John Caparulo
Stand-up comedian · Las Vegas, NV

John Caparulo

Who John Caparulo is

John Caparulo is a stand-up comedian from East Liverpool, Ohio, who started in the clubs of Cleveland and Pittsburgh in the late 1990s before moving to Hollywood, where he worked the door at the Comedy Store. A 2003 set at Just for Laughs in Montreal led to The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and he made more than 150 appearances as a panelist on E!'s Chelsea Lately. His specials are Meet Cap (Comedy Central, 2008) and Come Inside Me (Netflix, 2013); he also performed on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Next Generation and Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour, played Brian on ABC's Work It and voiced Headphone Joe on Disney's Fish Hooks. After nearly 500 shows in a two-year residency at Harrah's Las Vegas, he headlines weeknights at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club in Las Vegas.

At a glance

Born
1975
Based in
Las Vegas, NV
Came up through
The Comedy Store
Stand-up specials
Comedy Central Presents: John Caparulo, Meet Cap and Come Inside Me
Albums
John Caparulo: Meet Cap and Come Inside Me
Podcasts
The Mad Cap Hour, Domestic Disputes and Cartoon Comic
On screen
Chelsea Lately, Work It, Fish Hooks and 6 more
Next on stage
8 October 2026 — Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club, Las Vegas, NV
Official site
johncaparulo.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

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

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Career timeline

  1. 1975Born
  2. 2003The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (stand-up, CBS, 2003–2004) On screen
  3. 2005The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (stand-up, NBC, 2005–2008) On screen
  4. 2006Comedy Central Presents: John Caparulo (2006, Comedy Central) Special
  5. 2006Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland (film, 2006) On screen
  6. 2008Meet Cap (2008, Comedy Central) Special
  7. 2008Chelsea Lately (roundtable panelist, E!, 2008–2014) On screen
  8. 2008Mobile Home Disaster (host, CMT, 2008) On screen
  9. 2009John Caparulo: Meet Cap (2009, Warner Bros. Nashville) Album
  10. 2013Come Inside Me (2013, Netflix) Special
  11. 2013Come Inside Me (2013, Warner Bros. Nashville) Album

Questions about John Caparulo

Where is John Caparulo performing next?

Thursday 8 October 2026, 7:30 PM at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club, Las Vegas, NV, then 11 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Comedy Central Presents: John Caparulo, Meet Cap and Come Inside Me.

What podcast do they host?

The Mad Cap Hour, Domestic Disputes and Cartoon Comic.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Chelsea Lately, Work It, Fish Hooks, Mobile Home Disaster, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, among 9 credits.

Where did they get their start?

The Comedy Store (worked the door, then a paid regular).

Where are they based?

Las Vegas, NV, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1975.

Who are some comedians like them?

John Heffron (also in The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn), Gina Brillon (also in Chelsea Lately), Kira Soltanovich (also in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), Jay Leno (also in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) and Michael Yo (also in Chelsea Lately).

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