Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson is an Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up, actor, and NAACP award-winner from Louisiana by way of Chicago.

He is currently a writer on The Daily Show, and is a former writer and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In addition, Johnson is Comedy Central’s ‘most watched comedian ever’ with 40 million plus views to date across their platforms. As a stand-up, Johnson headlines clubs, colleges, and festivals around the world.

In 2015 he was named one of Comedy Central’s “Comic to Watch”, in 2016 a “New Face” at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, and in 2018 Josh was named the winner of the “New York’s Funniest” competition at the New York Comedy Festival. Johnson’s most recent stand-up special, ‘Josh Johnson: Up Here Killing Myself’, premiered on Peacock earlier this year. Comedy Central released Johnson’s first hour-long special #(Hashtag) in June 2021. Johnson also co-hosts the weekly podcast, The Josh Johnson Show (with fellow stand-up Logan Nielsen).