Hampton Yount | |
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Born |
Virginia, U.S. |
June 12, 1982
Occupation | Comedian, writer, actor |
Website | http://www.hamptonyount.com/ |
Hampton Yount (/jʌnt/, as in "blunt"; born June 12, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor.
Yount was born in Virginia. From 2004 to 2012, he and his brother Clay produced a webcomic, Rob and Elliot, for the Boxcar Comics collective. He first performed stand-up comedy in Blacksburg and Washington, D.C., later moving to Los Angeles. His first experience in television was as a consulting producer and performer on Ridiculousness. He also made appearances on Conan and Last Comic Standing.
In 2012, Yount appeared as a guest on The Nerdist Podcast co-hosted by Jonah Ray. In 2015, when Ray became host of the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000, he selected Yount to voice Crow T. Robot, a role previously played by Trace Beaulieu and Bill Corbett.