Kurt Metzger is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He won an

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and a

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for his work on the television series '' Inside Amy Schumer''.

Early life

Metzger was raised in

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. He was raised as a

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and became an ordained minister at the age of 17; he left the faith at about the age of 21. As a child, he enjoyed watching '' An Evening at the Improv'' and ''

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''.

Career

Metzger first performed stand-up at The Stress Factory in

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s of

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. In 2006, Metzger performed on Showtime's ''White Boyz in the Hood'' as well as Comedy Central's '' Live at Gotham'' the following year. In 2009, he appeared in an episode of the IFC series '' Z Rock''. His debut album ''Kurt Metzger Talks to Young People About Sex'' was released in 2011 by Comedy Central Records. Comedy Central also released his half-hour special as part of

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in 2009. His one-hour special, ''White Precious'' is available on Comedy Central. In 2013, Metzger feuded with Jude Doyle and Lindy West via Facebook and Twitter during a defense of rape humor. From 2013 to 2016, Metzger wrote on 39 episodes of '' Inside Amy Schumer''. He was nominated for four

s and won one Emmy for the sketch "Girl, You Don't Need Makeup". He also appeared in numerous sketches featured on the show. In 2015, Metzger was a semi-finalist on ''

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''; a bit he performed about Mohammed Atta won him "best joke" on the show. Metzger appeared on ''

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'' on February 7, 2011. On August 16, 2016, Metzger faced controversy for writing a Facebook post about comedian Aaron Glaser, who was accused of rape. Following the controversy surrounding Metzger's comments, Amy Schumer stated on

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that Metzger no longer worked for her on '' Inside Amy Schumer''. Schumer later revised her comments to say that Metzger did not work for her on the show because the show was on indefinite hiatus. Metzger co-hosted the ''Race Wars'' podcast alongside comedian

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from 2013 to 2018. In 2019, Metzger started his own interview podcast ''Can't Get Right with Kurt Metzger'' on the ''GaS Digital'' podcasting network. In 2021 he started co-writing and performing sketch comedy and improv on Kyle Dunnigan's show, ''The Kyle Dunnigan Show'', and in 2022 he became a regular co-host on Jimmy Dore's political commentary and comedy show, '' The Jimmy Dore Show.'' Metzger has also appeared on the second and third seasons of '' Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle'', ''

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'', '' The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'', ''This Is Not Happening'', ''

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'', '' Comedy Knockout'', ''What’s Your F@#King Deal!?!'', ''The Approval Matrix'', and more. He was a series regular alongside Alan Alda, Jessica Lange, Steve Buscemi, and Edie Falco on '' Horace and Pete'' in 2016. He voiced the role of Randall on Comedy Central's '' Ugly Americans''. He has appeared on ''

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'' (episodes 667, 1093, 1462, 1707, 1903, 2125, 2265 and 2298). He has also appeared on ''Your Welcome with Michael Malice'' (episodes 323 and 362).

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