Comedian, Paul Virzi, headlines comedy clubs across North America and hosts three weekly podcasts, “The Virzi Effect,” “Anything Better” and “A Bone To Pick”. Paul has performed throughout Europe and in this country’s most iconic venues including, Madison Square Garden, The Chicago Theatre and Carnegie Hall.
Paul’s debut hour-long comedy special, “I’ll Say This,” premiered on Comedy Central in November 2018 and is available to stream on CC.com. A clip from the special was featured on Comedy Central’s TikTok stand-up page on May 4, 2020 and currently has over 5 million views and 1.3 million likes. Paul’s Second special “Nocturnal Admissions” was released last summer on Netflix. The special was globally trending on Netflix and received rave reviews.
His 2015 debut comedy album, “Paul Virzi: Night At The Stand,” was #1 on iTunes and reached #4 on Billboard’s Top 100. Paul has appeared on TruTV’s “Comedy Knockout,” AXS TV’s “Gotham Comedy Live,” The NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football,” and he has written for ESPN’s “ESPY Awards.” Paul is a regular at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and performed at the SXSW Festival in Austin, TX.
Paul grew up in the suburbs, outside of New York City. He loves his family, cigars and having pointless sports arguments with his friends.