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Edward David Pepitone (born November 5, 1958) is an American character actor and stand-up comedian.

Eddie Pepitone
Pepitone in 2012
Born	Edward David Pepitone (1958-11-05) November 5, 1958 (age 63) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	1984–present

Early life

Pepitone was born to a Sicilian father and a Jewish mother in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and was raised from the age of nine on Staten Island.[1]

Career

Described as a "cult favorite",[2] Pepitone is a staple in the Los Angeles comedy scene. He is known for his regular appearances in the early days of the WTF with Marc Maron podcast and his sketch appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Conan, often playing his recurring role as the "New York City Heckler" in the audience.[3] He has also had recurring roles on television programs such as The Life & Times of Tim, The Sarah Silverman Program and Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. His short mockumentary film Runyon: Just Above Sunset, co-written by Karen Simmons and directed by Troy Conrad, won Best in Show (as well as Best Actor in a Mockumentary) at the L.A. Mockfest as well as Best Comedy Short at the Burbank Film Festival in 2011.

Pepitone was a first-round contestant during the first season of Last Comic Standing. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Pepitone was a regular sketch performer on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He has appeared in films such as The Muppets, Old School, School for Scoundrels, and Terri. Pepitone regularly performs stand-up comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. Pepitone has made many guest appearances on comedy programs, including Bob's Burgers, The King of Queens, Chappelle's Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Monk, Community, Childrens Hospital, The Eric Andre Show, Happy Endings, Flight of the Conchords, 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Pepitone also appears in the 2012 documentary Alone Up There, which looks at the craft of stand-up comedy.

Pepitone's first stand-up album, A Great Stillness, was recorded at the Gotham Comedy Club and released in 2011. He also released a sketch comedy album in 2006 called The Big Push.

From 2011 to 2013, Pepitone starred in the 500 episodes of the web comedy series Puddin'.[4]

In the fall of 2013, Pepitone started hosting his own podcast called Pep Talks[5] after being a member of The Long Shot podcast for several years.

In 2014, he won the September 7 episode of @midnight.

A documentary about Pepitone's career entitled The Bitter Buddha[6] was released in 2012 to positive reviews.[7][8]

Pepitone appears in the Adult Swim comedy Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell as Eddie, a tortured soul.

His stand-up special For the Masses was released in June 2020.[9] In December 2020, the New York Times called it the funniest special of the year.[10]

Personal life

Pepitone is a vegan.[11]

Pepitone is famously best friends with Matt Oswalt, the younger brother of Patton Oswalt.[12][13]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Label	Formats
2006	The Big Push	Exotic Recordings[14]	CD/Download
2011	A Great Stillness	Self-release	Download
2014		Stand Up! Records[14]	CD/LP / color vinyl LP (2017)
2015	In Ruins: Live In Brooklyn[15]	Comedy Dynamics[14]	CD/Download

Videos

Year	Title	Studio	Formats
2011	Runyon: Just Above Sunset (short)	Self-release	Download
2013	The Bitter Buddha (documentary)	Syndctd Entertainment/Passion River Films/Gravitas Ventures	DVD/Download/Streaming
2014	In Ruins (special)	Netflix	Download/Streaming
2020	For the Masses (special)	800 Pound Gorilla[9]	Download/Streaming

Album appearances

Year	Artists	Title	Track
2006	The Comedians of Comedy	Live at the El Rey	Cameo
2007		Comedians To Pay Attention To	4. Eddie Pepitone
2012	Various Artists from Stand Up! Records	Comedy Juice All-Stars	3. Twitbook
	Rob Kutner And The Levinson Brothers	It's Okay To Do Stuff	6. Wally Wants A Real Doll
2015	Adam Carolla	Road Work, Vol. 1 What Can't Adam Complain About?	7. Finding Money (The Irvine Improv 12/10/12)
2017	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend feat. Rachel Bloom	Getting Over Jeff (single)	2. My Friend’s Dad

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Combat Shock	Terry - Strung-Out Junkie
2003	Old School	Archer
2005	Save the Mavericks	Coach Cal
	Freeze Out	Tim
2007	The Heckler	Heckler / Stand-Up	Short film also writer
	Life with Fiona	Mr. Thogmartin
	The Living Wake	Reginald
2008	Held Up	Martin	Television film
2009	Punching the Clown	Eddie
2010	Pickin' & Grinnin'	Al
	Bright Day!	Himself	Documentary film
	Seattle Komedy Dokumentary	Himself	Documentary film
2011	Runyon: Just Above Sunset	Eddie	Short film
	Who the F#ck Is Chip Seinfeld?	Himself
	Terri	Joe Hollywood
	The Legend of Awesomest Maximus	Approximo
	The Muppets	Postman
2012	Alone Up There	Himself	Documentary film
	The Bitter Buddha	Himself	Documentary film
2013	Free Ride	BK
2014	Trunk'd	Randy
	Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie	John Swann
2015	Bad Night	The Clown
	Regular Show: The Movie	Sherm (voice)
2016	B-Roll	Sam
	5 Doctors	Boris
2017	Handsome	Durante

Television (incomplete list)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	King of Queens	Dennis / Rob	2 episodes
2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Homeless Nick	1 episode
2006	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Tony	1 episode
2007	Flight of the Conchords	Eddie	1 episode
2011–2015	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Dolores Brutananadilewski (voice)	2 episodes
2011; 2013	Kickin' It	Lou	2 episodes
2013–2014	Community	Crazy Schmidt	2 episodes
2013–2019	Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell	Eddie	18 episodes
2014	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Leo Sporm	1 episode
2014–2015	Maron	Stu Carbone	2 episodes
2015–2016	Regular Show	Sherm (voice)	4 episodes
2016	Limitless	Josh-O-Saurus
2017–2018	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Bob
	Mighty Magiswords	DeBizz (voice)
2019	Rick and Morty	Testicle Monster #2 (voice)	Episode: "Rattlestar Ricklactica"
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Control Room Guy / Bus Passenger	Television special

References

External links

• Official website
• Eddie Pepitone at IMDb

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