Rob Ryan
Who Rob Ryan is
Rob Ryan is a stand-up comedian from Long Island, New York, who performs nightly in New York and at clubs and colleges across the country, and has worked alongside Jim Gaffigan, Ted Alexandro, Greer Barnes and Andrew Kennedy. A valedictorian at Stony Brook University before he chose comedy, he won the Boston Comedy Festival and the Last Comix Standing competition, was a finalist in Caroline's March Madness, was voted the Funniest Person on Long Island, and has appeared on Fox's Laughs and AXS TV's Gotham Comedy Live. He has written sketches for comedy groups in New York and Los Angeles, and in 2023 brought his storytelling to the stage in Mascot, an Off-Broadway one-man show at the SoHo Playhouse.
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At a glance
- Based in
- New York, NY
- On screen
- Laughs and Gotham Comedy Live
On stage
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Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- Laughs Fox
- Gotham Comedy Live AXS TV
Comedians like Rob Ryan
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.
- Alli Breen also in Laughs
- Ayanna Dookie also in Laughs
- Charles McBee also in Laughs
- Liz Barrett also in Laughs
- Pat Brown also in Laughs
- Corinne Fisher also in Laughs
Questions and answers
Where is Rob Ryan performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Laughs and Gotham Comedy Live.
Where are they based?
New York, NY, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
Alli Breen (also in Laughs), Ayanna Dookie (also in Laughs), Charles McBee (also in Laughs), Liz Barrett (also in Laughs) and Pat Brown (also in Laughs).
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The full SUCDb record
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Sources
- New York Comedy Club ↗ Performing nightly in New York and at clubs and colleges across the country; has worked alongside Jim Gaffigan, Ted Alexandro, Greer Barnes and Andrew…
- The New Hampshire — Comedian Rob Ryan entertains students in the MUB ↗ October 2016: originally from Long Island, New York; valedictorian at Stony Brook University before pursuing comedy; Fox's 'Laughs' and AXS TV's 'Gotham…
- amNY To Do — Mascot: Rob Ryan's Off-Broadway One Man Show ↗ SoHo Playhouse, Thursdays to Saturdays through 16 December 2023; a native New Yorker; winner of the Boston Comedy Festival and the Last Comix Standing…
Updated 10 October 2026 · the record checked 10 October 2026