Judah Friedlander

Judah Friedlander is a stand-up comedian known as the WORLD CHAMPION. With 18 years of stand-up experience, Judah is a comic's comic and a crowd-pleaser. In his stand-up act, Judah is the WORLD CHAMPION. He's a great athlete, master of the martial arts, gets tons of chicks & is a role model to children. And he's better than you at everything. He spends much of his stand-up show interacting with the audience and constantly one-upping them. For example, if Judah finds out that a man in the crowd is in the computer business, Judah will ask him, "How many gigabytes you got?" The audience member says "80 gigabytes." Judah, then says "I have a million. A million gigabytes. As a matter of fact, I'm not even here right now. I'm getting beamed in from my computer at home. This is a pre-recorded projected digital image you're watching. Right now, I'm at home, taking a huge dump, just relaxing. That's what a million gigs will get you. But stick with 80, it's probably a good level for you."

When not doing stand-up, Judah does a lot of acting work. He's currently a series regular on the Thursday night NBC comedy 30 ROCK, co-starring with Tina Fey & Alec Baldwin.

Judah gained critical acclaim for his role as "Toby Radloff" in AMERICAN SPLENDOR. Judah completely transformed is appearance & voice to emobody the character. Judah was nominated for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE at the 2004 INDEPENDENDT SPIRIT AWARDS.

Another role in which Judah completely transformed himself was for the role of "Anthony" in DUANE HOPWOOD. For this, Judah won BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR at the 2005 BENDFILM FESTIVAL.

Judah's been in over 20 other movies including Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Date Movie, Wet Hot American Summer, Feast, and Showtime. Judah's many TV appearances include VH1's Best Week Ever, HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, MTV's Wonder Showzen, The Tonight Show, other late night talk shows & Comedy Central shows. Judah also starred as the Hug Guy in the classic Dave Matthews Band music video Everyday.

Judah is currently working on a long awaited stand-up comedy CD & concert movie.

Judah's been in over 20 movies including "Meet the Parents," "Zoolander," "Date Movie," "Wet Hot American Summer," "Feast," "Showtime," "Duane Hopwood," "Zoolander" & "American Splendor" for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Judah's countless TV appearances include VH1's "Best Week Ever," HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," MTV's "Wonder Showzen," "The Tonight Show," other late night talk shows & Comedy Central shows. Judah also starred as the "Hug Guy" in the classic Dave Matthews Band music video "Everyday."