Tommy Brennan
Stand-up comedian · New York, NY

Tommy Brennan

Who Tommy Brennan is

Tommy Brennan is a New York-based stand-up comedian and actor from St. Paul, Minnesota, who started in improv at The Second City in Chicago before switching to stand-up. A 2023 Just for Laughs New Face and Comedy Cellar regular, he made his national TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in June 2025 and joined Saturday Night Live as a featured player in season 51, returning for season 52. With fellow comic Tim Smith he created the web series and podcast Roommates-In-Law.

At a glance

Born
1994
Based in
New York, NY
Style
Observational, Club
Came up through
Saturday Night Live and Just for Laughs New Faces
Podcasts
Roommates-In-Law
On screen
Roommates-in-Law, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live
Next on stage
21 October 2026 — Sesh Comedy, Chrystie, New York, NY
Official site
somekidtommy.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

On screen

Podcasts

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through Saturday Night Live and Just for Laughs New Faces:

The Launching Pads: the shows the comedians came through →

Comedians like Tommy Brennan

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. 1994Born
  2. 2020Roommates-in-Law (Tommy; co-creator and writer, 2020) On screen
  3. 2020Roommates-In-Law (co-host with Tim Smith, 2020–2025) Podcast or book
  4. 2025The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (national TV debut, 2025) On screen
  5. 2025Saturday Night Live (featured player, 2025–present) On screen

Questions about Tommy Brennan

Where is Tommy Brennan performing next?

Wednesday 21 October 2026, 8:00 PM (Tommy & Geoffrey) at Sesh Comedy, Chrystie, New York, NY — sold out, then 9 more dates on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar. Each show's own listing has the last word.

What podcast do they host?

Roommates-In-Law.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Roommates-in-Law, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live.

Where did they get their start?

Saturday Night Live (featured player) and Just for Laughs New Faces (New Face).

Where are they based?

New York, NY, as their record gives it.

When were they born?

In 1994.

Who are some comedians like them?

Asha Ward (the same style: observational), Kam Patterson (the same style: club), Chris Rock (the same style: observational), Colin Jost (also came through Saturday Night Live) and Gianmarco Soresi (the same style: observational).

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 27 September 2026