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Jerrod Carmichael Biography

Birth Place:

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Profession

Comedian, actor

Fast Facts

Moved from Winston-Salem to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue a career in stand-up comedy
Performed as one of the New Faces at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival in 2011
Named one of Variety Magazine's 10 Comics to Watch in 2012
Performed stand-up as the opening act for fellow comedians Aziz Ansari and Daniel Tosh
Participated in a live script reading of the film Space Jam, held at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles in 2014
Released his first televised comedy special, Love in the Store, in 2014, directed by Spike Lee