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Sam Morril
American stand-up comedian and actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sam Morril (born 1986 or 1987)[1] is an American stand-up comedian.
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Early life
Morril was born in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City.[2] In a 2024 episode of the We Might Be Drunk podcast, Morril said that according to his 23andMe test, his ancestry is "a lot of Ashkenazi Jew" and "twelve percent" Turkish.[3] Morril was known as Sam Greenberg before his mother married his stepfather, and Morril took his surname.[4] He has two step-siblings.[5] Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer Ansel Elgort.[6] He attended Tulane University in New Orleans before graduating from New York University.[7][8]
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Career
Morril was named one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including Dave Attell, Marc Maron, Conan O'Brien, and Amy Schumer.[9] He worked as an intern on The Colbert Report and later appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April 2016.[10] He has also made multiple appearances on Conan since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on America's Got Talent in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special, Positive Influence, was released by Comedy Central in September 2018.[11] His second one-hour special, I Got This, was released via Comedy Central's YouTube channel in February 2020.[12] He is a regular on Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, performing frequently when not on tour.[citation needed] He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an open mic night in the DC thriller film Joker (2019).[13] He co-hosts the weekly podcast We Might Be Drunk with comedian Mark Normand.[14]
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Personal life
Morril was in a relationship with fellow comedian Taylor Tomlinson from Fall 2019 to February 2022. The pair quarantined together during the pandemic beginning in March 2020.[15][16]
Filmography
Comedy specials
Film
Television
Web
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