Adam Pasi
Who Adam Pasi is
Adam Pasi is a Portland, Oregon, stand-up comedian, born in Tacoma, Washington, and raised on army bases on the East Coast and in Germany, who has become one of the most recognized names in Northwest comedy with absurd yet relatable stories and loud, silly calls to arms.
Voted Portland's Funniest Person two years running, he has played the Bridgetown, Limestone, Wenatchee and Big Sky comedy festivals, appeared on IFC's Portlandia, hosts regularly at Helium Comedy Club and co-hosts the comedy game show Funny Humans vs. The Wheel. In 2024 an episode of PBS's Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo followed him behind the scenes in Portland as a Samoan comic who left his day job for comedy, and that September his track Bouncing with Samoans was played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel.
At a glance
- Based in
- Portland, OR
- On screen
- Portlandia, Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo and Socially Distanced Stand Up
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- Portlandia IFC
- Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo episode 5, PBS, 2024
- Socially Distanced Stand Up episode 1, JoySauce
Comedians like Adam Pasi
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Eeland Stribling also in Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo
- Fred Armisen also in Portlandia
- Ian Karmel also in Portlandia
- Kumail Nanjiani also in Portlandia
Their stand-up
Pasi won Helium Comedy Club's Portland's Funniest Person contest in 2019 and 2020, its only back-to-back winner, after placing second in the 2014 edition, when Willamette Week called him the most physical and the loudest act of the night.
Questions and answers
Where is Adam Pasi performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Portlandia, Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo and Socially Distanced Stand Up.
Where are they based?
Portland, OR, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
Eeland Stribling (also in Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo), Fred Armisen (also in Portlandia), Ian Karmel (also in Portlandia) and Kumail Nanjiani (also in Portlandia).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- First Avenue · first-avenue.com ↗ A Portland comic among the most recognized names in Northwestern comedy; born in Tacoma, WA, raised on army bases on the East Coast and in Germany; absurd…
- PBS - Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo, episode 5 ↗ In Portland, Oregon, Jesus Trejo meets Samoan comedian Adam Pasi, voted Portland's funniest comic twice (the only two-time consecutive winner of Portland's…
- JoySauce - Socially Distanced Stand Up, episode 1 ↗ A Portland-based, half-Samoan comic; stand-up made for JoySauce; the Bridgetown and Big Sky comedy festivals; Portlandia (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist - Raw Comedy recent plays (Internet Archive capture, 18 September 2024) ↗ Bouncing with Samoans, Adam Pasi, played on Raw Comedy on 18 September 2024 (as of 8 October 2026)
- Willamette Week — Steven Wilber Wins Portland's Funniest Person Contest at Helium Comedy Club ↗ Pasi placed second in the 2014 contest, Helium Comedy Club's annual competition; the most physical and the loudest of the finalists (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026