After an amazing performance inside the legendary The Laugh Factory comedy club in Hollywood, CA, TJ Miller shares why the Laugh Factory feels like home for him as a comedian.
You may recognize his non-animated face and body from his roles in Fox’s big screen comic book adaptation of Deadpool, the highest grossing R-rated film of all time, 2014’s surprise indie hit Transformers 4, and Mike Judge’s HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, now in its third season, for which he received the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Comedy.His podcast “Cashing in with T.J. Miller” on nerdist.com is listened to by 12 and ½ people, and he is a nationally touring stand-up artist, crisscrossing the country listening to Kris Kross (he’s also done shows in the U.K. and Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico did not go well)). He has been performing his absurdist observational stand-up act for over 10 years, and has never gone to the bathroom in his pants on stage. His hour-long Comedy Central stand-up special T.J. Miller: No Real Reason and hip-hop/pop/folk music album “The Extended Play E.P.,” an E.P. with 41 tracks, and the “Illegal Art Remixtape” are all available now. He hosted Comedy Central’s Mash-Up, a mashup of stand-up, sketches and visualizations, and has appeared on Chelsea Lately more than most women his height. He got his start touring with Second City in Chicago and improvising with Annoyance Theater, iO, and managers at electronics stores asking why he was late and smelled like gin.
Miller has been in a number of major studio films including Office Christmas Party, Cloverfield, She’s Out of My League, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Our Idiot Brother, Yogi Bear 3D (Ranger Jones, his greatest role to date), Unstoppable, and Get Him to the Greek. Miller also talks like an old drag queen after a hard night of chain smoking, and thus voiced the character Tuffnut in the Oscar-nominated animated film How to Train Your Dragon, and How to Train Your Dragon 2.He voices Robbie from Gravity Falls on Disney, Tuffnut in the Netflix How to Train Your Dragon TV series, and Gorburger, a very strange show you just have to Google to understand.
Upcoming films include Goon: Last of the Enforcers and Ready Player One directed by Steven Spielberg. He resides in Hollywood, California, where he struggles to find meaning in an uncertain world. He is a comedian.
The Laugh Factory: Opening its doors in 1979, the world-famous Laugh Factory has been recognized as the “#1 comedy club in the country” by USA Today.
From its flagship location on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, the Laugh Factory has sparked laughter from millions of people across the globe. It’s where LA natives and tourists alike can go for a guaranteed smile, and it’s where comedy’s biggest stars go to feel like they’re a part of comedy history. From its comedy magazine to its historic stage, Laugh Factory has elevated the careers of countless comedians and continues to foster up-and-coming talent. Since 1979, Laugh Factory has opened additional locations in Chicago, Long Beach, San Diego, Las Vegas and Reno.
