Arj Barker

Arjan Singh Āulakh (born August 12, 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He was born to an engineer father and artist mother. His father is of Indian Punjabi Sikh descent and his mother is of European descent. His first gigs were at a café called Caffe Nuvo in downtown San Anselmo where he hosted stand-up night every Sunday throughout the early 1990s.

Barker appeared in the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords, playing Dave. Barker has been successful in Australia for a number of years since first appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000, and presently resides there. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, he won Best Comedy Release for Organic.

Arj and Poopy Barker also has his own Flash series, Arj and Poopy, based on some of his stand-up material, that stars him and his cat, Poopy, who talks by farting. The series was animated by Bernard Derriman, and has been syndicated to AtomFilms.

The episode "Unlucky in Love" won the Annecy International Animated Film Festival Internet Selection in 2006.

List of episodes "Experimentation" "Venetian Rowing Machine" "Philosopher" "Brutally Ambushed" "Long Distance Relationship" "Shpants" "Unlucky in Love" "Yoga" "Oh, Christmas tree" "Congo Windfall" "Poetreet"

Last Comic Standing Barker was featured as a contestant on the first episode of the fifth season of Last Comic Standing, where he advanced to the Los Angeles semi-final round. He then failed to progress to the final 10 in the semi-final round.

Controversy During the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barker attracted widespread media attention in Australia for, while on stage at a show strictly for audiences 15+, asking a mother, Trish Faranda, and her 7-month-old baby to leave and have her ticket refunded. Faranda, who said the request was "humiliating", claimed she had been breastfeeding her baby at the time, and that the baby “gurgled a little bit, equivalent to someone coughing” . Barker stated he was not aware that she was breastfeeding, and simply requested she exit the venue as the baby was making a noise and interrupting the show for other audience members, as well as affecting his train of thought.

Discography Albums Name Album details Arj Barker: Issue Were Here Released: 1999 Label: Art Baker (ARJ001) Format: CD The Marijuana-Logues Released: 2004 Label: Comedy Central Records (CCR0028) Format: CD Live Released: October 2006 Label: A-List Entertainment Format: Digital Download Forever Released: October 2009 Label: A-List Entertainment Format: Digital Download Arj Barker: LYAO Released: 2010 Label: A-List Entertainment Format: CD+DVD Joy Harvest Released: 9 October 2012 Label: A-List Entertainment Format: Digital Download Heavy Released: 8 October 2013 Label: A-List Entertainment Format: Digital Download Organic Released: 29 July 2019 Label: A-List Entertainment Format: Digital Download

DVD releases Name Year Live 2006 Balls 2008 Forever 2010 LYAO 2010 Joy Harvest 2012 Heavy 2013 Go Time 2015 Get in My Head 2017 Organic 2018

Awards ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Barker has won one award from four nominations. 2010 Arj Barker Forever

2012 Joy Harvest 2017 Get In My Head 2019 Organic