Stand-up comedian

Adam Hess

Who Adam Hess is

Adam Hess is a stand-up comedian and comedy writer who won the Chortle Student Comedy Award in 2011 and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2015 Edinburgh Comedy Awards with his Fringe debut, Salmon, which went on to Soho Theatre, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Kilkenny's Cat Laughs. He followed it with the Fringe hours Feathers (2016), which toured the UK, Cactus (2017), Seahorse (2018) and My Grandad Has a Fringe (2019), and was nominated Best Club Comic at the 2016 Chortle Awards.

He has appeared on BBC Two's Live from the BBC, ITV2's @elevenish, BBC One's Count Arthur Strong, BBC Radio 4's Don't Make Me Laugh and ABC's Comedy Up Late, was a staff writer on Russell Howard's Good News, supported David Baddiel on tour, and is one of the creators of The Bearpit Podcast Podcast.

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At a glance

Podcasts
The Bearpit Podcast Podcast
On screen
Live from the BBC, @elevenish, Count Arthur Strong and 3 more

On stage

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On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Adam Hess

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Questions and answers

Where is Adam Hess performing next?

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What podcasts have they been on?

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Live from the BBC (BBC Two), @elevenish (ITV2), Count Arthur Strong (BBC One), Don't Make Me Laugh (BBC Radio 4), Comedy Up Late (ABC) and Russell Howard's Good News (staff writer, BBC Two).

Who are some comedians like them?

Danielle Walker (also in Comedy Up Late), Fern Brady (also in Live from the BBC), Gillian Cosgriff (also in Comedy Up Late), Glenn Wool (also in Russell Howard's Good News) and James Nokise (also in Comedy Up Late).

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Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026