Nathan Fielder | |
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Born |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
May 12, 1983
Medium | Stand up, television |
Years active | 2006–present |
Genres | Alternative comedy, dry comedy, deadpan, dry wit |
Notable works and roles | This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Nathan for You, Bob's Burgers |
Website | NathanFielder.com |
Nathan Fielder (born May 12, 1983) is a Canadian writer and comedian. He is best known for creating and starring in the Comedy Central show Nathan for You.
Fielder was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his parents were social workers. His family is Jewish. He attended Point Grey Secondary School. Fielder was a member of the school's improv comedy group, which also included comedian Seth Rogen. He studied business at the University of Victoria and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in 2005.
After receiving the 2006 Tim Sims Award for outstanding Canadian comedy newcomer, Fielder went on to join the cast of the CBC comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes as a field correspondent. He has also helped write for Canadian Idol. In 2010, he wrote and directed a number of sketches for season 2 of Important Things with Demetri Martin on Comedy Central. He was also featured as a guest voice actor on the Season 2 finale of Bob's Burgers, Beefsquatch, as well as the Season 6 episode, "The Land Ship".
Fielder played the role of Jon Benjamin's boom operator in the 2011 television series Jon Benjamin Has a Van, and played Bob Woodward in the "Washington, DC" episode of Comedy Central's Drunk History. As of 2013, he now stars in his own show on Comedy Central, Nathan for You. The show is based on the Nathan On Your Side segments that he did for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Fielder has also guest-starred on the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty. He appears in the 2015 film The Night Before, and will be appearing in the James Franco movie The Disaster Artist.