John Early (comedian)
John Early is an American comedian and actor. He has appeared on 30 Rock as Jenna Maroney's son and in the independent film Fort Tilden. He stars in Search Party, which was written partly by Michael Showalter and also stars Alia Shawkat.
Early life
Early is from Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a Presbyterian minister; his mother, a minister at a church of the Disciples of Christ. He attended the University School of Nashville. He graduated from New York University where he majored in acting. When he was 11, he became a big fan of Australian actress Toni Collette and ran a fan website devoted to her.Career
Early was featured on Lauren Lapkus' podcast, as well as ', which was released on Netflix in the summer of 2015. He tours around the country with his stand-up/variety show "Literally Me" and also hosts a monthly variety event at Ars Nova in New York City. He has made voice appearances on two episodes of Bob's Burgers as brunch blogger Dalton Crespin.Early frequently collaborates with comedians such as Hamm Samwich and Kate Berlant in a variety of sketch and filmed presentations. In 2016, he wrote and starred in his own 30-minute episode of the sketch show '. He also had a small role as Evan in the 2017 comedy Beatriz at Dinner, starring Salma Hayek and John Lithgow.. In 2019, Early appeared in the music video "Squidward Nose" by Cupcakke. In July 2019, Early starred in an episode of Drunk History about Martha Mitchell, which included acting by Vanessa Bayer and Tony Hale.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2014 | Fort Tilden | John | Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers | |
| 2016 | Other People | Gabe | Chris Kelly | |
| 2016 | Darren | Nicholas Stoller | ||
| 2017 | Beatriz at Dinner | Evan | Miguel Arteta | |
| 2017 | Fun Mom Dinner | Alfred | Alethea Jones | |
| 2017 | What Children Do | Pastor Wes | Dean Peterson | |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Chris | James Franco | |
| 2018 | Thread | John | Max Rosen | Short film |
| 2019 | Late Night | Reynolds | Nisha Ganatra | |
| 2019 | Good Posture | Sol | Dolly Wells | |
| 2020 | Save Yourselves! | Blake | Alex Huston Fischer Eleanor Wilson |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | 30 Rock | Jerome | Episode: "Standards and Practices" |
| 2014 | High Maintenance | Wayne | Episode: "Sabrina" |
| 2015 | Broad City | Brandon | Episode: "The Matrix" |
| 2015 | ' | Logan | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Special Without Brett Davis | Tyler | Episode: "Vic & the Moose & Tyler" |
| 2016–2018 | Animals. | The Assistant / Monty / Fashion Rat 2 | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Love | Daniel | Episode: "Party in the Hills" |
| 2016 | ' | John the Intern / Jason / John / Riley / Vicky | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Difficult People | Mickey | Episode: "Kessler Epstein Foundation" |
| 2016 | Haters Back Off | Maureen The Mattress Queen | Episode: "Starr Off the Parade" |
| 2016–present | Search Party | Elliott Goss | 30 episodes |
| 2017 | Logan | 4 episodes | |
| 2017 | Bob's Burgers | Dalton | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Russell | Episode: "Gift Giving" |
| 2018–present | Big City Greens | Alexander | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Los Espookys | Mark Stevens | Episode: "El laboratorio alienigena " |
| 2020 | Central Park | Augustus | Episode: "Hot Oven" |