Bill Burr

He is of German and Irish descent, and has mentioned being distantly related to Aaron Burr (1756–1836), the third U.S. vice president.

William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and podcaster.

William Frederick Burr was born in Canton, Massachusetts, on June 10, 1968, the son of nurse Linda Ann (née Wigent) and dentist Robert Burr.

He graduated from high school in 1987.

Burr first performed stand-up comedy at the age of 23 on March 2, 1992.

In 1993, he obtained a bachelor's degree in radio from Emerson College in Boston, where one of his professors was the writer David Foster Wallace.

He worked in warehouses before starting his comedy career, later stating that he enjoyed the freedom of the job: "If my boss gave me a rough time, I could just get on a forklift and just, like, drive away."

He moved to New York City in 1994.

Also during this time, he co-starred in the TV series Townies in 1996, appeared in Two Guys and a Girl in 1998 and Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002.

He started to appear in numerous shows performing standup such as Showtime at the Apollo in 2000, Comedy Central Presents in 2003, Just for Laughs in 2004, One Night Stand in 2005, and Live at Gotham in 2006.

He gained prominence as a regular on the Dave Chappelle's popular sketch comedy series Chappelle's Show in 2004 on Comedy Central.

Burr has hosted the twice-weekly Monday Morning Podcast since 2007 and co-founded the All Things Comedy network in 2012.

Since May 2007, Burr has recorded a weekly one-hour podcast, Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast, in which he speaks about his experiences, current events, going on tour, and sports, and offers advice to questions submitted by the listeners.

In the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, Burr voiced Jason Michaels of the biker gang The Lost MC in the mission "No Love Lost".

Burr's first hour-long special, Why Do I Do This? (2008), was filmed in New York.

In 2009, he reprised his role in the game's expansion pack The Lost and Damned.

Burr also appears as a guest on radio shows and other comedians' podcasts, such as Opie and Anthony, You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes, The Adam Carolla Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, WTF with Marc Maron, The Nerdist Podcast, The Adam Buxton Podcast, and Nobody Likes Onions.

Burr was also the first guest on Tom Green's podcast.

Burr's special Let it Go was recorded at The Fillmore in San Francisco and premiered on Comedy Central on September 18, 2010.

That same year Burr appeared in the comedy film Date Night as Detective Walsh.

His other notable roles include various characters in Chappelle's Show, Patrick Kuby in the AMC series Breaking Bad (2011–2013), Migs Mayfeld in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian (2019–present), and Ray Bishop in the film The King of Staten Island (2020).

He made his feature-length directorial debut as the co-writer, director, and star of the comedy film Old Dads (2023).

On April 18, 2011, he guest hosted the Hollywood Babble-On podcast alongside Ralph Garman.

He has also appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of AMC's Breaking Bad as Patrick Kuby from 2011 to 2013.

He has released multiple stand-up comedy specials, including You People Are All the Same (2012), I'm Sorry You Feel That Way (2014), Walk Your Way Out (2017) and Paper Tiger (2019).

He received a Grammy Award nomination for Paper Tiger, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the dark comedy series Immoral Compass (2021–present).

The podcast is available on Burr's website, Spotify, YouTube, and on the All Things Comedy network he co-founded in 2012.

He is sometimes joined by his wife Nia and has featured guests and interviews with other comedians.

A later special, You People Are All the Same, premiered in 2012 as a Netflix exclusive.

Burr's stand-up special You People Are All the Same (2012) was the first to premiere exclusively on Netflix.

All Things Comedy was officially launched on October 1, 2012, with a roster of 11 podcasts including Burr's own Monday Morning Podcast, The Long Shot Podcast by Eddie Pepitone, and Skeptic Tank by Ari Shaffir.

He played Mark Mullins in the 2013 buddy cop film The Heat.

In 2014, Burr filmed his fourth hour-long special I'm Sorry You Feel That Way at the Tabernacle Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.

Unusual for modern comedy specials, the film was shot in black and white.

By 2014, the network had six dozen members and over 50 podcasts.

The network was started out by comedians Al Madrigal and Bill Burr with The Daily Show on the All Things Comedy website.

The network was established as an artist owned cooperative, which Madrigal and Burr emphasize as an important aspect of the collective.

All Things Records was started in March 2014 and released three albums in the months following its creation including Believe in Yourself by Sam Tripoli, Live at the Comedy Castle by Brian Scolaro, and This Will Make an Excellent Horcrux by Jackie Kashian.

He also created, co-wrote, and voiced the lead character in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family (2015–2021).

In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him at No. 17 on their list of the "50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time".