Daniel E. Soder (born June 24, 1983) is an

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stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his frequent appearances on

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's '' Guy Code'' and his recurring role of Mafee on the Showtime drama series '' Billions'' since 2016. He has co-hosted ''The Bonfire'' with fellow comedian

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on Sirius XM Radio since 2015.

Early life

Soder was born in

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, but was raised in Aurora, Colorado. He is of Irish descent. While Soder was in high school, his father died following a protracted illness, and his sister died two years later in a car accident. Soder grew up close friends with current

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head coach

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. He began performing stand-up comedy while a student at the

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. He graduated from University of Arizona in 2005 with degrees in journalism and political science. A year after graduating, he moved to

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to further pursue his career.

Career

He has appeared on Comedy Central's '' The Half Hour'', '' Conan'', ''

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'', '' Opie and Anthony'', '' The Anthony Cumia Show'',

's '' Guy Code'' and '' Guy Court'',

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's '' Garbage Time with Katie Nolan'', and the ''You Know What Dude!'' podcast with Robert Kelly. After the firing of Anthony Cumia from the ''Opie & Anthony Show'', Soder was a frequent guest and "third mic" on '' Opie with Jim Norton'', formerly on the Faction Talk channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. On July 27, 2015, Soder along with fellow stand-up comedian

began their two-hour live radio talk show, ''The Bonfire'', on SiriusXM's Comedy Central Radio channel airing every Monday through Thursday (previously Mondays and Wednesdays) from 6-8pm EST. As of March 1, 2021, the show has aired on Faction Talk from 5-7pm EST after Comedy Central Radio ceased production on all of its talk shows. Soder appeared in multiple episodes as a guest star on '' Inside Amy Schumer'' beginning in 2014, and had a minor appearance in Schumer's film '' Trainwreck'' (2015). On May 21, 2016, Soder released his first hour long special on Comedy Central titled ''Not Special''. On March 19, 2016, Dan Soder made a special guest appearance on the popular wrestling podcast ''Wrestling Soup'', and has a recurring role on the Showtime drama series '' Billions''. In late 2016, Soder was cast in the comedy ''

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'' (2019), starring

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and Salma Hayek. On July 4, 2017,

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released a new original series called '' The Standups'' featuring Dan Soder's 30-minute stand-up set on the sixth episode (and

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) of season one.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soder, Dan 1983 births American male comedians American people of Irish descent American stand-up comedians Living people People from Aurora, Colorado People from Denver Male actors from Hartford, Connecticut University of Arizona alumni 21st-century American comedians Comedians from Colorado Television personalities from Connecticut