Nick Swardson Biography

Fast Facts

• The Minneapolis comedy club Acme Comedy Co․ honored him with its Funniest Person in the Twin Cities award
• Was invited to the U․S․ Comedy and Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado
• Found theater after a high-school career characterized by troublemaking, then tried stand-up comedy as a lark
• Quote: "You get to a point where you get tapped out, or you find your muse in other things․"
• Was expelled from high school four times for everything from smoking marijuana at school to fighting
• Best known for his role as a roller-skating gigolo on "Reno 911," and for his sketch comedy series "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time․"
• Takes quirky and profane insights and runs with them, delivering high energy performances in which he acts out every part of a sketch himself right next to cool, philosophical musings
• Believes in the detoxifying effects of steam rooms, but often doesn't have time to sit in a steam room, so he drives to his appointments with the air conditioner in his car turned off and the windows rolled up instead
• Started stand-up comedy because he wanted to get involved in films and he saw it as the best stepping stone into the industry
• Was the youngest comedian ever to have his own "Comedy Central Presents" special