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Who is Judah Friedlander?

Judah Friedlander (born March 16, 1969, in Gaithersburg, Maryland) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He first tried stand-up in 1989, at 19, while at New York University. He is known for playing writer Frank Rossitano on NBC’s 30 Rock and Toby Radloff in American Splendor, which earned him a best supporting actor nomination at the 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. On stage he makes bombastic claims about himself with a deadpan delivery, often under a trucker hat reading “World Champion.” He wrote the humor book How to Beat Up Anybody (2010), and his first Netflix special, America Is the Greatest Country in the United States, came out in 2017. His official site lists live dates and pay-what-you-want livestream shows, and says he is doing nightly shows in New York.

Sources: Wikipedia · official site · Comedy Club Tracker (sources per date below)

Career timeline

• 1989First stand-up, age 19, while at NYU
• 1999Techie on Al Franken’s LateLine
• 2004Independent Spirit nomination for American Splendor
• NBCFrank Rossitano on 30 Rock
• 2010Book How to Beat Up Anybody
• 2017Netflix special America Is the Greatest Country in the United States

Podcast & show guest appearances

16 verified guest appearances by Judah Friedlander on other people’s shows (their own podcasts are excluded), newest first.

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Each episode matched in the show’s own podcast feed.

The World Champion

Specials, albums & books

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• America Is the Greatest Country in the United States (Netflix special, 2017) · source: Wikipedia · Amazon search link
• How to Beat Up Anybody (book, 2010) · source: Wikipedia · Amazon search link

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Judah Friedlander live dates & lineups

From our comedy tracker: dates, rooms, roles and who opened, each with its source. Updated Saturday, October 17, 2026.

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Confirmed · 2+ sourcesUnverified · 1 source

Upcoming dates

No upcoming dates in our tracker yet.

Past performances

Oct 16, 2026

Unverified · 1 source

New York Comedy Club (East Village) club

New York, NY

Role not listed by the source

• Fri Oct 168:15 PM

Sources: Club calendar

Openers & features

Judah opened for

None recorded yet. Club pages almost never print opener or feature names for Judah Friedlander’s shows, so this fills in as sources confirm them.

Opened for Judah

None recorded yet. Club pages almost never print opener or feature names for Judah Friedlander’s shows, so this fills in as sources confirm them.

Momentum

No momentum note yet. Our tracker started on Oct 14, 2026 (3 runs logged since), so there is no earlier period to compare bookings against. A note appears only when the data supports one.

Said on podcasts

No podcast mentions logged yet.

More on Judah

• Official site: judahfriedlander.com
• MSN: Mike Lawrence & Mike Vecchione on We Might Be Drunk (a club story)
• Movies & TV shows: every Judah Friedlander credit

How we check: a run shows as confirmed only when two independent sources agree on it (for example the club’s own calendar plus a ticketing listing, or Judah naming the dates on a podcast). Everything else stays unverified until a second source turns up. Roles appear only when a source states them. Know a date or an opener we missed? Use the form below.

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Official links

• Official website
• Wikipedia

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