Matthew Starr is a comedian/writer living in Los Angeles, CA.
Matthew is the creator/writer/director of the hit Audible Original The Best Man’s Ghostwriter starring Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Ashley Park, D’Arcy Carden, Lance Bass, and Zach Braff and produced by Broadway Video. The Best Man’s Ghostwriter was named one of Audible’s Best of 2024 and Matthew was nominated for an Ambie Award for Best Scriptwriting, Fiction.
Matthew recently partnered with the Simons Foundation as part of their In the Path of Totality initiative to tour his solo stand-up/science show Dark Matter along the path of the 2024 total solar eclipse. He was a staff writer and featured panelist for MTV News Need To Know, and a head writer/performer at Above Average.
Matthew has written for/appeared on shows on Audible, Disney+, Comedy Central Digital, MTV, MTV2, TruTV, and the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards hosted by John Mulaney and Nick Kroll. His work has been featured on McSweeney’s, AV Club, CollegeHumor, Cracked, and Huffington Post.
Matthew was a house writer and performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City and an alumni of the UCB Touring Company. His sketch, I’m Like A Bird, was listed by Vulture as one of the “207 Unforgettable Comedy Moments of the 2010s.”
Matthew is a graduate of The Ohio State University.
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