Thomas Weston Segura (born April 16, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, author, actor, and

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er. Segura co-hosts the ''

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'' podcast with his wife and fellow comedian

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. Segura also co-hosts the podcast ''Two Bears One Cave'' with friend and fellow comedian

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Early life

Segura was born on April 16, 1979 in

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to Rosario "Charo" Segura and Thomas Nadeau Segura. Tom grew up speaking Spanish and spent his summers in

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, Peru. He graduated from

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, and from Lenoir-Rhyne University in

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. At age 19, he overdosed on

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and fell into a short coma.

Career

Segura began stand-up comedy shortly after graduating from Lenoir-Rhyne University. On episode 568 of ''Your Mom's House'', Segura mentioned he was doing comedy in the evenings for the first few years while holding down other daytime jobs. Segura has described interning at Kopelson Entertainment and then having his first paid job in the industry as a logger, producing transcripts of reality shows such as ''Extreme Makeover'' and ''My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss''. Segura has performed at the

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, the Global Comedy Festival in

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, and Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Segura was also a

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regional finalist on '' Last Comic Standing 2''. In 2018, Segura and Pazsitzky landed a TV deal with CBS, who gave a pilot production commitment for their show ''The Little Things''. Segura's fourth special for Netflix, ''Ball Hog'', premiered on March 24, 2020, and a Spanish-language special was planned for the fall of 2020, before the advent of the

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In 2010, Segura and Pazsitzky started the

'', which they both host. Segura released a book in 2022 titled ''I'd Like to Play Alone, Please'', a collection of humorous essays. He said about the book: "This is not a memoir, this is not an autobiography. It's a collection of stories, which is an extension of what I do as a comedian, which is I tell stories, a lot."

Personal life

Segura is from

, and has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota;

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;

; and

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. He has two sisters Jane and Maria and is related to the neurobiologist and podcast host

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. Segura and his wife and two children live in

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Stand-up comedy

Albums

TV appearances

Bibliography

Filmography

Film

References

External links

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Your Mom's House Podcast
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