Kurt Metzger is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and an Emmy and Peabody Award winning writer for his work on the television series Inside Amy Schumer.
Early life
Metzger was raised in Toms River, New Jersey. He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and became an ordained minister at the age of 17; he left the faith at about the age of 21, around the time he started doing stand-up. As a child he enjoyed watching An Evening at the Improv and Comic Strip Live; he was also a fan of The Amazing Jonathan and Jeff Dunham in his youth.
Career
Metzger first performed stand-up at The Stress Factory in New Brunswick, New Jersey, although he mainly performed in the Philadelphia area during his early career; he then moved on to perform in the comedy clubs of New York City. In 2006, Metzger performed on Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood as well as Comedy Central's Live at Gotham the following year. In 2009, he appeared in an episode of the IFC series Z Rock. His debut album Kurt Metzger Talks to Young People About Sex was released in 2011 by Comedy Central Records. Comedy Central also released his half-hour special as part of Comedy Central Presents in 2009. His one-hour special, White Precious is available on Comedy Central. From 2013 to 2016, Kurt Metzger wrote on 39 episodes of Inside Amy Schumer. He was nominated for four Emmy Awards and won one Emmy for the sketch "Girl, You Don't Need Makeup". He also appeared in numerous sketches featured on the show. In 2015 Metzger was a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing; a bit he performed about Mohammed Atta won him "best joke" on the show. Metzger appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on February 7, 2011. On August 16, 2016, Metzger faced controversy for writing a Facebook post about comedian Aaron Glaser, who was accused of rape. Following the controversy surrounding Metzger's comments, Amy Schumer stated on Twitter that Metzger no longer worked for her on Inside Amy Schumer. Schumer later revised her comments to say that Metzger did not work for her on the show because the show was on indefinite hiatus. Metzger co-hosted the Race Wars podcast alongside comedian Sherrod Small from 2013 to 2018. In 2019, Metzger started his own solo podcast Can't Get Right with Kurt Metzger on the GaS Digital podcasting network. Kurt has also appeared on the second and third seasons of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle, @midnight, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, This Is Not Happening, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Knockout, What’s Your F@#King Deal!?!, The Approval Matrix, and more. He was a series regular alongside Alan Alda, Jessica Lange, Steve Buscemi, and Edie Falco on Horace and Pete in 2016. He voiced the lead role of Randall on Comedy Central's Ugly Americans. He has also appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast.
