Ian Edwards (comedian) facts for kids

Ian Edwards is a funny stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He was born in England but has roots in Jamaica and America. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Ian Edwards' Career

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

Writing for TV Shows

Edwards has written for many popular TV shows. He wrote for ABC's The Big House, which starred Kevin Hart. In 2005, he was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV's prank show Punk’d. He also worked as a story editor for Cartoon Network's The Boondocks.

Later, Edwards wrote for Comedy Central's Chocolate News. He was also a Consulting Producer for Dogg After Dark, a show starring Snoop Dogg. He wrote for FOX's In the Flow with Affion Crockett.

More recently, Edwards was a writer for ABC's Black-ish. He also wrote for the animated series Black Dynamite on Adult Swim, where he was also a supervising producer for season 2. In 2014, some of his jokes were featured in The New York Post and Time Out Los Angeles.

Stand-Up Comedy Performances

Ian Edwards has performed his stand-up comedy on many stages. In 2006, he was featured on the Comedy Death-Ray album. He appeared twice on HBO's famous show Def Comedy Jam. In 2007, he performed on P. Diddy's The Bad Boys of Comedy. .....

Comedy Albums and TV Appearances

..... This album was released on Conan O’Brien's Team Coco Records. Edwards was the first comedian to sign with Conan O’Brien's record label. He has appeared many times on Conan O’Brien's talk show Conan. He also appeared on the comedy game show @Midnight.

Acting Roles

Edwards has also acted in movies. ..... In 2014, he acted in the film Tangerine. This movie was very successful at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. It was later released in theaters in 2015. In 2015, Edwards starred in Raise The ToyGantic. This was a mockumentary, which is a fake documentary, about a toy luxury ocean-liner.

Interviews and Reviews

Ian Edwards has been interviewed or reviewed by many well-known publications. These include Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Magazine, and Huffington Post. He has also been featured in Paste Magazine, LA Weekly, and Exclaim!.

Radio and Podcasts

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

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

Edwards also hosts two of his own podcasts. One is called Soccer Comic Rant, which is part of 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 English football team Manchester United F.C..

Filmography

Here are some of the movies and TV shows Ian Edwards has been in:

• 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