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Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

Actor · b. 1987 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Rothaniel Jerrod Carmichael (born June 22, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Carmichael created and starred in the semi-biographical NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show. At the age of 20, Carmichael moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being a stand-up comic, before he had ever tried stand-up. His first time doing stand-up was an open-mic night at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Working his way up through the clubs, Carmichael appeared in the "New Faces" showcase at the 2011 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. Carmichael's breakout role was in the 2014 film Neighbors. He was also on the TV show The Goodwin Games. He has released three stand-up HBO comedy specials. The first, Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store, was released in 2014. It was directed by Spike Lee and filmed at The Comedy Store, where Carmichael had first performed stand-up. The second, Jerrod Carmichael: 8, was released on March 11, 2017. It was filmed in the New York Masonic Hall's Grand Lodge Room and directed by comedian Bo Burnham. The latest, Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel, also directed by Burnham, won him his first Primetime Emmy Award, and was notable for featuring the moment he came out as gay to the public. His eponymous NBC sitcom, on which he starred in and produced, has been well-received and is notable for its envelope-pushing approach to topical subjects like Black Lives Matter, LGBT issues, gun rights, politics, and the reality of being African American in the United States. The show is semi-autobiographical. Carmichael made an appearance on Tyler, the Creator's fifth album Igor in 2019, narrating the album using short phrases to find logic in the title character Igor's state of mind. In the same year, he was hired by Quentin Tarantino to co-write a film adaptation based on the Django/Zorro crossover comic book series. He created, directed, produced, and starred in the HBO documentaries Home Videos and Sermon on the Mount which are autobiographical. He starred in the comedy thriller film On the Count of Three in 2021, which was also his feature directorial debut. In 2022, Carmichael hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, and hosted the 80th Golden Globe Awards. In 2023 Carmichael starred in Academy Award-winning film Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. In 2024, Carmichael will star in the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, a documentary series revolving around his life.

Movies20

  • Movie7.6

    Poor Things

    2023 · 5.8K votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie7.2

    Ferdinand

    2017 · 3.2K votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.2

    Neighbors

    2014 · 7.4K votes

  • Movie7.5

    mid90s

    2018 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Disaster Artist

    2017 · 3.9K votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Meddler

    2016 · 388 votes

  • Movie6.4

    On the Count of Three

    2022 · 131 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie
  • Movie6.9

    In Whose Name?

    2025 · 10 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.5
  • Movie6.4
  • Movie6.7

    Sermon on the Mount

    2019 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie5.8

    Home Videos

    2019 · 4 votes

  • Movie8.8
  • Movie6.8

    Jerrod Carmichael: 8

    2017 · 24 votes

Series19

  • TV5.0
  • TV5.1
  • TV6.4

    The Daily Show

    1996 · 664 votes

  • TV7.5

    RuPaul's Drag Race

    2009 · 293 votes

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 530 votes

  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 114 votes

  • TV5.3

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    2003 · 218 votes

  • TV5.6

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

    2022 · 32 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.0

    Golden Globe Awards

    1944 · 20 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV5.1

    Chelsea

    2016 · 80 votes

  • TV5.0
  • TV5.3

    The Shop

    2018 · 12 votes

  • TV

    Stand-up, la rage de rire

    Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy

    2024

  • TV7.2

    The Carmichael Show

    2015 · 47 votes

  • TV6.0

    Lucas Bros. Moving Co.

    2013 · 4 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Goodwin Games

    2013 · 22 votes

  • TV5.8