Sammy Obeid
Stand-up comedian

Sammy Obeid

Who Sammy Obeid is

Sammy Obeid is a Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian-Italian-American stand-up comedian and writer, born in Oakland, California, and raised in Fremont, who earned degrees in applied mathematics and business administration at UC Berkeley and taught high-school math before turning to comedy around 2008. From 26 December 2010, to 21 September 2013, he performed comedy on 1,001 consecutive nights, and he made his television debut on Conan shortly before the streak ended. He has appeared on America's Got Talent and NBC's Last Comic Standing and hosts Netflix's 100 Humans, and his debut album, Get Funny or Die Trying, was one of iTunes' best comedy albums of 2013. He also founded his own comedy company, KO Comedy.

At a glance

Born
1984
Came up through
Last Comic Standing
Albums
Get Funny or Die Trying
On screen
100 Humans, America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing and 2 more
Next on stage
12 October 2026 — Hyena's Comedy Nightclub, Dallas, TX
Official site
sammyko.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

Albums

On screen

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through Last Comic Standing:

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Comedians like Sammy Obeid

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. 1984Born
  2. 2013Conan (stand-up, TBS, 2013) On screen
  3. 2013Get Funny or Die Trying (2013) Album

Questions about Sammy Obeid

Where is Sammy Obeid performing next?

Monday 12 October 2026, 6:30 PM at Hyena's Comedy Nightclub, Dallas, TX, then 2 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What TV shows and films are they in?

100 Humans, America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing, Conan and Throwdown with Bobby Flay.

Where did they get their start?

Last Comic Standing (on the show).

When were they born?

In 1984.

Who are some comedians like them?

Harrison Greenbaum (also in America's Got Talent), Myq Kaplan (also in America's Got Talent), Taylor Williamson (also in America's Got Talent), Billy Wayne Davis (also came through Last Comic Standing) and Brendon Walsh (also came through Last Comic Standing).

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