Nick Thune

Thune was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Redmond.{{Cite web|url=https://www.earwolf.com/person/nick-thune/|title=Nick Thune|date=5 May 2011|website=Earwolf|access-date=26 June 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://allthingscomedy.com/comedians/nick-thune|title=Nick Thune|date=2018-11-05|website=All Things Comedy|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/hometown-heroes-to-take-bumbershoot-comedy-stage/|title=Hometown heroes to take Bumbershoot comedy stage|last=Albertson|first=Jeff|date=2016-09-01|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-07}} Thune moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career in stand-up. His early stand-up shows focused on wordplay while he played the guitar, which he has said was used as more of a prop than to create musical comedy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/feb/03/nick-thune-review-soho-theatre-standup|title=Nick Thune review – a standup too cool for punchlines|last=Logan|first=Brian|date=2016-02-03|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-12-07|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/for-nick-thune-storytelling-runs-in-the-family.html|title=For Nick Thune, Storytelling Runs in the Family|last=Wicks|first=Amanda|date=21 December 2016|website=Paste Magazine|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/nick-thune-good-guy-2016-12|title=Comedian Nick Thune Talks Beards, Religion, and Laying the Smack Down on Ashlee Simpson's Entourage|last=Freeman|first=Thomas|date=23 December 2016|website=Maxim|language=en-us|access-date=2018-12-07}} He has performed on The Tonight Show eight times, and was featured in a Comedy Central Presents special in 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/comedians/nick-thune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407054735/http://www.cc.com/comedians/nick-thune |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |title=Nick Thune |website=Comedy Central Stand-Up |access-date=26 June 2013}}

In February 2009, Thune performed at the DTD Reality concert at the University of Southern California.{{Cite web |url=http://www.loudletters.com/ll/rest/celebrityprofile/3A/Nick%20thune |title=Nick Thune profile |website=Loud Letters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713234423/http://www.loudletters.com/ll/rest/celebrityprofile/3A/Nick%20thune |archive-date=13 July 2011 |access-date=12 March 2017}}

Thune's debut album, Thick Noon, was released on February 23, 2010, by Comedy Central Records.

Thune's first hour-long stand-up special, Nick Thune: Folk Hero, premiered on Netflix in February 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/02/nick-thune-folk-hero.html|title=Nick Thune: Folk Hero|last=Rozeman|first=Mark|date=21 February 2014|website=Paste Magazine|language=en|access-date=2018-12-07}} The special was later released on CD and vinyl.{{Cite web|url=https://smile.amazon.com/Folk-Hero-Explicit-Nick-Thune/dp/B00IN124DO/ref=sr_1_2?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1544200796&sr=1-2-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=nick+thune|title=Folk Hero|date=11 March 2014|website=Amazon|access-date=7 December 2018}}

His second hour-long special, Good Guy, premiered on December 22, 2016 on NBC's Seeso platform.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/arts/how-nick-thune-became-comedys-creepy-youth-pastor-7701092|title=How Nick Thune Became Comedy's Creepy Youth Pastor|last=Chesler|first=Josh|date=2016-12-12|website=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2018-12-07}} The special was filmed in October 2016 in Portland, Oregon.{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/2016/12/22/nick-thune-seeso-comedy-special/|title=The big change that inspired Nick Thune's new comedy special|last=Hamedy|first=Saba|date=22 December 2016|website=Mashable|language=en|access-date=7 December 2018}} Much of the special was based on the thoughts Thune had prior to having his first child. The special is a change in style for him, as he no longer used his guitar throughout the performance. He first started performing without his guitar after breaking his arm in Tampa, and while continuing work without being able to play the guitar, he realized he enjoyed being on stage without it.

Thune was cast as a lead in the 2010 NBC pilot for Beach Lane starring opposite Matthew Broderick.{{Cite web |url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/04/nick-thune-enters-nbcs-beach-lane/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420085458/http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/nick-thune-enters-nbcs-beach-lane/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2010 |title=Nick Thune Enters NBC's 'Beach Lane' |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=17 April 2010 |website=Deadline |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC |access-date=26 June 2013}} However, the pilot was not picked up as a series.{{Cite web |url=http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/NBC_Cancels_Matthew_Broderick_Pilot_Beach_Lane_20100513 |title=NBC Cancels Matthew Broderick Pilot, 'Beach Lane' |date=13 May 2010 |website=Broadway World |publisher=Wisdom Digital Media |access-date=26 June 2013}} He has since made guest appearances on the comedy programs Traffic Light and Happy Endings in 2011, and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 in 2012.

Thune worked on a pilot in 2016 with his creative partner Kevin Parker Flynn, Holy Sh*t, a workplace comedy about a small church avoiding a mega-church takeover. The pilot was produced by Mila Kunis' production company.{{Cite web|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/holy-sht-nick-thune-comedy-series-works-abc/|title=Holy Sh*t: Nick Thune Comedy Series in the Works at ABC|date=2016-12-07|website=TV Series Finale|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-07}}

Thune had a guest starring role on HBO's Love Life as Magnus, one of the relationships opposite Anna Kendrick during Season 1.

Thune had small roles in the movies Knocked Up and Unaccompanied Minors. In 2017, Thune starred in Dave Made a Maze, playing the titular character.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/238841/fantasy-horror-collide-dave-made-maze-trailer/|title=Fantasy and Horror Collide in Dave Made a Maze Trailer|last=Barkan|first=Jonathan|date=6 July 2017|website=Dread Central|access-date=6 July 2017}} He also starred in the film People You May Know, directed by Sherwin Shilati.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5318534/|title=People You May Know|website=IMDb|access-date=7 December 2018}}

Thune and his now ex-wife have one son.

• Thick Noon (2010){{Cite web|url=https://smile.amazon.com/Thick-Noon-Explicit-Nick-Thune/dp/B00381F0K8/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1544200796&sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=nick+thune|title=Thick Noon|date=23 February 2010|website=Amazon|access-date=7 December 2018}}
• Folk Hero (2014)
• Good Guy (2017){{Cite web|url=https://smile.amazon.com/Good-Guy-Explicit-Nick-Thune/dp/B06XDZ9X4R/ref=sr_1_3?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1544200796&sr=1-3-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=nick+thune|title=Good Guy|date=24 February 2017|website=Amazon|access-date=7 December 2018}}

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Category:1979 births

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Category:American comedy musicians

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