Jerrod Carmichael

Rothaniel Jerrod Carmichael was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on April 6, 1987.[3] He has an older brother named Joe.[2] Carmichael grew up poor, which is a frequent topic in his stand-up comedy. In fifth grade, he hosted a morning news show on his elementary school's local access channel.[4] In 2005, he graduated from Robert B. Glenn High School in Kernersville, North Carolina.[5] His early comedic influences were George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and Sinbad.[6]

Carmichael moved to Los Angeles at the age of 20 to pursue his dream of being a stand-up comedian, despite never having tried it before.[7] His first time doing stand-up was an open mic night at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood.[8] Working his way up through the clubs, he appeared in the "New Faces" showcase at the 2011 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal.[9] He appeared on the show The Goodwin Games (2013)[9] and had his breakout role as an actor in the film Neighbors (2014).[2][10] His first HBO stand-up comedy special, Love at the Store (2014), was directed by filmmaker Spike Lee and filmed at The Comedy Store.[8][11]

Carmichael's second stand-up comedy special, 8 (2017), was directed by comedian Bo Burnham and filmed in the Grand Lodge Room of New York's Masonic Hall.[12] Carmichael next co-created, co-wrote, produced, and starred in the semi-biographical NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show (2015–2017), which was well-received and was notable for its envelope-pushing approach to topical subjects such as the Black Lives Matter movement, LGBT issues, gun rights, politics, and the reality of being black in America.[13][14][15][16][17] He also served as an executive producer for the Fox sitcom Rel (2018–2019) and directed Drew Michael's stand-up comedy special Drew Michael (2018), which garnered praise for its unusual style; it features Michael talking directly to the camera in a dark room with no audience present, interspersed with scenes of him in varying degrees of confrontation with an unidentified woman played by English actress Suki Waterhouse.[18]

Carmichael made an appearance on Tyler, The Creator's fifth album IGOR (2019), narrating the album as it progresses and speaking short lines to make sense of Tyler's (and the title character Igor's) state of mind.[19] That same year, he was hired by Quentin Tarantino to co-write a film adaptation based on the Django/Zorro crossover comic book series.[20] He created, directed, produced, and starred in the HBO documentaries Home Videos (2019) and Sermon on the Mount (2019), both of which are autobiographical. He directed and starred in the comedy thriller film On the Count of Three (2021).[21] His third HBO special, Rothaniel (2022), was also directed by Burnham.[22] Two days after the release of Rothaniel, Carmichael hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time.

Carmichael lives in New York City.[23] Having discussed his relationships with both men and women during his documentary series Home Videos (2019),[24][25] he came out as gay in his comedy special Rothaniel (2022).[26]

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• List of LGBT people from New York City

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