Chris Gethard

Chris Gethard is one of those performers I find genuinely endearing because he leans into the awkward and the vulnerable rather than away from it. The Chris Gethard Show was gloriously strange public-access-flavored television, and his podcasts, especially Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People, reveal a comedian who is far more interested in human pain and connection than in punchlines. The New Jersey roots and improv background give him a scrappy, unpretentious quality I admire. He is proof that comedy can be a form of empathy. I'd rather follow an artist like this, mining the offbeat margins, than a polished mainstream act any day.

Name (English)

Chris Gethard

Name (Japanese)

クリス・ゲサード

Reading

くりす・げさーど

Born

May 23, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / screenwriter / comedian / improviser

High school

West Orange High School

University

Rutgers University

• Official sitehttp://chrisgeth.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chrisgeth/
• Xhttps://x.com/ChrisGethard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Gethard
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106645

Tags

• New Jersey
• actor
• television actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.