Nick Rutherford
Nick Rutherford | |
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.jpg) Rutherford in 2012 | |
| Born | Nicholas Rutherford |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | Official website |
Nicholas Rutherford is an American actor, comedian, writer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. He has performed live stand up and sketch comedy in Los Angeles and New York.[1] He was a writer for Saturday Night Live.[2][3]
Early life[edit]
Rutherford is originally from Thousand Oaks, California.[4] He attended college at the University of Southern California. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group, Commedus Interruptus.[5]
Career[edit]
Good Neighbor[edit]
In 2007, Rutherford came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Dave McCary to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor.[6] Some of their videos include "My Mom's a MILF", "Is My Roommate Gay?", "Outrageous Fun", "420 Disaster", "This is How We Trip", "Toast", and "Unbelievable Dinner", a sketch based on the movie Hook.
Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey[edit]
On April 30, 2014, Nick was a guest on Ryan Bailey's webseries Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey.
Rutherford works for Fox as a voice actor and writer for the animated series Golan the Insatiable, for which he wrote the fourth episode in the 2015 season, "Shell Raiser".
Dream Corp, LLC[edit]
Nick stars as "Patient 88" on the Adult Swim series Dream Corp, LLC.[7]
Rick and Morty[edit]
Rutherford has written three episodes of the animated television show Rick and Morty: the season five episode "Rickdependence Spray", the season six episode "Juricksic Mort", and the season seven episode "How Poopy Got His Poop Back".[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "Good Neighbor Member Nick Rutherford Speaks Out About Not Being Hired by 'SNL'". Vulture. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ McCarthy, Sean L. (2014). "SNL hires Nick Rutherford to reunite, write with his Good Neighbor mates". The Comic's Comic. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ Robinson, Will (2015-09-21). "'SNL' writers shuffle: Mike O'Brien leaves, six newcomers added". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ "Nick Rutherford". Upright Citizens Brigade. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
- ^ "Student comedy group grabs attention | Daily Trojan". Daily Trojan. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ^ Violette, James (2011-01-23). "Student comedy group grabs attention". Daily Trojan. University of Southern California. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ Barsanti, Sam. "The trailer for John Krasinski's Dream Corp LLC is peak Adult Swim weirdness". TV Club. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
External links[edit]
- 1982 births
- American male actors
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- American male comedians
- People from Thousand Oaks, California
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Living people
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- Comedians from California
- 21st-century American comedians