Nathanael Lee "Nate" Bargatze (born March 25, 1979) is an American comedian.

Early life

Nathanael Bargatze was born in

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, on March 25, 1979, the son of Carole and Stephen Bargatze. His father is of Italian descent and is a former clown who became an internationally acclaimed motivational speaker. Bargatze attended Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville, and then

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in Gallatin, taking speech and media classes.

Career

Bargatze began his stand-up comedy career at The Boston in

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. He has appeared multiple times on shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', being one of the first to perform stand-up on the latter. He was part of Fallon's Clean Cut Comedy Tour in 2013, also winning New York's Comedy Festival and the Boston Comedy Festival that year. He wrote for the Spike TV Video Game Awards and has performed multiple times for American armed forces in

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and

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. He was mentioned by

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as a "comic who should be big" and by

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as one of the top up-and-coming comics. Bargatze's first stand-up album, ''Yelled at by a Clown'' (2014), made it onto the Billboard Top Ten Comedy Charts for two weeks, peaking at No. 2. He released his second album, ''Full Time Magic'', in coordination with his Comedy Central special in May 2015. In 2017, he had a half-hour special released on

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as part of '' The Standups''. In March 2019, Bargatze released an hour-long Netflix special titled ''The Tennessee Kid''. It was filmed outside

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. His most recent standup special, ''The Greatest Average American'', was released by Netflix in March 2021. It was filmed outdoors at

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and was nominated for the 2022

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. Bargatze is the host of the ''Nateland'' podcast, which draws inspiration from ''

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'' as it often turns into a "podcast about nothing". The show also includes Aaron Webber, Brian Bates, and Dusty Slay. In 2022, he voiced a personality core named Grady in the short '' Portal'' spinoff game ''

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''.

Personal life

Bargatze continues to reside in his native

. He married Laura Baines on October 13, 2006. They have a daughter named Harper (born July 8, 2012).

References

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