Derek Waters

Birth Name:

Derek Waters

Birth Place:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Writer, Director

Began performing sketch comedy in 2000 at the famed Second City in Toronto, then Second City in L․A․, leading to the comedy duo, web series and short films, "Derek & Simon: The Show" with Simon Helberg
Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "Spin City" in 2002
Quote: "I just want to be able to do more than one thing․ I should say, though, I love stand-up, but I could never really say that I do stand-up․ I love comedy, and I like being funny, but I don’t like being forced to be funny․"
Quote: "I never thought I'd be where I am․ I've had times in my life where I'm like, 'I'm done․ I don't think this is working․' I believe I've been given an extra life․"
Quote: "(On one of his role models, Mark Borchardt): "Pure passion․ What every artist struggles with is thinking that they might fail, but they keep that inside․ He expresses that․ That's a very rare quality․""
Actor, writer, producer, comic best known for work on TV's "Drunk History․"
Has also had recurring roles as Eliot Slade in "Your Magic Touched Me" and as Lewis Kelly in "Married to the Kellys․"
Has a script from an episode of "Saturday Night Live" signed by his favorite band, Pearl Jam, on which none of the band members spelled his name right

2013Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
2015Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:Nominated
2016Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:Nominated
2017Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series:Nominated
2017Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:Nominated
2018Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:Nominated
2019Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:Nominated
2019Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series:Nominated
2020Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Variety Sketch Series:Nominated

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