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DC Pierson
A man with long blonde hair in a white collared shirt faces the camera, head tilted to the right side of the frame and slightly upturned.
Pierson in 2006
Born
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
EducationNew York University (BA)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, comedian, rapper
Years active2005–present

DC Pierson is an American comedian, author, and actor. He is best known for his involvement in the sketch and improvisational comedy group Derrick Comedy.

Early life and education

Pierson was born in Phoenix, Arizona.[1] He attended New York University, joining a sketch comedy group, Hammerkatz NYU, in the fall of 2003. He worked as both assistant director and director during his three-year tenure with the group. Pierson graduated from NYU's Dramatic Writing Department in 2007 with a degree in writing for television. He also made three brief appearances on NBC's Community, on which his Derrick Comedy co-star Donald Glover plays a main character, as a Greendale Gazette member.[1]

Career

Derrick Comedy

Pierson, along with other Hammerkatz alumni Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes and Dan Eckman, formed the group Derrick Comedy after meeting at NYU.[2] Pierson is both one of the principal actors and writers for Derrick Comedy.

Derrick Comedy has performed as an improvisational comedy group at the UCB Theatre in New York, but are best known for their sketches that appear on YouTube[3] and CollegeHumor. Pierson has played roles including an emo teenager and a man making a plea to the Godfather. Pierson co-wrote Derrick Comedy's first feature-length film, Mystery Team, in which he also plays a self-described boy genius named Duncan.

Other works

On January 21, 2010, Pierson's first novel, The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To, was released on Random House. The story follows two high school students who are social outcasts. When one of the students, Eric, reveals that he never sleeps, the two boys end up on the run.[4] His book came to a broad audience when he personally answered a high school student's questions regarding the work on Yahoo! Answers on August 13, 2012. On the page, the student asked for help in reviewing the book, a task that had been assigned to her by her teacher. She stated that lack of time, among other things, caused her to be unable to read the book. The author's reply to the student was first recognized by Techcrunch,[5] and this coverage helped encourage more users to buy and read his book. One of Pierson's primary influences for his novel was the late J.D. Salinger. He is currently working on turning the book into a film, which will be directed by Dan Eckman.[6] Pierson's second novel, Crap Kingdom, was released in 2013.

Childish Gambino is the rap moniker of his fellow Derrick Comedy member, Donald Glover. Pierson was featured on both of Childish Gambino's "I Am Just a Rapper" mixtapes, contributing verses to three different songs, "49ers (Orange Shirt)", "The Truth (Goth Star)", and "Different (Feel It All Around)". Pierson along with Nick Packard was also featured on Childish Gambino's "Assassins" from the 2008 mixtape Sick Boi. He was also featured along with Amber Petty on Donald Glover's "Starlight" from the 2009 mixtape Poindexter. He is also credited with the story told during "That Power" on Childish Gambino's Camp.

In 2014, Pierson had a brief cameo in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Apple tech support Aaron Wilson. He reprised the character in 2021 in an advertisement series that doubled as a promotion for the Xbox Series X and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, in which he is revealed to be the same character as "NoobMaster69" from Avengers: Endgame.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Mystery Team Duncan
2010 Cherry Wild Bill
2010 Furry Vengeance Student Uncredited
2012 Grassroots Wayne
2013 Awful Nice Sven
2013 The To Do List Hillcrest Lifeguard #1
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Apple Employee
2014 Balls Out Bill
2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Theater Audience Member Short
2018 Dude Biff (Drug Dealer)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 CollegeHumor Originals Various roles 6 episodes
2007–2010 UCB Comedy Originals 16 episodes
2010–2011 Community Mark Millot 5 episodes
2011 The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down Chad Television film
2012 Weeds Deepak Episode: "See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die"
2012 NerdTerns Dylan Rousseau Episode: "Jenny's Ex"
2012 Up All Night Photographer Episode: "Snow Day"
2013 1600 Penn Casanova Episode: "Bursting the Bubble"
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Lance Episode: "Trading Faces"
2013 5-Second Films D.C. Episode: "Settlers of Catan"
2013 Key & Peele Funk Band Member Episode: "Tackle & Grapple"
2013 Comedy Bang! Bang! Rich Neckstein Episode: "Andy Dick Wears a Black

Suit Jacket & Skinny Tie"

2014 Growing Up Fisher Guy Episode: "Desk/Job"
2014–2017 Kirby Buckets Mr. Krause 3 episodes
2015 Battle Creek Bobby D Episode: "Gingerbread Man"
2015 2 Broke Girls Leo Episode: "And the Minor Problem"
2016 Adam Ruins Everything Mitchell Episode: "Adam Ruins the Internet"
2016 Untitled Sarah Silverman Project Bryan Television film
2018 Here and Now Brandon Episode: "Eleven Eleven"
2018 Standup and Away! with Brian Regan — Episode: "Episode 2"
2019 Artista Obscura TH Scooby Television film
2020 Vibrant Visionaries Guest Episode: "DC Pierson on the Benefits of

Developing a Growth Mindset"

2020 Brews Brothers Indigo Episode: "Krachtbal"

References

  1. ^ a b "UCB Theatre". Archived from the original on 2008-02-27.
  2. ^ [1] Archived March 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Derrickcomedy". YouTube.com. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  4. ^ "DC Pierson". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  5. ^ "Author Fights For His Book On The Internet After Slacking Student Pleads For A Quick Summary". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  6. ^ "MYSTERY TEAM Director Dan Eckman Adapting THE BOY WHO COULDN'T SLEEP AND NEVER HAD TO; Directing Episode of Community This Season". Collider. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  7. ^ Bullard, Benjamin (2021-03-15). "Falcon and Winter Soldier Xbox ad hilariously reveals Thor's smack-talking Fortnite nemesis Noobmaster69". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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