Dominic Dierkes is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his involvement in the

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is ...

group

Derrick Comedy Derrick Comedy was an Internet sketch comedy group from New York University. The group has a large YouTube following. Their YouTube channel has over 200 thousand subscribers and amassed over 100 million total video views as of 2020. Some notable Y ...

Early life

Dierkes was born and raised in

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. He began doing stand-up comedy at the age of 14 and since he was underage his parents had to be present at his sets. He attended

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where he majored in film/television production. There he joined the sketch comedy group Hammerkatz NYU alongside future

members

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and

DC Pierson DC Pierson is an American comedian, author, and actor. He is best known for his involvement in the sketch and improvisational comedy group Derrick Comedy. Early life and education Pierson was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended New York Uni ...

. During this time Dierkes began taking classes at the

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and both of his comedy groups performed there regularly.

Career

With

gaining notoriety through their comedic videos on

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, the group subsequently wrote and starred in the 2009 comedy ''

Mystery Team ''Mystery Team'' is a 2009 American comedy film by the comedy group Derrick Comedy. The story was written by Donald Glover, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Dan Eckman and Meggie McFadden. It stars Glover, Pierson and Dierkes, was directed by Eckm ...

''.College Humor on the Big Screen
nytimes.com, December 4, 2009. Dierkes is a former writer for ONN, the "television" branch of satirical newspaper ''

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''. Dierkes has appeared in such television shows as '' Parks and Recreation'', ''

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'', ''The Nighttime Clap'', and ''

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''. He had a recurring role on the

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show '' Weeds''. He and his writing partner, Sean Clements, were writers on the short-lived

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animated series ''

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'' in 2011. In 2012 they joined the writing staff of ''

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'' for its third season, and Dierkes guest starred in the 15th episode, "Webcam Girl", as Keith, the owner of the site.

Personal life

Dierkes has been a teetotaler since moving to Los Angeles.

References

External links

*
Official website for Derrick Comedy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dierkes, Dominic Living people American male comedians 21st-century American comedians American male film actors American male television actors New York University alumni Male actors from Memphis, Tennessee Writers from Memphis, Tennessee Upright Citizens Brigade Theater performers Year of birth missing (living people)