Hampton Yount
Stand-up comedian · Los Angeles, CA

Hampton Yount

Who Hampton Yount is

Hampton Yount is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Virginia who started in comedy in Washington, D.C., won the DC Improv's competition for its funniest local comedian in 2008 and now lives in Los Angeles. He was one of the New Faces at Montreal's Just for Laughs in 2014, appeared that year on Conan and NBC's Last Comic Standing, and has also performed on Comedy Central's Adam Devine's House Party and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail; Esquire and Comedy Central named him among their comics to watch in 2012 and 2013.

He has written for MTV's Ridiculousness and Fantasy Factory, truTV's Upload with Shaquille O'Neal and Adult Swim's Loiter Squad, and in the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix he took over the voice of Crow T. Robot. His album Bearable came out on ASpecialThing Records in 2015, and his track God Goes Hollywood! was played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in June 2022.

At a glance

Based in
Los Angeles, CA
Albums
Bearable
On screen
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Conan, Last Comic Standing and 6 more

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Albums

On screen

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Career timeline

  1. 2013Adam Devine's House Party (Comedy Central, 2013) On screen
  2. 2014Conan (TBS, 2014) On screen
  3. 2014Last Comic Standing (NBC, 2014) On screen
  4. 2015Bearable (ASpecialThing Records, 2015) Album

Questions and answers

Where is Hampton Yount performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Mystery Science Theater 3000, Conan, Last Comic Standing, Adam Devine's House Party, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and Ridiculousness, among 9 credits.

Where are they based?

Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Byron Bowers (also in Adam DeVine's House Party), Jonah Ray Rodrigues (also in Mystery Science Theater 3000), Sean Donnelly (also in Adam DeVine's House Party), Al Jackson (also in Upload with Shaquille O'Neal) and Brent Sullivan (also in The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail).

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.

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Sources

Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026