Sam Morril is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
Early life
Morril grew up in
New York City
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, the son of
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
parents. His mother, Marilyn Greenberg, is a painter and his stepfather is publishing industry attorney Mark Charles Morril.
His maternal grandfather was George Greenberg, the former CEO of
Loehmann's
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clothing store chain.
In 1993, when he was seven years old, his mother and stepfather married and he thus adopted the Morril surname.
He has two step-siblings. Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer
Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer
Ansel Elgort
Ansel Elgort (born March 14, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film ''Carrie'' (2013) and gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic dr ...
.
He attended the
Browning School
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...
in
Manhattan
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,
and later graduated from
Tulane University
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in
.
Career
Morril was named one of
Comedy Central
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's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including
Dave Attell
David Attell (born January 18, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer best known as the host of Comedy Central's ''Insomniac with Dave Attell'', which earned him a cult following. His work has drawn admiration from many comedi ...
,
Marc Maron
Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician.
In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty ...
,
Conan O'Brien, and
Amy Schumer
Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series ''Last Comic Standing'' i ...
. He worked as an intern on ''
The Colbert Report
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'' and later appeared on ''
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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'' in April 2016. He has also made multiple appearances on ''
Conan'' since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on ''
America's Got Talent
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'' in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special, ''Positive Influence'', was released by Comedy Central in September 2018. His second one-hour special, ''I Got This'', was released via Comedy Central's
YouTube
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channel in February 2020. He is a regular on Comedy Central's ''This Week at the Comedy Cellar'', performing frequently when not on tour. He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an
open mic
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night in the
DC thriller film ''
Joker'' (2019). He co-hosts the weekly podcast We Might be Drunk with comedian
Mark Normand
Mark Normand (born September 18, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up in his hometown New Orleans in 2006. He has performed across the United States and abroad and has appeared on ''Conan (talk show), Con ...
.
Personal life
Morril was in a relationship with fellow comedian
Taylor Tomlinson
Taylor Elyse Tomlinson is an American comedian. She has released two Netflix stand-up specials called ''Quarter-Life Crisis'' (2020) and ''Look At You'' (2022).
Early life
Taylor Elyse Tomlinson was born in Orange County, California. She was rai ...
from March 2020 to February 2022.
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Filmography
Comedy specials
Film
Television
Web
References
External links
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American stand-up comedians
Living people
Comedians from New York (state)
American male comedians
American male television actors
Jewish American male comedians
21st-century American Jews
Year of birth missing (living people)