We’ve enjoyed him bringing hilarious nostalgia to our social media pages and roasting his haters on youtube.
One of stand-up comedy’s biggest rising stars is taking his love for comedy to new heights while learning new ways to captivate an audience from some of his favorite comedic peers.
The Mike Murphy Show is a weekly podcast that sees Pittsburgh, PA comedian Mike Murphy sit down with some of the genre’s biggest stars to discuss various topics including comedic journeys, highlights, lowights, lessons, perceptions, what’s next, and so much more.
Mike Murphy: Mike Murphy is a father, comedian, actor, writer, and US Army Veteran. Mike grew up in Garfield, a neighborhood in the inner city of Pittsburgh, in the late 90s and early 2000s. Growing up in Garfield and having six siblings, his environment helped shape and mold him into the man he is today. Coming from where he came from, getting out of the ghetto presented many challenges, such that led him to enlist into the Army and serving two tours in Iraq — receiving multiple medals and badges — to escape a life he knew had no future.
Throughout grade school, Mike’s teachers, peers, and friends knew he was intelligent, but instead of applying his intelligence to school, Mike enjoyed being the center of attention by making people laugh. Mike’s intelligence coupled with the gift of gab, helped him transform himself into Comedian Mike Murphy. Mike was first introduced to comedy while owning a dump truck business when a friend suggested he sign up to do stand up comedy at the Pittsburgh Improv. After his first time on stage, Mike knew comedy was his Happy place and his calling. Love, at first sight, some might call it. Mike’s first big break was in 2019 when he opened up for DC Young Fly in front of more than one thousand people. After that performance, he dissolved his dump truck business and moved to Los Angeles, California to fulfill his dream as a Comedian. Since moving to LA Mike has performed with Legends such as Dave Chappelle, Gary Owen, David Arnold, Earthquake, Mark Curry and Deray Davis as well as touring with Tony Rock. You can see him perform live all over Los Angeles at places like the World Famous Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Hollywood Improv.
On this week’s episode, Mike Murphy sits down with comedian and actor Tony Rock to discuss his start in comedy, his relationship with his brother Chris Rock and the infamous Will Smith Slap at the Oscars last year and how that affected his relationship with Will Smith. We also talked about fatherhood and how that changed his goals for his career as well as his Long overdue comedy Special that will be taped March 25th 2023 at the Long Beach Laugh Factory.
Rock was a co-star on CBS’s comedy Living Biblically, co-starring with Jay Ferguson, Lindsey Kraft, Camryn Manheim, and Sara Gilbert.
Rock has appeared on radio and television shows including The Howard Stern Show and The D’Angelo Show. He performed in New York with Mark Curry and John Henton to highlight the Apollo Theater. He co-starred as Dirk Black on the UPN/The CW sitcom All of Us. Rock has often worked as a back-up to his brother Chris, and appeared on the latter’s sitcom Everybody Hates Chris in the recurring role of the title character’s uncle Ryan. Chris’s fictitious brother Drew from the show is loosely based on Tony. Rock has hosted The Funny Spot on TV One.
Rock starred in his own sketch comedy TV series, The Tony Rock Project, which was broadcast on MyNetworkTV from 2008 to 2009. On February 19, 2010, Comedy Central aired Tony Rock’s feature on Season 14 of Comedy Central Presents. His episode was the first original of the 2010 season.
In 2012, Rock appeared in Think Like a Man, a feature film based on Steve Harvey’s 2009 book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. In the same year, Rock appeared in David E. Talbert’s What Goes Around Comes Around and began hosting Apollo Live on BET.
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