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Chris Hardwick

American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician

Person · Open Library

Born: 1971-11-23
Works: 3

Top works

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY the Ultimate Guide to the Walking Dead
The Nerdist Way
The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)

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Film & TV

Acting · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Christopher Ryan "Chris" Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American actor, television personality, writer, musician, and comedian.

Known for

Up for Auction — Self - Host2024
Attack of the Doc! — Self2023
Krapopolis — (voice)2023
Halloween in Hollywood — Self - Host2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
Barmageddon — Self - Contestant2022
A Very Special G4 Holiday Reunion Special — Self2020
Making Fun: The Story of Funko — Self2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity — Self2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1971-11-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 23,976
Total plays: 211,113

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,678x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 15,973x

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Key facts

Born: Christopher Ryan Hardwick , ( 1971-11-23 ) November 23, 1971 (age 54) , Louisville, Kentucky , U.S.
Alma mater: University of California, Los Angeles
Occupations: Comedian actor television host podcast host writer producer
Spouse: Lydia Hearst ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 )
Years active: 1991–present
Medium: Stand-up podcast television film
Genres: Observational comedy blue comedy sarcasm musical comedy self-deprecation satire
Subjects: American culture American politics human behavior pop culture current events

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Key dates

Born: 23 November 1971

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ryan
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Louisville
Spouse: Lydia Hearst-Shaw
Occupation: television producer
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Buddhism
Instrument: voice

Article

Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosted Talking Dead, an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, as well as Talking with Chris Hardwick, a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and The Wall, a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC. Hardwick created Nerdist Industries, operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast The Nerdist Podcast, which later left the network and was renamed to ID10T with Chris Hardwick. His podcast had broadcast 1,000 episodes as of December 2019.

From 2011, he hosted the BBC America Britcom block Ministry of Laughs. From 2013 to 2017, he hosted @midnight with Chris Hardwick, a nightly comedy-game show series on Comedy Central. In 2013, he hosted Talking Bad, a live half-hour talk show on AMC following the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad. From 2016, he hosted Talking Saul for the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul. He is also known for performing with Mike Phirman in the musical comedy duo Hard 'n Phirm, as well as hosting Singled Out, Wired Science, and Web Soup, the voice of Glowface on The X's, the voice of Otis the Cow in Back at the Barnyard, and the voice of Craig the Snake in Sanjay and Craig.