Sherrod Small

{{Infobox person

| name = Sherrod Small

| image = Sherrod Small on Live From America Podcast.jpg

| caption = Small in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|08|15}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Comedian

| years_active = 1994—present

| relatives = Chris Rock (cousin)

}}

Sherrod Small (born August 15, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Early life

Small was born and raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York, by his mother Barbara and two sisters Bridgette and Tanya .{{Cite web |last=Tuccio-Koonz |first=Linda |date=2019-04-08 |title=Sherrod Small performs at Fairfield Comedy Club |url=https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Sherrod-Small-performs-at-Fairfield-Comedy-Club-13750696.php |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Connecticut Post |language=en-US}} Small is a cousin of Chris Rock.{{Cite news |last=Deb |first=Sopan |date=2017-05-05 |title=So Chris Rock Is Your Big Brother? Try Comedy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/arts/tony-jordan-chris-rock-brothers.html |access-date=2022-10-14 |issn=0362-4331}}

Career

Small is a regular at the Comedy Cellar and Comic Strip Live in Manhattan. Sherrod was a regular on VH1's The Best Week Ever and served as a regular guest and stand-in host of Fox News's late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-04 |title=Sherrod Small gets hosting tips for 'Red Eye' {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/2730157885001 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} He once choked fellow comedian Mark Normand for making a joke about his set going long.{{cite web |last1=Blind Mike Project |title=Mark Normand Talks About The Time Sherrod Small Choked Him At The Comedy Cellar |website=YouTube |date=August 29, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_sgy5Ziio |access-date=4 November 2024}}