Bill Engvall
Stand-up comedian · Park City, UT

Bill Engvall

Who Bill Engvall is

Bill Engvall is a stand-up comedian from Galveston, Texas, known for his Here's Your Sign routine and the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He starred in The Bill Engvall Show on TBS and has released solo specials including Here's Your Sign Live, 15° Off Cool and Aged and Confused. After a farewell tour that ended at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City at the end of 2022, he returned to stand-up in 2025.

At a glance

Born
1957
Based in
Park City, UT
Came up through
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Stand-up specials
Just Sell Him for Parts, Them Idiots: Whirled Tour, Aged and Confused and 5 more
Albums
Them Idiots Whirled Tour, Aged and Confused, 15° Off Cool and 6 more
Podcasts
My Two Cents, Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life, Here's Your Sign! and 1 more
On screen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Delta, The Jeff Foxworthy Show and 5 more
Official site
billengvall.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: billengvall.com ↗.

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

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Career timeline

  1. 1957Born
  2. 1992Delta (Buck Overton, 1992–1993) On screen
  3. 1996Here's Your Sign (1996, Comedy Central) Special
  4. 1996The Jeff Foxworthy Show (Bill Pelton, 1996–1997) On screen
  5. 1996Here's Your Sign (1996) Album
  6. 1997You Don't Have to Be Dumb to Be Stupid (book, 1997) Book
  7. 1998Dorkfish (1998) Album
  8. 1999Here's Your Christmas Album (1999) Album
  9. 2000Now That's Awesome (2000) Album
  10. 2002Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography (2002) Album
  11. 2003Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003, Comedy Central) Special
  12. 2003Here's Your Sign Reloaded (2003) Album
  13. 2004Here's Your Sign Live (2004, Comedy Central) Special
  14. 2004Blue Collar TV (cast member, 2004–2006) On screen
  15. 2005Here's Your Sign! (book, 2005) Book
  16. 2006Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road (2006, Comedy Central) Special
  17. 200715° Off Cool (2007, Comedy Central) Special
  18. 2007The Bill Engvall Show (Bill Pearson, 2007–2009) On screen
  19. 200715° Off Cool (2007) Album
  20. 2007Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life (book, 2007) Book
  21. 2009Aged and Confused (2009, Comedy Central) Special
  22. 2009Aged and Confused (2009) Album
  23. 2011Lingo (host, 2011) On screen
  24. 2012Them Idiots: Whirled Tour (2012, CMT) Special
  25. 2012Them Idiots Whirled Tour (2012, with Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy) Album
  26. 2013Dancing with the Stars (contestant, season 17, 2013) On screen
  27. 2016Just Sell Him for Parts (2016, Vudu) Special
  28. 2016Last Man Standing (Reverend Paul, 2016–2021) On screen

Questions about Bill Engvall

Where is Bill Engvall performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: billengvall.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Just Sell Him for Parts, Them Idiots: Whirled Tour, Aged and Confused, 15° Off Cool, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road, Here's Your Sign Live, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie and Here's Your Sign.

What podcast do they host?

My Two Cents, Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life, Here's Your Sign! and You Don't Have to Be Dumb to Be Stupid.

What TV shows and films are they in?

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Delta, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Blue Collar TV, The Bill Engvall Show and Lingo, among 8 credits.

Where did they get their start?

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (stand-up).

Where are they based?

Park City, UT, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1957.

Who are some comedians like them?

Jay Leno (also in Last Man Standing), Jeff Foxworthy (also in The Jeff Foxworthy Show), Andy Kaufman (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), Bob Newhart (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) and Buddy Hackett (also came through The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson).

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.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026