Kurt Metzger

Kurt Metzger (born May 24, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He won an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for his work on the television series ''Inside Amy Schumer''.

Early life

Metzger was raised in Toms River, New Jersey and became an ordained minister at the age of 17; he left the faith at about the age of 21, around the time he started doing stand-up. As a child, he enjoyed watching ''An Evening at the Improv'' and ''Comic Strip Live''; he was also a fan of The Amazing Jonathan and Jeff Dunham in his youth.

Career

Metzger first performed stand-up at The Stress Factory in New Brunswick, New Jersey, although he mainly performed in the Philadelphia area during his early career; he then moved on to perform in the comedy clubs of New York City.

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 Comedy Central Presents in 2009. His one-hour special, ''White Precious'' is available on Comedy Central.

In 2013, Metzger feuded with Sady 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 Emmy Awards 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 ''Last Comic Standing''; a bit he performed about Mohammed Atta won him "best joke" on the show.

Metzger appeared on ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' 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 Twitter 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 Sherrod Small 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'', ''@midnight'', ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'', ''This Is Not Happening'', ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'', '' 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 ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' (episodes 667, 1093, 1462, 1707 and 1903).

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1977 births
Living people
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American male writers
American male comedians
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male television writers
American sketch comedians
American stand-up comedians
American television writers
Former Jehovah's Witnesses
Male actors from New Jersey
People from Toms River, New Jersey
Place of birth missing (living people)
Television producers from New Jersey