Jonah Ray
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| Born | Jonah Ray Rodrigues August 3, 1982 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Occupation | Comedian |
Jonah Ray Rodrigues (born August 3, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles.
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[edit] Life and career
Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, Ray later moved to Los Angeles. He first pursued opportunities in indie music, but then focused on writing and performing comedy.
Ray started as a writer's assistant for The Andy Milonakis Show, as well as working as a writer and performer on Showtime's sketch comedy pilot "The Offensive Show". He is also a frequent sketch and stand-up performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles and has made appearances on programs such as Saul of the Molemen, Crossballs, The Sarah Silverman Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.[1] He also hosted "Joe Genius", an online program about humor and homegrown science, on Revision3.[2] Previously, he worked as a writer and occasional voice actor on Current TV's program SuperNews!. He previously wrote for Web Soup on the G4 network and currently writes for The Soup on E!.
Ray hosts a weekly comedy show called The Meltdown with Kumail Nanjiani, produced by Emily Gordon, at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. [3]
Ray is one of Chris Hardwick's co-hosts of The Nerdist Podcast. In February 2011, Ray revealed on an episode of the podcast that "Jonah's Arcade", a video gaming-comedy pilot he created and stars in, was not picked up by Comedy Central.[4] The pilot was later released on YouTube, produced by the same producers of Web Soup.
[edit] Releases
Jonah recorded a seven inch record of his stand-up comedy for AST Records entitled "This is Crazy Mixed-up Plumbing", released in 2006.
Jonah had several videos from South by Southwest on comedy website Super Deluxe as well as his own web-series called "The Freeloaders Guide To Easy Living with Jonah Ray".
[edit] Appearances
- The Sarah Silverman Program
- Saul of the Molemen[5]
- Warner Independent's Mama's Boy
- Comedy Central's Live At Gotham
- Human Giant
- Super Deluxe
- X-play
- Attack of the Show
- Infomania
- The Rotten Tomatoes Show
- SuperNews!
- The Andy Milonakis Show
- Master Of The Internet
- Walking the Room Episode 62, August 1, 2011
[edit] References
- ^ Jonah Ray Biography, Bio, Tour Dates Comedians.Jokes.com, Retrieved June 02, 2010
- ^ Joe Genius on Revision3 Retrieved July 15, 2010
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- ^ Nerdist Podcast #64: Burger Salad, 25 February 2011, 49 minute mark
- ^ ReelPopBlog 04/2008 Jonah Ray ReelPopBlog Retrieved June 02, 2010
[edit] External links
- Jonah Ray at the Internet Movie Database
- Jonah Ray: Human giant from Hawaii at thatotherpaper.com
- INTERVIEW BY FLYING COFFIN
- Podcast interview on The Gentlemen's Club with Caleb Bacon
- Jonah Ray on the WTF podcast
