During a hilarious performance on Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring, comedian Gregory Santos tells the story of shitting his pants on a hike, talks about being Cuban and explains why he loves Instagram.
He was selected for and performed in the CBS 2020 Comedy Showcase! He was awarded with a Talent Holding Deal with the network after the showcase AND spent all the money during the pandemic.
Gregory started his acting journey in 2014 and You can see his work most recently with paul feig’s powderkeg series in a short called corked. He can also be seen on roku’s the shortlist: a new you, Disney’s Just Roll with It, CBS’s The Neighborhood, ABC’S American Housewife, MGM’S The Baxter’s, Brian Regan’s Stand Up & Away on Netflix, NBC’s Great News (are you still reading?), YouTube Red’s Good Game, CBS’s Angel from Hell & ABC’s The Muppets (truly where he peaked by working with Kermit). He’s also been in over 17 National Commercials! But his Mom is still dead! What???
Born and raised in Las Vegas, NV, to immigrant parents from Cuba, (Hollywood says they like “Diversity”, well Gregory is bilingual!) He made his way out to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams, cue the montage! Greg has performed at SF Sketchfest (2023-2016), Big Sky Comedy Festival (2018), Laughing Skull Festival (2018), RIOT LA (LA’s Alt Comedy Festival) in 2015 & 2014 & the Bridgetown Comedy Festival (2014).
He also does Live Sketch Comedy! You can see Gregory performing sketch at westside comedy theatre.
He also does Digital Sketch! His character, The Cop Who LOVES being Filmed has been seen over 6 Million times! He also did ANOTHER Cop character for Just For Laughs Digital that has 1.4 Million Views. His former sketch group, Tunguska Yacht Club, has been featured by Mas Mejor, Comedy Central, Playboy.com, Funny or Die, Huffington Post Comedy, Men’s Humor, You Tube What’s Popular, The 2012 International Song Writing Competition, and countless Eastern European sites he can not understand.
Gregory also co-wrote, co-produced, and participated in a Publisher’s Clearing House Prank on his best friend, Reed Hahn, which was featured on MTV’s Prank’d Season 2, TRU TV’s Top 20 Most Shocking Pranks (2010), TRU TV’s Top 20 Funniest Big Check, No Money (2013), TRU TV’s World’s Dumbest (2013), and TRU TV’s Totally Random (2015).
Gregory is tired of writing Gregory.
Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring: Half-hour stand-up specials have been a staple of the Comedy Central brand since the 90s. Even though the name of the TV show changed a few times and the airings have shifted online. Regardless, they are still alive and going strong.
Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents, formerly known as The Half Hour, is an American stand-up comedy television series that airs on Comedy Central in the United States. The program features various stand-up comedians in each episode. It replaced the similar program Comedy Central Presents in 2012.
Every episode features an up-and-coming comedian or sometimes a group performing an original set of stand-up. The first four seasons of the show where filmed at the Royale theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Beginning with the fifth season, the comedians now perform their sets at the Civic Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was announced that a sixth season was picked up with 14 new stand-up comedians given their own set. It was also announced that the show will be retitled Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents.
The Half Hour shines a spotlight on some of the funniest and most unusual voices in stand-up comedy.
