Phil Hanley
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Phil Hanley

Who Phil Hanley is

Phil Hanley is a Canadian-American stand-up comedian and actor from Oshawa, Ontario, who started doing stand-up in Vancouver and moved to New York in 2011, where he is a regular at the Comedy Cellar. He has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, had a Comedy Central half-hour in 2015, self-released the hour Ooh La La on YouTube in 2022 and put out the album Please Don't Chit Chat While I'm Pursuing My Dream in 2018. He starred in the film Sundowners, appeared in I Feel Pretty and Inside Amy Schumer, and wrote Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith (2025), a memoir about growing up with dyslexia.

At a glance

Based in
New York, NY
Stand-up specials
Ooh La La and The Half Hour
Albums
Please Don't Chit Chat While I'm Pursuing My Dream
Podcasts
We Know Nothing, Keeping Joe and Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith
On screen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and 2 more
Next on stage
8 October 2026 — The Den Theatre, Chicago, IL
Official site
philhanley.com ↗

On stage

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

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Career timeline

  1. 2011The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2011) On screen
  2. 2013John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (Comedy Central, 2013) On screen
  3. 2014We Know Nothing (co-host, 2014–2016) Podcast or book
  4. 2015The Half Hour (2015, Comedy Central) Special
  5. 2015Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central, 2015–2022) On screen
  6. 2017Keeping Joe (co-host, 2017–2020) Podcast or book
  7. 2018Please Don't Chit Chat While I'm Pursuing My Dream (2018) Album
  8. 2022Ooh La La (2022, YouTube) Special
  9. 2025Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith (book, 2025) Book

Questions about Phil Hanley

Where is Phil Hanley performing next?

Thursday 8 October 2026, 7:15 PM at The Den Theatre, Chicago, IL, 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?

Ooh La La and The Half Hour.

What podcast do they host?

We Know Nothing, Keeping Joe and Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith.

What TV shows and films are they in?

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show and Inside Amy Schumer.

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

Who are some comedians like them?

Joe Zimmerman (also in John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show), Myq Kaplan (also in Late Night with Seth Meyers), Carmen Lynch (also in Inside Amy Schumer), Nick Griffin (also in The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) and Nore Davis (also in Inside Amy Schumer).

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