Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson is an Emmynominated writer standup actor and NAACP awardwinner 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 where he made his latenight debut in 2017 In addition Johnson is Comedy Centrals most watched comedian ever with 40M views to date across their platforms As a standup Johnson headlines clubs colleges and festivals around the world In 2015 he was named one of Comedy Centrals Comic to Watch in 2016 a New Face at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal and in 2018 the winner of the New Yorks Funniest competition at the New York Comedy Festival Johnsons most recent standup special Josh Johnson Up Here Killing Myself premiered on Peacock earlier this year to rave reviews touting Josh as a naturally gifted story teller Comedy Central released Johnsons first hourlong special Hashtag in June 2021 Johnsons selfreleased comedy and music mixtape album Elusive was described by Vanyaland as live standup observational humor with musical compositions Both elements wade in and out of political and social waters between the two arcs of the multigenre epic Johnson also cohosts the weekly podcast The Josh Johnson Show with fellow standup Logan Nielsen Johnsons other credits include CONAN TBS Midnight Kevin Harts Hart of The City The New Negroes and This Week at The Comedy Cellar on Comedy Central Johnson lives in New York and can be seen performing regularly at The Comedy Cellar