Bill Burr
Stand-up comedian

Bill Burr

Who Bill Burr is

Stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster with a catalog of major specials including Drop Dead Years, Live at Red Rocks, Paper Tiger, Walk Your Way Out, I'm Sorry You Feel That Way and You People Are All The Same. He hosts the Monday Morning Podcast and co-hosts Anything Better? with Paul Virzi.

At a glance

Born
1968
Style
Rant, Observational, Dark, Relationships, Anger, Cultural, Self-deception, Confrontational reasoning
Came up through
The Comedy Store
Stand-up specials
Drop Dead Years, Live at Red Rocks, Paper Tiger and 3 more
Podcasts
Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast and Anything Better?
On screen
F Is for Family, Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian and 7 more
WTF with Marc Maron
Episode 668
Next on stage
17 October 2026 — Fastball Comedy Festival, Mesa, AZ
Official site
billburr.com ↗

On stage

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

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

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Comedians like Bill Burr

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Their stand-up

Bill Burr’s voice was built through years of club work and sharpened by a direct relationship with listeners through podcasting. That combination—traditional road craft and independent distribution—became a model for a generation.

The apparent rant is more controlled than it sounds. Rhythm, reversals and self-correction keep the audience inside an argument that is always in danger of turning back on the speaker.

Career timeline

  1. 1968Born
  2. 2004Chappelle's Show (various characters, Comedy Central, 2004) On screen
  3. 2010Date Night (Detective Walsh, 2010) On screen
  4. 2011Breaking Bad (Patrick Kuby, AMC, 2011–2013) On screen
  5. 2013The Heat (Mark Mullins, 2013) On screen
  6. 2015F Is for Family (Frank Murphy, voice; co-creator, Netflix, 2015–2021) On screen
  7. 2015Daddy's Home (Jerry, 2015) On screen
  8. 2019The Mandalorian (Migs Mayfeld, Disney+, 2019–2020) On screen
  9. 2020The King of Staten Island (Ray Bishop, 2020) On screen
  10. 2023Old Dads (Jack Kelly; also director and co-writer, Netflix, 2023) On screen
  11. 2024Unfrosted (John F. Kennedy, 2024) On screen

Questions about Bill Burr

Where is Bill Burr performing next?

Saturday 17 October 2026, 6:00 PM — with Rachel Feinstein at Fastball Comedy Festival, Mesa, AZ. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Drop Dead Years, Live at Red Rocks, Paper Tiger, Walk Your Way Out, I'm Sorry You Feel That Way and You People Are All The Same.

What podcast do they host?

Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast and Anything Better?

What TV shows and films are they in?

F Is for Family, Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian, Chappelle's Show, Old Dads and The King of Staten Island, among 10 credits.

Where did they get their start?

The Comedy Store (developed there under Mitzi Shore).

When were they born?

In 1968.

Have they been on WTF with Marc Maron?

Yes — episode 668.

Who are some comedians like them?

Jerry Seinfeld (also in Unfrosted), Sebastian Maniscalco (also in Unfrosted), Ali Wong (the same style: relationships), Chris Rock (the same style: relationships) and Joe Rogan (also in Chappelle's Show).

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

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 25 September 2026