Taylor Williamson

Taylor Williamson is an American stand-up comic known for a dry, awkward stage persona and self-deprecating humor. He started doing stand-up at 17 while a student at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, and because he was under 21 he was often told to wait outside the club after his own set.

He was a semi-finalist on the seventh season of Last Comic Standing in 2010, and in 2013 he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of America’s Got Talent, behind Kenichi Ebina. His fans call themselves “Taylords.” On the show’s tenth-anniversary special, judge Heidi Klum named him her all-time favorite act, and he returned for America’s Got Talent: The Champions in 2019.

His other TV spots include Just for Laughs, Live at Gotham and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, where he was the youngest comic ever to appear. He has full stand-up specials from The Comedy Store on his YouTube channel.

On the Harland Highway Podcast (Oct 27, 2026) he brings his dog Betty, tells how a running bit with Heidi Klum on America’s Got Talent became his big break, and remembers hosting at the Hollywood Improv at 18 the first night he brought Harland Williams to the stage.