Paul Varghese
Stand-up comedian

Paul Varghese

Who Paul Varghese is

Paul Varghese is an American stand-up comedian and actor of Indian descent who reached the semi-finals of Last Comic Standing in its second season. He taped his first full set for national television on 8 March 2007 for Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, which aired on 13 July 2007, and his sets from Montreal's Just For Laughs are on the festival's archive albums. His album Paul & Oates came out on Stand Up! Records in 2013, and its track Taft was played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in February 2023.

At a glance

Albums
Paul & Oates
Podcasts
Pugs and Kelly
On screen
Last Comic Standing, Live at Gotham, Just For Laughs and 3 more

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

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Their stand-up

Varghese began doing stand-up in 2001; in 2002 he and Raj Sharma brought Aaron Aryanpur onto their Indians at the Improv tour, in 2005 he opened for Russell Peters on a theatre tour, and in the spring of 2006 he headlined the 16-city Gurus of Comedy tour.

He was named Best Stand-Up Comic in Dallas by the Dallas Observer in 2007, won the Funniest Comic in Texas competition in 2009, and opened for Dave Chappelle at the House of Blues in Dallas on 18 June 2012 and for Joan Rivers at the IP Casino Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, on 31 May 2014.

Questions and answers

Where is Paul Varghese performing next?

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What podcasts have they been on?

Pugs and Kelly.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Last Comic Standing, Live at Gotham, Just For Laughs, Russell Peters Presents, Loco Comedy Jam and Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution.

Who are some comedians like them?

Ryan Hamilton (also in Live at Gotham), Pablo Francisco (also in Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution), Daniel Tosh (also in Live at Gotham), Darryl Lenox (also in Live at Gotham) and Alfred Robles (also in Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution).

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