Jason "Jay" Larson is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He currently resides in

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Early life

Larson grew up in

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. The youngest of four, he was raised by his mother and grandmother. He attended

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and earned a degree in English in 1999. While in college, he played on the baseball team and played the Rabbi during his senior year in the school's production of ''

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''. Upon graduation he moved to Los Angeles to be a writer and actor.

Career

Larson began performing

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in 2001, and in 2004, he became a paid regular at

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. The following year, he appeared as one of the featured "New Faces" at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Larson first appeared on ''

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'' in 2005 and in 2011 had a half-hour special on

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. His story "Wrong Number" made the front page of

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and was featured on ''

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'' with

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in 2016. In 2015, Larson appeared on Comedy Central's ''This Is Not Happening''. From 2012 to 2018 Larson produced the comedy podcast "The CrabFeast" together with comedian Ryan Sickler. Larson co-hosted two seasons of

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's ''Best Bars in America'', produced in 2014. In the spring of 2015, Larson appeared in the thriller film ''The Invitation''. The

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-directed film led to a role as a limo driver in the third season of ''

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'' on

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in 2017. Larson has also created two television shows for

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that were not picked up.

Discography

* ''Self Diagnosed'' (2011) * ''Human Math'' (2016) * ''Me Being Me'' (2018)

Personal life

Larson currently resides in Los Angeles.

External links

The CrabFeast
podcast website
IMDB
page: list of television and film appearances

References

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