Josh Johnson (comedian)

Josh Johnson is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He has been a writer on The Daily Show since 2017, and he previously was a writer and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He toured with Trevor Noah on his Loud & Clear tour for several years. In 2018, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up at the New York Comedy Festival. He has released two hour-long comedy specials, # (Hashtag) (2021) and Up Here Killing Myself (2023).

Early life
Johnson is from Alexandria, Louisiana. He received a degree in lighting design for theater from Centenary College in 2012. He lived in Chicago before moving to New York City.

Career
Johnson made his late-night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he was also a writer and performer. Since 2017, he has been a writer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; he made his debut as an on-air correspondent in 2024. His first half-hour special was released on Comedy Central in 2017. His comedic story "Catfishing the KKK" has been viewed more than 12 million times on YouTube.

In 2018, he appeared on the Netflix stand-up comedy series The Comedy Lineup. At the New York Comedy Festival that year, he was named New York's Funniest Stand Up.

He toured with Trevor Noah on the Loud & Clear tour for several years, beginning in 2019.

Johnson's first hour-long stand-up special was # (Hashtag). It was released in June 2021 on Comedy Central to a positive reception, including being named one of the best comedy specials of 2021 by Vulture magazine. Later that year, he took bits from his stand-up and interspersed music compositions in a 33-track mixtape album called Elusive, which he worked on with Mike Relm. His second special, Up Here Killing Myself, was released in February 2023 on Peacock.

Johnson voices Harry Buns on the Disney Channel series Kiff, which premiered in March 2023, his first acting role in a major scripted TV series.