Shane Torres
Stand-up comedian

Shane Torres

Who Shane Torres is

Shane Torres is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcaster from Fort Worth, Texas, who began his comedy career in Portland, Oregon. He has done stand-up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson and Conan, had a Comedy Central Half Hour and appeared on IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! and NBC's Last Comic Standing, and he has played festivals including Just for Laughs in Montreal, SF Sketchfest, Bonnaroo and the New York Comedy Festival. His first hour-long special, The Blue Eyed Mexican (2023), was produced by Bert and LeeAnn Kreischer and made Vulture's top-ten specials list for 2023. He co-hosted the podcast No Accounting for Taste with Kyle Kinane from 2022 to 2024.

At a glance

Came up through
Last Comic Standing
Stand-up specials
The Blue Eyed Mexican
Podcasts
No Accounting for Taste
On screen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson, Conan and 6 more
Next on stage
9 October 2026 — Eastville Comedy Club, Brooklyn, NY
Official site
shaneisacomedian.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

Stand-up specials

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through Last Comic Standing:

The Launching Pads: the shows the comedians came through →

Comedians like Shane Torres

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. 2019Shane Torres Conquers Fear (web series, Comedy Central, 2019) On screen
  2. 2022No Accounting for Taste (co-host with Kyle Kinane, 2022–2024) Podcast or book
  3. 2023The Blue Eyed Mexican (2023) Special

Questions about Shane Torres

Where is Shane Torres performing next?

Friday 9 October 2026, 8:00 PM — with Jessica Levin, Subhah Agarwal and Tom Zappia (Subhah Agarwal, Eva Evans, Tom Zappia, Neko White, Jessica Levin) at Eastville Comedy Club, Brooklyn, NY, 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?

The Blue Eyed Mexican.

What podcast do they host?

No Accounting for Taste.

What TV shows and films are they in?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson, Conan, Comedy Central Half Hour, Comedy Bang! Bang! and Last Comic Standing, among 9 credits.

Where did they get their start?

Last Comic Standing (on the show).

Who are some comedians like them?

Amy Miller (also in After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson), Luis J. Gomez (also in Comedy Knockout), Carmen Lynch (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Michael Palascak (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Ryan Hamilton (also in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert).

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