C-Snap	TV Series Short
	Louie	Open Mic Host
	Bored to Death	Super Ray Fan
2011–2018	The Chris Gethard Show	Host
2012	Conan	Himself
	Bunk	Himself
2013	The Office	Trevor	3 episodes
2014–2016	Broad City	Todd	6 episodes
2015	Parks and Recreation	Kipp Bunthart	Episode: "Pie-Mary"
2016	Netflix Presents: The Characters	Male Celeb	Episode: "Natasha Rothwell"
2015–2016	Inside Amy Schumer	Steve/ Chris/ Juror #2	3 episodes
2017	Chris Gethard: Career Suicide	Himself	HBO special
	Blindspot	Dr. Gary Lemarsh	Episode: "Lepers Repel"
2018	No Activity	Zach	3 episodes
2019	Crashing	Himself	Episode: "Mulaney"
	Helpsters	Pete's Dad	Episode: "Dancer Dave/Astronaut Amrita"[33]
2019–present	Chris Gethard Presents	Himself/ Producer
2020	Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens	Toby	2 episodes
	Dark Side of the Ring: After Dark	Host
	Planet Scum Live	Himself (host)
2020–2022	Space Force	Eddie	Recurring role
	The George Lucas Talk Show	Himself	11 episodes
2021	Chris Gethard: Half My Life	Himself
2022	Would I Lie to You? (US)	Himself	Episode: "Show Goat"
	Everything's Trash	Atticus Wolinsky	2 episodes
	Out of Office	Winston	TV movie

References

External links

• Official website
• The Chris Get Hard Show – Comedy at its finest
• Chris Gethard at IMDb 

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