Joel Kim Booster
Stand-up comedian · Los Angeles, CA

Joel Kim Booster

Who Joel Kim Booster is

Joel Kim Booster is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor, born on Jeju Island in South Korea and raised in Plainfield, Illinois, who started doing stand-up in Chicago by opening for plays before moving to New York in 2014. He performed on Conan in 2016, taped a Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents half hour in 2017, and released the album Model Minority in 2018 and the Netflix special Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual in 2022. He wrote and starred in the Hulu film Fire Island (2022), which earned him two Emmy nominations, and stars in the Apple TV comedy series Loot.

At a glance

Born
1988
Based in
Los Angeles, CA
Stand-up specials
Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual and Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents
Albums
Model Minority
Podcasts
Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster + Mitra Jouhari
On screen
Loot, Fire Island, Conan and 5 more
Next on stage
15 October 2026 — Hollywood Improv, Hollywood, CA

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

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On screen

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Career timeline

  1. 1988Born
  2. 2016Conan (stand-up set, 2016) On screen
  3. 2017Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents (2017, Comedy Central) Special
  4. 2018Model Minority (2018) Album
  5. 2019Shrill (Tony, Hulu, 2019–2020) On screen
  6. 2019Sunnyside (Jun Ho, NBC, 2019) On screen
  7. 2019Big Mouth (voice of Charles Lu; also producer, 2019–2023) On screen
  8. 2019The Other Two (writer and producer, 2019) On screen
  9. 2019Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster + Mitra Jouhari (co-host, Earwolf, podcast, 2019) Podcast or book
  10. 2022Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual (2022, Netflix) Special
  11. 2022Loot (Nicholas, Apple TV, 2022–present) On screen
  12. 2022Fire Island (Noah; also writer and executive producer, film, Hulu, 2022) On screen
  13. 2025KPop Demon Hunters (voice, film, 2025) On screen

Questions about Joel Kim Booster

Where is Joel Kim Booster performing next?

Thursday 15 October 2026, 9:30 PM — with Adam Conover (Comedy Mayhem ft. Joel Kim Booster, Adam Conover, Pardis Parker and More TBA) at Hollywood Improv, Hollywood, CA. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual and Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents.

What podcast do they host?

Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster + Mitra Jouhari.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Loot, Fire Island, Conan, Shrill, Sunnyside and Big Mouth, among 8 credits.

Where are they based?

Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1988.

Who are some comedians like them?

Mitra Jouhari (also in Big Mouth), Moses Storm (also in Sunnyside), Adam Conover (on the same bill, 15 October 2026), Ron Funches (also in Loot) and Ali Wong (also in Big Mouth).

The full SUCDb record

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Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 29 September 2026