Josh Johnson

Biography

Josh Johnson is an Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up, actor, and NAACP award-winner 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 late-night debut in 2017. In addition, Johnson is Comedy Central’s ‘most watched comedian ever’ with 40M+ views to date across their platforms. As a stand-up, Johnson headlines clubs, colleges, and festivals around the world. In 2015, he was named one of Comedy Central’s “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 York's Funniest” competition at the New York Comedy Festival. Johnson’s most recent stand-up 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 Johnson’s first hour-long special #(Hashtag) in June 2021. Johnson’s self-released comedy and music mixtape album Elusive, was described by Vanyaland as “live stand-up observational humor with musical compositions. Both elements wade in and out of political and social waters between the two “arcs” of the multi-genre epic". Johnson also co-hosts the weekly podcast, The Josh Johnson Show (with fellow stand-up Logan Nielsen). Johnson’s other credits include, CONAN (TBS), @Midnight, Kevin Hart's 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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (9)

CoComelon: The Movie2027 · as (voice)
Josh Johnson: Symphony2026 · as Self
Kiff Lore of the Ring Light2025 · as Harry (voice)
Josh Johnson: The Failure, Fear, And Frenzy Around Luigi Mangione2024 · as Self
Freshman Fifteen: A Stand Up Comedy Film2024 · as Self
Josh Johnson: Up Here Killing Myself2023 · as Self
Josh Johnson and Friends2022
Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag)2021
Mogul Mowgli2020 · as Byron (uncredited)

All TV Shows (15)

After Midnight2024 · as Self
The Great American Joke Off2023 · as Self
Kiff2023 · as Harry Buns (voice)
Game Changer2019 · as Self - Contestant
Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring2019 · as Himself
Genies2018 · as Josh
The Comedy Lineup2018 · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
The Daily Show1996 · as Self
The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Host
The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Correspondent
The Daily Show1996 · as George Santos Supporter