Deon Cole from Conan O'Brian at the Arlington Drafthouse
- From TEAM COCO PRESENTS and CONAN on TBS
- Featured on JOHN OLIVER’s NEW YORK STANDUP SHOW on COMEDY CENTRAL
- Host of MARTIN LAWRENCE’S 1ST AMENDMENT SHOW on STARZ
Deon Cole is originally from the south side of Chicago. Deon’s charismatic
personality and original style make him one of the most popular performers
in the comedy scene today. As a standup, he has been featured on The
Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, for Comedy Central he’s been featured
on, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show and Laffapalooza, Mash Ups
and his own 1 / 2 Hour Special. Deon has also been featured on HBO’s
Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Comic View, NBC’s Showtime at the Apollo, BBC’s
The World Stands Up, Lopez Tonight, and STARZ’ Martin Lawrence’s First
Amendment which he also hosted in 2010.
Deon is also an actor, having appeared in MTV’s Short Circuitz and Wild N’
Out with Nick Cannon, as well as Barbershop 1 and 2. Most recently, Deon
was featured in FX’s The League.
After Deon’s 2009 standup appearance on The Tonight Show, he was
offered a job as a staff writer for the show and made multiple appearances
as a commentator and sketch performer on the show. TV Guide
declared, “A Star is Born” after Deon’s commentary pieces kept growing as
a bit on the show. In 2010, he was nominated for an EMMY and Writers
Guild Award along with the other writers of The Tonight Show with Conan
O’Brien and he was named one of the “Top 10 Comedians to Watch” by
VARIETY.
Since then, Deon has continued with Conan as a writer/performer on
Conan’s new show at TBS, aptly titled, CONAN. In 2011, Deon received his
second Emmy Nomination for his work with the writers of CONAN. He also
had the experience of a lifetime touring with and performing his standup
on Conan O’Brien’s THE LEGALLY PROHIBITED FROM BEING FUNNY ON
TELEVISION TOUR.
And now, Deon has his own show coming premiering in 2013 on TBS called,
DEON COLE’S BLACK BOX. A video clip and social commentary show where
Deon will offer up his unique views on viral videos.
Additional: Deon has been a featured comic in the HBO US Comedy Arts
Festival in Aspen and the CanWest Comedy Fest in Vancouver. He was a
finalist in NBC’s Stand-Up for Diversity Showcase and he won BET’s Robin
Harris Award for most original comic. He has been part of several tours
including the Coca-Cola World European Tour for the Troops (Germany,
Amsterdam, Belgium, Japan, & Korea), the BET Comedy Tour, the Def Jam
Tour, the Budweiser Superfest R. Kelly Tour and the Mary J. Blige Tour.
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