Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (born March 23, 1972) is an American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Watts refers to himself as a "disinformationist" who aims to disorient his audience in a comedic fashion. He appeared on the IFC series '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'' and leads the

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for ''

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''.

Early life

Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts was born in

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on March 23, 1972, the son of French mother Christiane and African-American father Charles Alphonso Watts. His father was an officer in the

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, leading the family to live in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain before returning to the U.S. and settling in

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, where Watts was raised; he graduated from

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in 1990. He began piano and violin lessons at the age of five, with his love of music beginning as a young child when he saw

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play the piano on television. He moved to

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at the age of 18 to study music, attending the Art Institute of Seattle before studying jazz at Cornish College of the Arts.

Career

Early career (19962009)

In 1996, Watts became the frontman for the band Maktub. While recording and touring from 1996 to 2000 with

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's 4+1 Ensemble as a keyboardist, he was forced to downsize his effects pedal from a

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tape delay to a Line 6 DL4 delay modeler, a smaller device that makes it easy to travel. He began using the Line 6 in live shows with Maktub to replicate the duplicate harmonies from the recorded material. He experimented with improvising entire songs in solo acts with the Line 6, while trying to sound like

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, playing initial gigs at small Seattle venues and artist bungalows. While in Seattle, he composed musical scores for dance choreographers and dabbled in

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with longtime friend and future playwright Tommy Smith, who later ended their collaborative relationship when Watts failed to credit him for co-writing the lyrics of his viral hits "Fuck Shit Stack" and "What About Blowjobs?" In 2004, after recording five albums over eight years, Watts moved to the

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. In 2005, he recorded his first solo single, "So Beautiful". Inspired by ''

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'' and ''

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'', he began infusing spontaneous comedic material with the beat-box-driven musical compositions. He also shot comedic shorts for Superdeluxe,

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, and CollegeHumor. In 2007, Watts appeared on Plum TV's ''Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents'' and starred in the CollegeHumor internet video "What About Blowjobs?" The video became a viral hit. The same year, he also wrote and performed the theme song for ''

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'', a web comedy series featuring Kristen Schaal and H. Jon Benjamin. In 2008, Watts recorded a new special entitled ''Disinformation'', which features his performance at the Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater. He also appeared in the independent film ''Steel of Fire Warriors 2010 A.D.'' as a Mutantzoid Underling and on an episode of ''

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'', as well as making other various television appearances. In 2009, Watts recorded his first solo EP, ''Pot Cookies''. He also began appearing on the PBS Kids' children's program '' The Electric Company''. He performed in his first solo short film ''Watts Does London'' and made a small appearance on Comedy Central's '' Michael and Michael Have Issues''. He then did voice work for an episode of Adult Swim UK's ''

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'', Australia's '' Good News Week'', and appeared in the U.S. documentary ''

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''. He also toured in support of

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in a fall 2009 tour.

''Why Shit So Crazy?'' (20102011)

In 2010, Waverly Films shot a one-hour special on Watts called '' Why Shit So Crazy?'' The special features Watts in live performance at New York venues Galapagos, The Bellhouse, and

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, bookended with brief sketches and a music video of Watts' "Fuck Shit Stack". Comedy Central aired ''Why Shit So Crazy?'' and released the film as a dual DVD/CD package. Afterwards, Watts made various public appearances, including during

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''A Live at Central Park'' (2012)

Watts's second stand-up special, ''A Live at Central Park'', premiered on Comedy Central in the "Secret Stash" on May 12, 2012. It was completely uncensored and received positive reviews. The film was made available as a CD/DVD through Watts' official website as well as Comedy Central's online store. Soon afterwards, Watts performed a song with

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on their farewell documentary movie, '' Shut Up and Play the Hits''.

''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' (20122015)

In 2012, Watts began starring opposite Scott Aukerman on the IFC series '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'' based on the comedy podcast of the same name (formerly '' Comedy Death-Ray Radio''). Also in 2012, Watts began collaborating with Michael Cera, Tim & Eric, and Sarah Silverman to create a comedy

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called Jash. In 2013, On the Boards recorded a new Watts special entitled ''Transition'', which played at various arts festivals including the Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater; it was winner of the MAP Fund Award and Creative Capital award. It is available on iTunes via TenduTV. Watts was invited to perform at Yoko Ono's

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2013 on the South Bank in London where he was supported by

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. In 2014, Watts contributed the outro vocal on "Holy City" and beatbox on "The Classic" from the Joan As Police Woman album ''The Classic''. He also appeared as the last act in the season 4 premiere of '' John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show'' where he told some jokes and performed a song, hugging John Oliver at the end. In December 2014, following CBS's announcement that Watts would lead ''The Late Late Show'' band, Aukerman announced that Watts would remain with ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' through only the first half of 2015. Watts' final episode of ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' was on June 5, 2015.

''The Late Late Show with James Corden'' and ''Spatial'' (2015present)

Watts currently serves as the bandleader and announcer for ''

''. He has described his role on the show as "a mix of Paul Shaffer and Andy Richter". His band on the show was unofficially named Karen, but in response to the rise of that name being used as an insult, the band was renamed Melissa. Watts has a slot on the show to ask a guest a question about anything called Reggie's Question. The questions are a continuation of his time on ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' and follow his preference for surreal comedy in his stand-up act. On December 6, 2016, Watts'

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special ''Spatial'' was released.

Performance style

Watts utilizes improvisation in his solo shows, which consist of him singing and rapping both with words and with

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, accompanying himself by either

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, performing vocal basslines into a loop machine, or simply by playing the keyboard. His act also showcases his trademark style of stand-up comedy, consisting of him rapidly alternating between topics of discussion in both rational and nonsensical manners, making random sounds and gibberish noises, and speaking in other accents and languages at unexpected times, all with the intent of playfully and comically disorienting his audiences. He has a four-and-a-half octave

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Filmography

Film

* ''Steel of Fire Warriors 2010 A.D.'' (2008) as Mutantzoid Underling in Bar * ''

'' (2009) as Himself * ''Reggie Watts Does London'' (2009) * '' Why Shit So Crazy?'' (2010) as Himself * ''

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'' (2011) as Himself (cameo) * ''Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film'' (2012) as Himself * '' Shut Up and Play the Hits'' (2012) as Himself * ''A Live at Central Park'' (2012) as Himself * ''Transition ''(2013) as Himself * ''

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'' (2015) as Tone Hanger Singer and Beatboxer * ''Creative Control'' (2015) as Himself * '' My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea'' (2016) as Assaf * ''Spatial'' (2016) as Himself * ''Keep in Touch'' (2016) as Dr. Harry Clark * '' Duck Duck Goose'' (2018) as Carl * '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019) as Additional voices * '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' (2020) as Chancellor * ''

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'' (2021) as Hoss

Television

* ''Scott Batemen Presents Scott Batemen Presents'' (2007) as Himself * ''Saving Steve Agee'' (2007) as Himself * '' Superjail!'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) as Himself * ''Made Here'' (2009) as Himself * ''The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest'' (2009) as Himself * ''

'' (2009) as The Delivery Guy * '' The Electric Company'' (2009–2011) as Music Man * ''

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'' (2010) as Himself * '' Good News Week'' (2010) as Himself * Team Coco Presents the Conan Writers Live (2010) – Himself * ''

'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) as Himself * ''Mash Up'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) as Himself * ''Funny As Hell'' (2011) as Himself * ''

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'': The Best-of Specials (2011) as Host * '' The Green Room with Paul Provenza'' (2011) as Himself * ''

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'' (2012) as Himself * ''Russell Howard's Good News'' (2012) as Himself * ''The Top 100 Video Games of All Time'' (2012) as Himself * ''7 Minutes in Heaven'' (2012) as Himself * ''Stand Down: True Tales from Stand-Up Comedy'' (2012) as Himself * ''Mash Up'' (2012) as Himself * ''The Secret Policeman's Ball'' (2012) as Himself * ''Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' (2013) as Himself * ''

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'' (2013) * ''Reggie Makes Music'' (2013) * 2013 YouTube Music Awards (2013) as Host * '' America's Next Top Model'' (2013) as Himself * ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' (2012–2016) as Himself * '' Inside Amy Schumer'' (2014) as Neighbor * ''

'' (2015–present) as Himself * '' The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show'' (2017) as Rejgie * '' Baroness von Sketch Show'' (2017) * '' Taskmaster'' (2018) as Taskmaster * '' Tuca & Bertie'' (2019) as Pastry Pete (voice) * '' Ask the StoryBots'' (2019) as Bernard the Nurse

Internet videos

* CollegeHumor – "What About Blowjobs?" (2007) * Jake Lodwick - "It's Over" (2007) * Jake Lodwick - "The Beginning is Near" (2008) * Disinformation (2008) * bd – "I Just Want To" (2009) * "Fuck Shit Stack" (2010) * Pop!Tech – "Reggie Watts: Humor In Music" (2011) * Pop!Tech – "Reggie Watts: A Send-Off In Style" (2011) * Funny or Die – "Reggie Watts Live" (2012) * TED – "Reggie Watts Disorients You in the Most Entertaining Way" (2012) * "Reggie Watts Is Skrillex" (2012) * Jash – Various Videos (2013–present) * "Ian Up For Whatever" –

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Super Bowl XLVIII ad (2014) *

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– "Which Musician Am I?" (2018) * RIGHT NOW - "RIGHT NOW w/ John Goblikon S4 E2 (Reggie Watts)" * Marti Fischer - "Impro mit REGGIE WATTS , Ein Loop zwischendurch"

Music videos

* "Night and Day" by

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(2012) * "Stop Desire" by Tegan and Sara (2016) * "Move" by Saint Motel (2017) * "Ask Yourself" by Panther Modern (2019)

Video games

* Accounting+ * Cartoon Network Journeys

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Simplified'' (2003) * '' Why Shit So Crazy?'' (2010) * ''Live at Third Man'' – 12" Vinyl (2011) * ''A Live at Central Park'' (2012) * ''Spatial'' (2016)

Solo singles

* "So Beautiful" (2005) * "Get Ready" (2014)

Collaborative albums

Maktub

* ''Subtle Ways'' (1999) * ''Khronos'' (2003) * ''Say What You Mean'' (2005) * ''Start It Over'' (2007) * ''Five'' (2009)

4 + 1 Ensemble

* '' 4+1 Ensemble'' (Intuition, 1996) * '' From a Window'' (Avant, 2000)

Wajatta

* ''Casual High Technology'' (

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, 2018) * ''Don't Let Get You Down'' (

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, 2020)

Collaborative songs

* "Closer" rent Laurence feat. Reggie Watts(2004) * "Tears" inkwood(2009) * "Dance Anthem of the 80's" egina Spektor(2012) * "Spaghetti Circus" till Going feat. Reggie Watts(2012) * "Drunk Texts to Myself" Trevor Moore feat. Reggie Watts] (2013) * "We Got A Love" hit Robot feat. Reggie Watts(2013) * "Bassface"

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feat. Reggie Watts (2014) * "MFN" / "Housekeeping" Cibo Matto, Hotel Valentine (2014) * "Holy City" / "The Classic" Joan as Police Woman (2014) * "Sunshine" Flight Facilities (2014) * " Trumpy Trump" The Cooties (2016) * "There Should Be Unicorns" Oczy Mlody,

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, (2017) * "Captain Crunch"

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& MF Doom (2018) * "Stranded" Flight Facilities (2018) * "Daddi (Reggie Watts Remix)"

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(2019) * "OATMILK" (with

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) (2020)

Awards and honors

Watts is the winner of the 2005 Malcolm Hardee "Oy Oy" Award, the 2006 '' Andy Kaufman Comedy Award'', and the 2006 Seattle Mayor's Arts Award. He was also awarded the 2008 MAP Fund and the 2009 Creative Capitol Grant for the performing arts, and won the 2009 ECNY Award for Best Musical Comedy Act.