John Early

Early worked across comedian, actor, film director and television actor. This article rests on 8 published texts, 1 issued recordings and 38 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — John Early • Born — 21 January 1988 • Birthplace — Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. • Education — New York University (BFA) • Medium — * Stand-up • film • television • Years Active — 2012–present

Early is from Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a Presbyterian minister and his mother a minister at a church of the Disciples of Christ. As a youth, he attended Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summer. He attended the University School of Nashville. He graduated from New York University, where he majored in acting at the Atlantic Acting School. When he was 11, he became a big fan of Australian actress Toni Collette and ran a fan website devoted to her.

Early tours the country with his stand-up/variety show "Literally Me" and also hosts a monthly variety event, "Showgasm", at Ars Nova in New York City. He was featured on Lauren Lapkus's podcast With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus (Episode 41, August 28, 2015), and in Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which was released on Netflix in 2015. He has made voice appearances on two episodes of Bob's Burgers as brunch blogger Dalton Crespin. Early frequently collaborates with comedians such as Hamm Samwich and Kate Berlant in a variety of sketch and filmed presentations. In 2016, he wrote and starred in a 30-minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters. In 2017, he and Berlant starred in the Vimeo miniseries 555, directed by Andrew DeYoung. He also had a small role as Evan in the 2017 drama Beatriz at Dinner. In 2019, Early appeared in the music video for "Squidward Nose" by Cupcakke. In July 2019, he starred in an episode of Drunk History about Martha Mitchell. Early appeared in a sketch titled "Credit Card Roulette" in the Netflix comedy program I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson and in the music video for "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift. In 2022, Peacock released a sketch comedy special produced by Early and Berlant, Would It Kill You to Laugh?. In 2023, HBO released John Early: Now More Than Ever, a stand-up and musical comedy special, followed in 2024 by the release of the musical covers of 1970s-era songs from the special as his debut album, Now More Than Ever. Maddie's Secret, Early's debut film as a director, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Early is gay, and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2012 — 30 Rock — Jerome — Episode: "Standards and Practices" • 2015 — High Maintenance — Wayne — Episode: "Sabrina" • 2015 — Broad City — Brandon — Episode: "The Matrix" • 2015 — Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Logan — 2 episodes • 2015 — The Special Without Brett Davis — Tyler — Episode: "Vic & the Moose & Tyler" • 2016–2018 — Animals. — The Assistant, Monty, Fashion Rat 2 — Voice, 4 episodes • 2016 — Love — Daniel — Episode: "Party in the Hills" • 2016 — Netflix Presents: The Characters — John the Intern, Jason, Riley, Vicky — 2 episodes • 2016 — Difficult People — Mickey — Episode: "Kessler Epstein Foundation" • 2016 — Haters Back Off — Maureen The Mattress Queen — Episode: "Starr Off the Parade" • 2016–2022 — Search Party — Elliott Goss — Main cast • 2017 — Portlandia — Funeral Director — Episode: "Fred's Cell Phone Company" • 2017 — Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later — Logan — 4 episodes • 2017–2021 — Bob's Burgers — Dalton Crespin / Receptionist — Voice, 3 episodes • 2017–2020 — At Home with Amy Sedaris — Russell Schnabble — 5 episodes • 2018 — Another Period — Reporter — Episode: "Sex Nickelodeon" • 2018 — Human Kind Of — Callie / Mr. Jake — Voice, 6 episodes • 2018–2022 — Big City Greens — Alexander — Voice, 12 episodes • 2019 — Los Espookys — Mark Stevens — 4 episodes • 2019–2022 — Tuca & Bertie — Dirk / various — Voice, recurring role • 2020 — Helpsters — Fashion Fil — Episode: "Chef Charlie/Fashion Fil" • 2020–2022 — Central Park — Augustus — Voice, 2 episodes • 2020–2022 — Close Enough — Mr. Timothy Brice Campbell — Voice, recurring role • 2021 — I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Leslie — Episode: "Didn't you say there was gonna be five people at this table?" • 2021 — The Fungies! — Torsean / Billy Fungie — Voice, episode: "Billy Fungie" • 2021–2025 — The Great North — Henry Tuntley / various — Voice, recurring role • 2021–2023 — Summer Camp Island — Bearded Sheep — Voice, recurring role • 2022 — Robot Chicken — Elefun / World War I Pilot #1 — Voice, episode: "May Cause Involuntary Political Discharge" • 2022 — Life & Beth — John — Episode: "Life & Beth" • 2022–2023 — The Afterparty — Detective Culp — Recurring role • 2022 — Killing It — Kevin Brailing — Episode: "The Kingmaker" • 2022 — American Dad! — Various — Voice, 2 episodes • 2022 — Archer — Wally — Voice, episode: "Distraction Action" • 2022 — Rick and Morty — Grand Orbship Council-Member — Voice, episode: "Analyze Piss" • 2022 — Would It Kill You to Laugh? — Himself — Comedy special • 2023 — John Early: Now More Than Ever — Himself — HBO comedy special • 2024 — Girls5eva — Chuck Dennis — Episode: "Bomont" • 2024 — Laid — Himself — Episode: "Flagstaff" • 2024 — The Simpsons — Joel — Voice, episode: "Convenience Airways" • 2025 — Very Important People — Bill — Episode: "Barbara and Bill" • 2025 — Long Story Short — Jean-Pierre — Voice, episode: "Hannah's Dance Recital" • 2025 — Universal Basic Guys — Kardgen — Voice, episode: "I Am Jar" • 2026 — The Comeback — Josh Abrams — 3 episodes • 2026 — King of the Hill — Dave Veal — Voice, episode: "No-Cuddle Offense"

• Year — Title — Performer(s) — Album • 2019 — "Squidward Nose" — Cupcakke — Not applicable • 2022 — "Anti-Hero" — Taylor Swift — Midnights

• Year — Title — Role — Venue — Ref. • 2025 — What We Did Before Our Moth Days — Tim — Greenwich House Theatre

John Early was born on 21 January 1988 in Nashville. Early held the nationality of United States. Early was educated at University School of Nashville and New York University. Early worked as comedian, actor, film director and television actor. Early was active from 2012. Early worked in English.