Dan Levy (American comedian)

Daniel Levy (born March 19, 1981), is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer from Stamford, Connecticut. He lives in Los Angeles, California.[1]

Not to be confused with Canadian actor and writer Dan Levy.

Dan Levy
Levy at the Improv in 2018
Birth name	Daniel Levy
Born	(1981-03-19) March 19, 1981 Stamford, Connecticut
Medium	Stand-up
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Rachel Specter ( m. 2010)
Children	2
Website	danlevyshow.com

Early life and education

Levy was born on March 19, 1981, to Linda and Elliott L. Levy.[1] In 1993, Levy was a member of the "Half Pint Players", a teen-age improvisation group in Stamford, Connecticut.[2] He began performing as a comedian while attending Emerson College in Boston.[3]

Career

Levy has performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, and toured with Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney, and Whitney Cummings. He has made TV appearances on Premium Blend, Comedy Central Presents, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Chelsea Lately, The Office, Enlightened, Atypical, and @midnight. His Comedy Central album Congrats on Your Success debuted #1 on iTunes when it was released in 2012. His hour comedy special "Dan Levy: LION" first premiered on Seeso.

As a host, Levy has worked on four MTV shows including Your Face Or Mine and MTV Spring Break, and his own talk show for College Humor: IHaveToGoInAMinuteShow, a daily comedy show directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson.[4] Levy produced, wrote, and starred in My Long Distance Relationship, a 10-part web series for Crackle.

In April 2013, Levy collaborated with DJ Jensen Karp to create Baby Talk, a live comedy show where 3 to 4 comedians ask for parenting advice from children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. The show was held at NerdMelt Showroom in Los Angeles, which later became a JASH series.[5] Some of the guests included Blake Griffin, Paul Scheer, Natasha Leggero, Bo Burnham, Neal Brennan, and Jermaine Fowler.

In Fall 2016, Levy released his first hour comedy special Dan Levy: LION on the NBC streaming platform Seeso and Amazon.

Levy shooting a promo for his 2016 special, Dan Levy: LION, with longtime friend, John Mulaney

As a producer, Levy executive produced Pretty Wild for E!, and the VH1 sketch series Stevie TV. Levy has written for the Roast of Justin Bieber, and the sitcoms Whitney, Mulaney, The Awesomes, and for the past three seasons, The Goldbergs.[6][7][8] He and long time collaborator Steve Basilone, are currently writing the sequel to the movie Twins, Triplets, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito, and Eddie Murphy.

Personal life

Levy is married to writer and actress Rachel Specter.[1] Levy is close friends with stand-up comedian John Mulaney, and officiated at his wedding in 2014.

Levy lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children where he writes for the ABC show The Goldbergs.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Dirty Famous
	Starved for Attention	Frederick
	Hope Rocks: The Concert with a Cause	Himself
2007	Cash Cow	Unicom's Evil Corporate Shill and Anchorman
	My Sexiest Year	Mark
2008	Spring Break 2008: Pretty Smart
	Below the Law	Dave	Also producer, writer
2009	My Long Distance Relationship	Sam	Also executive producer, writer, creator
	Blimp Prom	Danny Goodyear	Also writer
	Frat Party	Chad
	Funkt Up	Himself
2010	Naked But Funny
	Axe: Dirtcathlon	DJ Croozeship
	A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti	Himself
2011	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	Frat House MC
2012	Cyberstalker	Mystery Man
	Roast of Parks Bonifay	Himself
2015	Bad Night	Meatball

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Andy Dick Show	Nick
	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Himself	Guest comedian
2004	Your Face or Mine?	Himself	Host
	ESPN SportsCentury	Himself
2005	Almost Funny	Himself	Also co-producer and writer
	The Reality Show	Himself
2006	Premium Blend	Himself
2007	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Jerry Barns	Episode: "Risk It All"
2008–2009	My Long Distance Relationship	Sam	Also executive producer, writer, creator
2009	NESN Comedy All-Stars	Himself	Also producer
	Comedy Central Presents	Himself	Also writer
	Casting Call: Spring Break '83	Himself	Host
2009–2013	Chelsea Lately	Himself	Round Table guest
2010	Laugh Track Mash-ups	Dan	Also producer, writer
	Pretty Wild		Also executive producer, writer, creator
2011	Enlightened	Seth / Sandy	5 episodes
	The X Factor Digital Experience	Himself	Host
	13th Annual Young Hollywood Awards	Himself	Won – Comedian of the Year Award
2012	The Office	Trivia moderator	Episode: "Trivia"
	Stevie TV		Producer
2012–2013	Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings	Himself
2014	Mulaney	Dad (voice)	Episode: "The Doula"
2017	Sidekick with Matt Mira	Himself
2018	Atypical	Hip Therapist	Episode: "Juiced!"
2018	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Fedora Guy	Episode: "I Am Ashamed"

Discography

• Congrats On Your Success (2011)
• Running out of Minutes (2013)
• Dan Levy: LION (2016)

References

1. "Rachel Specter, Dan Levy". The New York Times. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
2. Sierpine, Diane (1997-11-09). "Levy and Sarezky? Is Comedy Ready?". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
3. Gargan, Scott (2011-06-10). "Class clown: Comedian Dan Levy is enjoying Hollywood success". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
4. Agi, Jessica (2008-06-16). "Dan Levy: One minute is all he needs". LaughSpin. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
5. Elist, Jasmine (2013-09-25). "In 'Baby Talk,' comedians get parenting tips from kids". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
6. "Exclusive Interview with The Goldbergs' Supervising Producer Dan Levy". TalkNerdyWithUs. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
7. "Interview with Dan Levy". Serial Optimist. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
8. "Roast of Justin Bieber". TheKnowBuddies. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-18.

External links

• Official website
• Dan Levy on IMDb