Nathan Macintosh
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Nathan Macintosh

Who Nathan Macintosh is

Nathan Macintosh is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Halifax, Nova Scotia, who lives in New York and is a regular at Gotham Comedy Club and the Comedy Cellar. He won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Stand-Up Newcomer in 2009, has done stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon three times, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Conan, and was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2024. The New York Times named his special Money Never Wakes the best YouTube special of 2023, and its follow-up, Down With Tech, was nominated for the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year in 2025. He also wrote and starred in two seasons of the series Trapped and hosts the podcast Positive Anger.

At a glance

Born
1985
Based in
New York, NY
Stand-up specials
Money Never Wakes and Down With Tech
Albums
I Wasn't Talking, To The Point and Down With Tech
Podcasts
Positive Anger
On screen
Trapped, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and 3 more
Next on stage
8 October 2026 — Tempe Improv, Tempe, AZ
Official site
nathanmacintosh.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

Comedians like Nathan Macintosh

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. 1985Born
  2. 2017The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (stand-up, 2017, CBS) On screen
  3. 2017Conan (stand-up, 2017, TBS) On screen
  4. 2019The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (stand-up, 2019, 2023 and 2024, NBC) On screen
  5. 2022Trapped (writer and star, two seasons, Bell Fibe, 2022) On screen
  6. 2023Money Never Wakes (2023, YouTube) Special
  7. 2024Down With Tech (2024, YouTube) Special
  8. 2024Down With Tech (2024; Juno Award nominee, Comedy Album of the Year, 2025) Album

Questions about Nathan Macintosh

Where is Nathan Macintosh performing next?

Thursday 8 October 2026, 7:30 PM at Tempe Improv, Tempe, AZ, then 2 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?

Money Never Wakes and Down With Tech.

What podcast do they host?

Positive Anger.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Trapped, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, Just For Laughs galas and The Debaters.

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1985.

Who are some comedians like them?

Carmen Lynch (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Nick Griffin (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Ryan Hamilton (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Caitlin Peluffo (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Emma Willmann (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).

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