Ian Edwards is a
British Jamaican
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American
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stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from New York and based in Los Angeles, California.
Career
Edwards launched his career through stand-up comedy. His first writing job was on ''
The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show
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'' in 1998. In 2000, Edwards wrote on MTV's ''
The Lyricist Lounge Show
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''. He wrote on ABC's ''
The Big House'' starring Kevin Hart, and in 2005, Edwards was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV's ''
Punk’d
''Punk'd'' is an American hidden camera–practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003. It was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, with Kutcher serving as producer and host. It bears a resemblance to both the ...
'', and a story editor on Cartoon Network's ''
The Boondocks
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Boondocks may also refer to:
* The Boondocks (band), an Estonian rock band
* ''The Boondocks'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Aaron McGruder
** ''The Boondocks'' (2005 TV series), the television ser ...
''. He was a writer on Comedy Central's ''
Chocolate News
''Chocolate News'' is an American satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier in 2008 with an emphasis on African American culture. The show was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 10:30 pm on Comedy Central as a lead-in to its ...
'', a Consulting Producer on ''
Dogg After Dark
''Dogg After Dark'' is a short-lived American variety show starring rapper Snoop Dogg on MTV
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'' starring Snoop Dogg and wrote on FOX's ''
In the Flow with Affion Crockett
''In the Flow with Affion Crockett'' is a sketch comedy television series starring Affion Crockett and produced by Jamie Foxx, ''MADtv
''Mad TV'' (stylized as ''MADtv'') is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by ' ...
''. Edwards performed stand-up on the
''Comedy Death-Ray'' album in 2006, appeared twice on HBO's
Def Comedy Jam
''Def Comedy Jam'' is an HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons.
The series had its original run from March 7, 1992 to May 2, 1997. Simmons was inspired to make Def Comedy Jam by The Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem, New York and Jerry Le ...
. He performed on P. Diddy's ''The Bad Boys of Comedy'' in 2007 and Showtime's ''
Live Nude Comedy'' in 2009.
Edwards was a writer on ABC's ''
Black-ish
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'', an uncredited writer on CBS's ''
2 Broke Girls
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'' and NBC's ''
The Carmichael Show
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''. Additionally, Edwards was a writer and supervising producer on season 2 of the Adult Swim animated series ''
Black Dynamite
''Black Dynamite'' is a 2009 American blaxploitation action comedy film starring Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson. The film was directed by Scott Sanders and co-written by White, Sanders, and Byron Minns, who also co-star ...
''. Edwards also wrote jokes featured in The New York Post and Time Out Los Angeles in 2014.
In 2014, Edwards released his debut comedy album, ''100% Half Assed'' on Conan O’Brien's Team Coco Records as the first comic signed to Conan O’Brien's label. He has appeared multiple times on ''Conan'' and ''@Midnight''.
Edwards was a cast member in the Jeff Garlin feature ''
Dealin' with Idiots
''Dealin' with Idiots'' is a 2013 American film written and directed by Jeff Garlin, who also stars. It was distributed by IFC Films and released on July 12, 2013.
Synopsis
According to a press release from IFC Films, the film's distributor, ''D ...
'' opposite JB Smoove in 2013. In 2014, Edwards acted in the film ''
Tangerine
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'', which was a massive success at Sundance 2015. The film signed a distribution deal with Magnolia Pictures and released in theaters in 2015. In 2015, Edwards starred in ''Raise The ToyGantic'', a mockumentary comedy about the "ToyGantic", a toy luxury ocean-liner built in 1962.
Edwards has been interviewed or reviewed in ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'', ''
The New York Times Magazine
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'', ''
Huffington Post
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'', ''Paste Magazine'', ''
Marvel Comics
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'', ''Thought Catalogue'', ''The Onion AV Club'', ''LA Weekly'', ''Penthouse Magazine'', ''Uptown Magazine'', ''Exlaim!''.
Radio and podcasts
Edwards is a regular guest on the ''
Joe Rogan Experience
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'' podcast, ''
The Adam Carolla Show'' and the
Deathsquad Podcast Network. Edwards has also appeared on Bobby Lee's ''
TigerBelly Podcast
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'', Marc Maron's ''
WTF Podcast'', Neal Brennan and Moshe Kasher's ''The Champs'', Joey Diaz's ''The Church of What's Happening Now'', Pete Holmes' ''You Made It Weird'', Duncan Trussell's ''Duncan Trussell Family Hour'', Greg Fitzsimmons's ''Fitzdog Radio'', KROQ's ''Kevin and Bean Show'', the ''Sway Morning Show'' and NPR's ''Bullseye with Jesse Thorn''. Edwards also hosts two podcasts: ''Soccer Comic Rant'' on AllThingsComedy.com, partnered with Laughspin.com, and co-hosts ''The Preposterous Sessions'' with
Zara Mizrahi.
Personal life
Edwards is a supporter of
Manchester United F.C.
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Filmography
* ''The Uptown Comedy Club''
* ''
The Apollo Comedy Hour
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''
* ''
Man of the Century
''Man of the Century'' is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Adam Abraham and written by Abraham and Gibson Frazier. The film stars Frazier, Cara Buono, Susan Egan, Dwight Ewell and Anthony Rapp. It is a farce about the attitudes, values, ...
''
* ''
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs''
* ''
Natural Born Komics
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''
* ''
The Right Now! Show''
* ''My Two Worlds''
* ''
Russell Simmons Presents: The Ruckus''
* ''
Going Very Badly''
* ''
Raise The ToyGantic
Raise may refer to:
Music
*'' Raise!'', the name of a 1981 album by Earth, Wind, and Fire
* '' Raise'' (album), the name of a 1991 album by Swervedriver
Place names
* Raise, Cumbria, England
* Raise (Lake District), the name of the 12th high ...
''
* ''
Tangerine
The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in color. Its scientific name varies. It has been treated as a separate species under the name ''Citrus tangerina'' or ''Citrus'' × ''tangerina'', or treated as a variety of ''Citrus retic ...
''
* ''
Absolutely Jason Stuart''
* ''
@midnight
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''
* ''
Friends from College
''Friends from College'' is an American comedy television series created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The series was greenlit for Netflix as an original on March 11, 2016. The first season consists of eight half-hour episodes, and ...
''
Footnotes
External links
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Edwards on Bad Boys of ComedyInterview with Talk Humor
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British emigrants to the United States
African-American male comedians
American male comedians
21st-century American comedians
English people of Jamaican descent
People from Hammersmith
21st-century African-American people