Dan Levy

Daniel Levy (born March 19, 1981) is an American comedian, actor, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. He began performing stand-up in the 2000s and has released three comedy albums, including his most recent special Dan Levy: Lion in 2016. He has written for several television comedies including Whitney (2011–2013) and was a producer of The Awesomes (2013–2015), Mulaney (2014–15), and The Goldbergs (2014–15). In 2020, he created the NBC series Indebted.

Early life Levy was born on March 19, 1981, to Linda and Elliott L. Levy. He began performing as a comedian while attending Emerson College in Boston.

Career Levy has performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, and toured with Aziz Ansari, John Mulaney, and Whitney Cummings. He has made TV appearances on Premium Blend, Comedy Central Presents, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Chelsea Lately, The Office, Enlightened, Atypical, and @midnight. His Comedy Central album Congrats on Your Success debuted #1 on iTunes when it was released in 2012. His hour-long comedy special Dan Levy: LION first premiered on Seeso.

As a host, Levy has worked on four MTV shows including Your Face Or Mine and MTV Spring Break, and his own talk show for College Humor: IHaveToGoInAMinuteShow, a daily comedy show directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson. Levy produced, wrote, and starred in My Long Distance Relationship, a 10-part web series for Crackle.

In April 2013, Levy collaborated with DJ Jensen Karp to create Baby Talk, a live comedy show where three to four comedians ask for parenting advice from children between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. The show was held at NerdMelt Showroom in Los Angeles, which later became a JASH series. Some of the guests included Blake Griffin, Paul Scheer, Natasha Leggero, Bo Burnham, Neal Brennan, and Jermaine Fowler.

In Fall 2016, Levy released his first hour-long comedy special, Dan Levy: LION, on the NBC streaming platform Seeso and Amazon.

Levy executive produced Pretty Wild for E!, and the VH1 sketch series Stevie TV. Levy has written for the Roast of Justin Bieber, and the sitcoms Whitney, Mulaney, The Awesomes, and seasons 2–5 of The Goldbergs, working his way up to Executive Producer. In 2020 Levy created the series Indebted for NBC, starring Fran Drescher, Steven Weber, Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, and Jessy Hodges. Since January 2021, he has been the host of the discovery+ original series House Hunters: Comedians on Couches.

Personal life Levy married television writer Rachel Specter in 2010. He is close friends with comedian John Mulaney.

Filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 2005 Dirty Famous Unknown Starved for Attention Frederick Hope Rocks: The Concert with a Cause Himself 2007 Cash Cow Unicom's Evil Corporate Shill and Anchorman My Sexiest Year Mark 2008 Spring Break 2008: Pretty Smart Unknown Below the Law Dave Also producer, writer 2009 My Long Distance Relationship Sam Also executive producer, writer, creator Blimp Prom Danny Goodyear Also writer Frat Party Chad Funkt Up Himself 2010 Naked But Funny Axe: Dirtcathlon D.J. Croozeship A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti Himself 2011 Mardi Gras: Spring Break Frat House MC A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Reporter 2012 Cyberstalker Mystery Man Roast of Parks Bonifay Himself 2015 Bad Night "Meatball"

Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 The Andy Dick Show Nick The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Himself Guest comedian 2004 Your Face or Mine? Host ESPN SportsCentury 2005 Almost Funny Also co-producer and writer The Reality Show 2006 Premium Blend 2007 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Jerry BarnsEpisode: "Risk It All" 2008–2009 My Long Distance Relationship Sam Also executive producer, writer, creator 2009 NESN Comedy All-Stars Himself Also producer Comedy Central Presents Also writer Casting Call: Spring Break '83 Host 2009–2013 Chelsea Lately Round Table guest 2010 Laugh Track Mash-ups Dan Also producer, writer Pretty Wild Also executive producer, writer, creator 2011 Enlightened Seth / Sandy 5 episodes The X Factor Digital Experience Himself Host 13th Annual Young Hollywood Awards Won Comedian of the Year Award 2012–2013 Whitney Story editor, 32 episodes; also writer 2012 The Office Trivia Moderator Episode: "Trivia" Stevie TV Producer 2012–2013 Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings Himself 2013–2015 The Awesomes Producer 2014–2015 Mulaney Dad (voice) Episode: "The Doula", also co-producer 2014–2018 The Goldbergs Executive producer, writer 2017 Sidekick with Matt Mira Himself 2018 Atypical Hip Therapist Episode: "Juiced!" 2018 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Fedora Guy Episode: "I Am Ashamed" 2020 Indebted Cousin Dan Creator, executive producer; 12 episodes 2020–2021 House Hunters: Comedians on Couches Himself Host

Discography Congrats On Your Success (2011) Running out of Minutes (2013) Dan Levy: LION (2016)