Nick Griffin (comedian)

{{short description|American comedian and writer}}

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{{See also|Nicholas Griffin (disambiguation)}}

Nick Griffin (born December 23, 1966) is an American comedian and writer.

Griffin began his stand up career at the age of 20 in 1987 in Kansas City, before moving to New York in 1990,{{cite web|last=Barnhart|first=Aaron|title=Confusion is comedy for Nick Griffin|url=http://www.tvbarn.com/archive/confusion-is-comedy-for-nick-griffin/|work=TV Barn|date=December 13, 2005|accessdate=October 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215204136/http://www.tvbarn.com/archive/confusion-is-comedy-for-nick-griffin/|archive-date=December 15, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} performing in midnight shows at Greenwich Village. He then moved to Los Angeles, becoming a staff writer for The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show in 1997 and later became the head writer for Bobby Slayton and Sue Murphy's morning radio show.{{cite news|last=Nave|first=Howie|title=Cheer up – Griffin's headling The Improv|url=http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20081030/ENTERTAINMENT/810309969/1017&parentprofile=1058&title=Cheer%20up%20%97%20Griffin%92s%20headling%20The%20Improv|accessdate=October 19, 2010|newspaper=Tahoe Daily Tribune|date=October 30, 2008}}

Griffin made his first major TV appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and went on to become a regular on Premium Blend. He moved back to New York in 2006{{cite news|last=Manley|first=Don|title=Comic Nick Griffin prefers baring his soul on stage|url=http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100930/MARCOENTERTAINMENT/9300302/1188/Comic-Nick-Griffin-prefers-baring-his-soul-on-stage|accessdate=October 19, 2010|newspaper=Marco Island Sun Times|date=September 30, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}} and has performed on the Late Show with David Letterman{{cite news|last=Richards|first=Dave|title=Nick Griffin naps his way to Letterman's show|url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101015/LIFESTYLES0606/310159985/-1/LIFESTYLES|accessdate=October 19, 2010|newspaper=GoErie.com|date=October 15, 2010}} Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,{{cite news|last=McIntyre|first=Michael K.|title=Nick Griffin, Michael Loftus, Mike Baldwin, 'Man in the Box': Laugh Track|url=http://www.cleveland.com/goingout/index.ssf/2009/12/nick_griffin_michael_loftus_mi.html|work=Cleveland.com|date=December 15, 2009|accessdate=April 6, 2011}} and in May 2016, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.