KT Tatara
Who KT Tatara is
KT Tatara is a stand-up comedian from Washington, D.C., a former resident of West Virginia now based in Los Angeles, known for logic-based comedy that leaves audiences feeling they learned something while they laughed. He was one of the New Faces of Comedy at Montreal's Just For Laughs in 2006 and has been invited back to the festival several times, starring in CBC's special The Colour of Funny at Just For Laughs in Toronto in 2008.
He has appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and Showtime's Live Nude Comedy, acted in ABC Family's Greek, CBS's How I Met Your Mother and Fox's Lethal Weapon, and is a regular at the Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store and the Improv. His tracks He Wants to Be a Man and Learning Japanese were played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in March 2023.
At a glance
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Stand-up specials
- The Colour of Funny
- On screen
- Last Comic Standing, Live at Gotham, Live Nude Comedy and 3 more
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
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
- The Colour of Funny CBC, Just For Laughs Toronto, 2008
On screen
- Last Comic Standing NBC
- Live at Gotham Comedy Central
- Live Nude Comedy Showtime
- Greek ABC Family
- How I Met Your Mother CBS
- Lethal Weapon Fox
Comedians like KT Tatara
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.
- Vanessa Johnston also in How I Met Your Mother
- Chris Porter also in Live at Gotham
- Jesse Joyce also in Live at Gotham
- Michael Palascak also in Live at Gotham
- Bob Saget also in How I Met Your Mother
- Damon Wayans also in Lethal Weapon
- Joe DeVito also in Live at Gotham
- Mary Mack also in Live at Gotham
Questions and answers
Where is KT Tatara performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What stand-up specials have they released?
The Colour of Funny.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Last Comic Standing, Live at Gotham, Live Nude Comedy, Greek, How I Met Your Mother and Lethal Weapon.
Where are they based?
Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
Vanessa Johnston (also in How I Met Your Mother), Chris Porter (also in Live at Gotham), Jesse Joyce (also in Live at Gotham), Michael Palascak (also in Live at Gotham) and Bob Saget (also in How I Met Your Mother).
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.
Sources
- The Laugh Factory ↗ Logic-based comedy and unique insights; lives in Los Angeles, seen regularly at the Laugh Factory, Comedy Store and Improv; one of the New Faces of Comedy at…
- The Comedy Store ↗ A Washington D.C. native and former resident of West Virginia; NBC's Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, FOX's Lethal Weapon and CBS's How…
- Apple Music catalogue (iTunes search) ↗ Manhood, Girls and Half-Japanese (Jfl 2008), KT Tatara, on Just for Laughs - The Archives, Vol. 36 (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist - Raw Dog Comedy recent plays (Internet Archive capture, 17 March 2023) ↗ He Wants To Be A Man and Learning Japanese, KT Tatara, played on Raw Dog Comedy on 17 March 2023 (UTC) (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026