Barry Rothbart

Barry Rothbart (born 1983) is an American comedian, filmmaker, actor and writer based in Los Angeles. He was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2013. He played Peter Deblasio in 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street, Kevin on ABC's Downward Dog and Bert on Showtime's Kidding. As a documentary filmmaker, he created the 2025 Audible Original documentary series Searching for Allan Rothbart, co-directed the 2014 feature Hungry, and produced, co-wrote and shot the 2026 SXSW Jury Award winner Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story.

Early life Rothbart was born in Forest Hills in Queens, New York. He is Jewish.

Rothbart's father, Allan Rothbart, was a bookmaker for the Gambino crime family who told his son he was a music producer and Jon Bon Jovi's manager. and made it the subject of his 2025 Audible series Searching for Allan Rothbart. In 2013, Variety named him one of its "Top Ten Comics to Watch."

In 2012, he was cast on the revival of Punk'd but was fired after four episodes after his management team leaked news of his role.

He played series regular Kevin on ABC's Downward Dog (2017) and a recurring role as Bert on Showtime's Kidding (2019). His film roles include The Lovebirds (2020), Vacation Friends (2021), and Who Invited Them (2022).

Filmmaking and producing Rothbart co-directed, produced and edited the feature documentary Hungry with Jeff Cerulli. The film follows competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi and his dispute with Major League Eating, and premiered at the DOC NYC film festival at New York's IFC Center in November 2013 before a 2014 release on VOD platforms through FilmBuff.

In 2025, Rothbart created, wrote, hosted and produced the ten-part Audible Original series Searching for Allan Rothbart, a co-production with Campside Media. The series investigates his late father's secret life as a Gambino crime family bookmaker, drawing on cassette tapes Allan recorded on his deathbed.

In 2026, Rothbart produced, co-wrote and served as cinematographer on Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story, directed by Ayden Mayeri. The documentary, which follows four childhood friends whose homemade preteen album became a cult internet hit two decades later, premiered at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, where it won both the Jury Award for Documentary Feature and the Audience Award. The film was produced under his production company Handsome Boy along with Grief Party and Extra A Productions.

Podcasts Rothbart hosted Saving the World with Barry and Lucas with Lucas Neff, a free-flowing conversation about people who want to save the world. He was a guest on the Shoot This Now podcast, where he told the story of working as a videographer at a nudist colony for gay men over fifty.

He co-hosts The Podcumentary with filmmaker Jeff Cerulli, a weekly podcast about documentary films and the people who make them.

In 2025, he created, wrote and hosted the ten-part Audible Original Searching for Allan Rothbart, a co-production with Campside Media.

Filmography Films The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Hungry (2014) — co-director, producer, editor Dean (2016) The Happytime Murders (2018) - Fireman The Lovebirds (2020) Vacation Friends (2021) Who Invited Them (2022) Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story (2026) — producer, co-writer, cinematographer

Television The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011) Men of a Certain Age (2011) Comedy Central The Half Hour Special (2012) Punk'd (2012) Conan (2012) Adam DeVine's House Party (2013) Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2013) 300 Sunnyside (2014) — co-creator, co-producer @midnight (2015) World's Funniest Fails (2015) Single by 30 (2016) Downward Dog (2017) The 5th Quarter (2018) Kidding (2019) The Conners (2022)

Discography

Albums Streets of Fire (2014)