Gary Owen
Stand-up comedian

Gary Owen

Who Gary Owen is

Gary Owen is a stand-up comedian and actor from Cincinnati who started doing stand-up in 1995 while stationed with the U.S. Navy in San Diego and was named Funniest Serviceman in America. His break came on BET's Comic View in 1997, which he went on to host, and he later starred in BET's The Gary Owen Show and in films including Think Like a Man, Ride Along and Meet the Blacks. His stand-up specials run from True Story (2012) through Black Famous (2021, Showtime), Broken Family (2024) and No Hard Feelings (2026), and he hosts the podcast Get Some with Gary Owen.

At a glance

Born
1974
Came up through
BET ComicView
Stand-up specials
Breakin' Out of the Park, True Story, Upgraded and 7 more
Podcasts
Get Some with Gary Owen
On screen
Comic View, 1st Amendment Stand Up, House of Payne and 3 more
Official site
garyowen.live ↗

On stage

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

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through BET ComicView:

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Comedians like Gary Owen

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.

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Career timeline

  1. 1974Born
  2. 1997Comic View (stand-up, then host, BET, 1997) On screen
  3. 20051st Amendment Stand Up (recurring guest, Starz, 2005–2009) On screen
  4. 2008Breakin' Out of the Park (2008) Special
  5. 2009House of Payne (Zach, recurring, TBS, 2009) On screen
  6. 2012True Story (2012) Special
  7. 2012Upgraded (2012) Special
  8. 2013Upload with Shaquille O'Neal (co-host, truTV, 2013) On screen
  9. 2014Ride Along (Crazy Cody Tillman, 2014) On screen
  10. 2015I Agree with Myself (2015) Special
  11. 2016The Gary Owen Show (BET, 2016) On screen
  12. 2017I Got My Associates (2017) Special
  13. 2019#DoinWhatIDo (2019) Special
  14. 2021Black Famous (2021, Showtime) Special
  15. 2024Broken Family (2024, YouTube) Special
  16. 2025No S (2025) Special
  17. 2026No Hard Feelings (2026, YouTube) Special

Questions about Gary Owen

Where is Gary Owen performing next?

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

What stand-up specials have they released?

Breakin' Out of the Park, True Story, Upgraded, I Agree with Myself, I Got My Associates, #DoinWhatIDo, Black Famous, Broken Family, No S and No Hard Feelings.

What podcast do they host?

Get Some with Gary Owen.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Comic View, 1st Amendment Stand Up, House of Payne, Upload with Shaquille O'Neal, The Gary Owen Show and Ride Along.

Where did they get their start?

BET ComicView (his break, then host).

When were they born?

In 1974.

Who are some comedians like them?

Don DC Curry (also in 1st Amendment Stand Up), Karlous Miller (also in Comic View), Kevin Hart (also in Ride Along), T. Murph (also in Comic View) and Bryan Callen (also in Ride Along).

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 29 September 2026