Ian Edwards (comedian) facts for kids

Ian Edwards is a funny stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He has roots in both Britain and Jamaica, and he lives in the United States. He was born in New York and now lives in Los Angeles, California.

Comedy Career

Ian Edwards started his career by performing stand-up comedy. His first job as a writer was for The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show in 1998. In 2000, he wrote for MTV's The Lyricist Lounge Show.

TV Shows and Writing

Edwards also wrote for ABC's The Big House, which starred Kevin Hart. In 2005, he became a regular cast member on Punk’d on MTV. He also worked as a story editor for Cartoon Network's The Boondocks.

He continued writing for many shows. These included Comedy Central's Chocolate News and FOX's In the Flow with Affion Crockett. He was also a Consulting Producer for Dogg After Dark with Snoop Dogg.

Stand-Up Performances

Ian Edwards performed stand-up comedy on the Comedy Death-Ray album in 2006. He appeared twice on HBO's Def Comedy Jam. He also performed on P. Diddy's The Bad Boys of Comedy in 2007. Later, he was on Showtime's Live ... Comedy in 2009.

Edwards was a writer for ABC's Black-ish. He also helped write for CBS's 2 Broke Girls and NBC's The Carmichael Show. He was a writer and supervising producer for the second season of the animated series Black Dynamite. His jokes were even featured in The New York Post and Time Out Los Angeles in 2014.

Comedy Album and Acting

In 2014, Ian Edwards released his first comedy album. It was released by Conan O’Brien's Team Coco Records. He was the very first comedian to sign with Conan O’Brien's record label. He has also appeared many times on the TV shows Conan and @Midnight.

Edwards also started acting in movies. In 2013, he was in the movie Dealin' with Idiots with JB Smoove. In 2014, he acted in the film Tangerine. This movie was very popular at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. It was later released in theaters. In 2015, Edwards starred in Raise The ToyGantic, a funny movie about a toy luxury ship.

Interviews and Reviews

Ian Edwards has been interviewed or reviewed by many popular magazines and websites. These include Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Magazine, Huffington Post, and Paste Magazine.

Radio and Podcasts

Ian Edwards is a frequent guest on several popular podcasts. He often appears on Joe Rogan Experience, The Adam Carolla Show, and the Deathsquad Podcast Network.

He has also been a guest on Bobby Lee's TigerBelly Podcast and Marc Maron's ... Podcast. Other podcasts he has appeared on include The Champs, The Church of What's Happening Now, You Made It Weird, and Duncan Trussell Family Hour. He has also been on radio shows like KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show and NPR's Bullseye with Jesse Thorn.

Ian Edwards also hosts two of his own podcasts. One is called Soccer Comic Rant on AllThingsComedy.com. The other is The Preposterous Sessions, which he co-hosts with Zara Mizrahi.

Personal Life

Ian Edwards is a big fan of the soccer team Manchester United F.C..

Filmography

Here is a list of some of the movies and TV shows Ian Edwards has been a part of:

• The Uptown Comedy Club
• The Apollo Comedy Hour
• Man of the Century
• Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
• Natural Born Komics
• The Right Now! Show
• My Two Worlds
• Russell Simmons Presents: The Ruckus
• Going Very Badly
• Raise The ToyGantic
• Tangerine
• Absolutely Jason Stuart
• @midnight
• Friends from College