Sandy Danto
Who Sandy Danto is
Sandy Danto is a Los Angeles-based stand-up comedian and character actor from Metro Detroit, known for his crowd work and impressions and a paid regular at The Comedy Store, the Laugh Factory and the Hollywood Improv. After studying at Indiana University and taking summer classes at Second City in Detroit, he moved to Hollywood, where National Lampoon hired him to write, direct and produce comedy shorts, and he is an alumnus of both UCB and Second City.
He has performed around the world with Pauly Shore, including in Shore's Showtime specials, and has appeared on Mad TV, Comedy Central's Mash Up, The Story of Our Times and Brody Stevens' Enjoy It!, and in Alone and Together. He starred in the award-winning indie feature Funny Fat Guy and is the comic relief in the horror film Tar, and his debut album, Daddy Boy (800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2020), includes Sweatpants, which was played on SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel in May 2023.
At a glance
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Albums
- Daddy Boy
- On screen
- Mad TV, Mash Up, Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! and 5 more
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: thecomedystore.com ↗.
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
- Daddy Boy 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2020
On screen
- Mad TV
- Mash Up Comedy Central
- Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! Comedy Central
- The Story of Our Times Comedy Central
- Alone and Together
- Pauly Shore's Showtime specials
- Funny Fat Guy film
- Tar film
Comedians like Sandy Danto
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.
- Brody Stevens also in Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!
- Artie Lange also in Mad TV
- T.J. Miller also in Mash Up
Questions and answers
Where is Sandy Danto performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: thecomedystore.com ↗.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Mad TV, Mash Up, Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, The Story of Our Times, Alone and Together and Pauly Shore's Showtime specials, among 8 credits.
Where are they based?
Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.
Who are some comedians like them?
Brody Stevens (also in Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!), Artie Lange (also in Mad TV) and T.J. Miller (also in Mash Up).
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.
Sources
- The Comedy Store ↗ An aggressively comfortable L.A. based comedian; a paid regular at The Comedy Store, Laugh Factory and Hollywood Improv; from his hometown Detroit to Tokyo,…
- Laugh Factory · laughfactory.com ↗ LA-based comedian by way of Metro Detroit; a paid regular at The Comedy Store and Hollywood Improv; has performed all over the world with Pauly Shore and…
- New York Comedy Club ↗ Detroit native; moved to Hollywood after studying at Indiana University while taking summer classes at Second City in Detroit; hired by National Lampoon to…
- Improv · improv.com ↗ An MVP of the Los Angeles standup scene; known for his crowd work and impressions; a UCB and Second City alum; featured on Comedy Central, Showtime and…
- Apple Music — Daddy Boy ↗ Daddy Boy (16 October 2020, (P) 2020 800 Pound Gorilla Records), tracks include Sweatpants (as of 8 October 2026)
- xmplaylist — Raw Dog Comedy recently played (archived 28 May 2023) ↗ SiriusXM's Raw Dog Comedy channel: 'Sweatpants' by Sandy Danto among the recent plays (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026