Josh Johnson is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and musician. He has been a writer on ''

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'' since 2017, and he previously was a writer and performer on ''

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''. He toured with Trevor Noah on his ''Loud & Clear'' tour for several years. In 2018, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up at the

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. He has released two hour-long comedy specials, ''# (Hashtag)"'' (2021) and ''Up Here Killing Myself'' (2023).

Early life

Johnson is from

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. He received a degree in lighting design for theater from Centenary College in 2012. He lived in Chicago before moving to New York City.

Career

Johnson made his late-night debut on

, where he was also a writer and performer. Since 2017, he was a writer for ''

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''. He became a correspondent for the series in 2024. His first half-hour special was released on

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in 2017. His comedic story "Catfishing the KKK" has been viewed over 12 million times on YouTube. In 2018, he appeared on the

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stand-up comedy series, ''The Comedy Lineup''. At the

that year, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up. He toured with Trevor Noah on the ''Loud & Clear'' tour for several years, beginning in 2019. Johnson's first hour-long stand-up special was ''# (Hashtag)''. It was released in June 2021 on

to a positive reception, including being named one of the best comedy specials of 2021 by ''Vulture'' magazine. Later that year, he took bits from his stand-up and interspersed music compositions in a 33-track mixtape album called ''Elusive'', which he worked on with

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. His second special, ''Up Here Killing Myself'', was released in February 2023 on Peacock. Johnson voices Harry Buns on the

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series ''

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'', which premiered in March 2023, his first acting role in a major scripted TV series.

References

External links

Official website
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