Nicholas Rutherford (born August 7, 1985) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. He has performed live stand up and sketch comedy in Los Angeles and New York. He was a writer for ''

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''.

Early life

Rutherford is originally from

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. He attended college at the

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. There, he performed improv and

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with collegiate group, Commedus Interruptus. He was hired to write for SNL until he was abruptly fired after only one season.

Career

Good Neighbor

In 2007, Rutherford came together with

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, and

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to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. Some of their videos include "My Mom's a MILF", "Is My Roommate Gay?", "Outrageous Fun", "420 Disaster", "This is How We Trip", "Toast", and "Unbelievable Dinner", a sketch based on the movie ''Hook''.

''Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey''

On April 30, 2014, Nick was a guest on Ryan Bailey's webseries ''

Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey ''Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey'' is an American comedy web series created by married Los Angeles-based actor Ryan Bailey. It stars its creator as a combination talk show host/marriage counselor who seeks to pass on his words of wisdom for m ...

''. Rutherford works for Fox as a voice actor and writer for the animated series ''

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'', for which he wrote the fourth episode in the 2015 season, "Shell Raiser".

''Dream Corp, LLC''

Nick stars as "Patient 88" on the

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...

series ''

Dream Corp, LLC ''Dream Corp LLC'' is an American black comedy television series created by Daniel Stessen for Adult Swim. Dream Corp LLC is an absurdist workplace comedy set in a run-down dream therapy facility located in a dilapidated strip mall. In each ep ...

''.

References

External links

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Nick Rutherford's Twitter

Nick Rutherford's YouTube Channel

Good Neighbor YouTube Channel
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