Rodney Carrington

Rodney Scott Carrington (born October 19, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist and songwriter. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records. His comedy act typically combines stand-up comedy and original songs. Most of his songs are performed in a neotraditional country style, with Carrington handling lead vocals and guitar. Carrington has also starred in the ABC sitcom Rodney and in the 2008 film Beer for My Horses.

Early life Rodney Carrington was born in Longview, Texas, in 1968, and lived there until 1990. He worked as a comedian in local venues, gaining exposure through radio programs such as The Bob and Tom Show.

Career Carrington's first album, Hangin' with Rodney, was released in 1998 via Mercury Records Nashville. This album, consisting of both stand-up comedy and original songs, contained the non-charting single "Letter to My Penis" and peaked at No. 73 on Top Country Albums.

He moved to Capitol Nashville for his next album, 2000's Morning Wood. It was his first Top 20 album on the US Country charts, first Gold-certified recording, and it brought him to the singles charts for the first time with "More of a Man", which reached No. 71 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs). After it came the live album Live: C'mon Laugh You Bastards, which did not chart. Carrington's third release for Capitol was 2003's Nut Sack. It mostly consisted of studio-recorded comedy songs and only featured five stand-up sketches. It included the single "Don't Look Now" which reached No. 60. The album also featured a new version of "Letter to My Penis", which was recorded in a jazz-swing style.

A Greatest Hits package followed in 2004. This album comprised selections from his Capitol recordings on two discs: stand-up routines on one disc, and songs on the other. It also included two previously unreleased songs: "Put Your Clothes Back On" and his first non-comedy song, "Things We Didn't Know." This compilation album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart and No. 11 on the Billboard Top Country albums chart, becoming Carrington's first Platinum-certified recording.

Also in 2004, Carrington made his acting debut in Rodney, a sitcom based largely on his own life which aired on ABC for two seasons.

Carrington has released two more comedy albums on the independent label Laughter's Good Records: Laughter's Good (2014) and Here Comes the Truth (2017). In between these two, he also released a compilation album of re-recordings of comedy songs, titled Rodney Carrington: The Hits (2015).

Carrington continues to tour as of 2026.

Personal life Carrington lives in Oklahoma, where his 2004–2006 sitcom was set.

Discography

Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certificationsand sales US Country US US Comedy USHeat US Indie Hangin' with Rodney Release date: June 2, 1998 Label: Mercury Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 73 — — — — Morning Wood Release date: August 15, 2000 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 18 153 — 6 — US: Gold Nut Sack Release date: February 11, 2003 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD 14 82 — — — King of the Mountains Release date: April 3, 2007 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 15 68 2 — — El Niño Loco Release date: June 16, 2009 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, music download 19 76 2 — — Laughter's Good Release date: October 28, 2014 Label: Laughter's Good Records Formats: CD, music download 23 91 1 — 23US: 25,800 Here Comes The Truth Release date: September 13, 2017 Label: Laughter's Good Records Formats: CD, music download — — 3 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country 1998 "Letter to My Penis" — Hangin' with Rodney 1999 "Dancin' with a Man" — 2000 "More of a Man" 71 Morning Wood 2003 "Don't Look Now" 60 Nut Sack 2007 "Show Them to Me" — King of the Mountains 2009 "If I'm the Only One" — El Niño Loco "Camouflage and Christmas Lights" 31 Make It Christmas "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos Year Video Director 1998 "Dancin' with a Man" Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano "Fred" 2000 "More of a Man" 2009 "If I'm the Only One" Nick Searcy