Andrew Schulz

Andrew Cameron Schulz (born October 30, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and podcaster. In addition to his stand-up, he is known for his work on MTV2's Guy Code and its two spinoffs,[1] the Flagrant podcast with Akaash Singh,[2] and The Brilliant Idiots podcast.[3] Schulz's first Netflix special, Schulz Saves America, premiered on December 17, 2020.[4][5] As an actor, he has appeared in IFC's Benders and the Amazon original series Sneaky Pete.

Andrew Schulz
Schulz in 2022
Born
Andrew Cameron Schulz

(1983-10-30) October 30, 1983
New York City, U.S.
EducationBCCHS
Alma materUC Santa Barbara
Occupations
Years active2000s–present
Notable workGuy Code
The Brilliant Idiots
Flagrant 2
Spouse
Emma Turner
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(m. 2021)​
Websitetheandrewschulz.com

Early life

Schulz was born on October 30, 1983,[6] in New York City to an immigrant Scottish mother, Sandra Cameron, a professional ballroom dancer,[7][8][9][10] and an American father of German and Irish descent, Larry Schulz. His father is also a native New Yorker and former reporter and military veteran, born to a family from Chicago, Illinois.[11] Schulz's parents owned the Sandra Cameron Dance Center in Lower Manhattan for three decades.[12][7] He was raised in the East Village in Lower Manhattan and attended New York City Public Schools: Lillie Devereaux Blake Primary School and Robert F. Wagner Middle School in the Upper East Side neighborhood, and Baruch College Campus High School in Kips Bay.[13][7]

Schulz attended the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology.[14]

Career

Stand-up comedy

Schulz began performing stand-up during college in California and continued when he returned to New York in the mid-2000s. He became a regular at the Comedy Village and went on to make his debut at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2008.[13]

In September 2017, Schulz self-released his first comedy special, 4:4:1, on YouTube.[15] In June 2018, Schulz followed up with his debut comedy album, 5:5:1[15] which earned the top ranking on iTunes' comedy album charts. The album went on to rank number one on Apple Music, Google Play, and Amazon;.[15] The album went number one on the Billboard comedy album charts the week of June 23, 2018.[16] In 2021, Schulz issued a pair of streaming EPs, Views from the Cis and Brilliant Idiot, through 800 Pound Gorilla Records. On July 25, 2022 he released another special on his YouTube channel titled "Infamous" [17]

Television, film, and web series
Schulz at the MTV Movie Awards in 2012

Schulz has hosted or appeared on numerous MTV2 shows, including Jobs That Don't Suck, Guy Code, Guy Court, Girl Code and The Hook Up.[1] In 2015, he starred in the IFC series Benders.[18] He also acted in Amazon's Sneaky Pete (2015, 2017), Hulu's There's Johnny! (2017), and HBO's Crashing (2018).[19] Schulz appeared in the feature films The Female Brain (2017), Write When You Get Work (2018),[20] and as himself in No Safe Spaces (2019).[21] His web series credits include writing and starring in Rise of the Radio Show and The Apartmentship.[22]

A four-part Netflix special, Schulz Saves America, premiered on December 17, 2020.[4][5] The special was accused of being racist by a few sociopolitical commentators for its Anti-Asian jokes blaming Asians for the COVID-19 pandemic.[23][24][25] An online petition was created on sign.moveon.org to cancel Schulz's comedy-special.[26]

Podcasts

Schulz co-hosts two podcasts on Combat Jack's Loud Speakers Network. His best-known podcast is The Brilliant Idiots with fellow MTV2 personality Charlamagne tha God.[15]

Schulz also hosts Flagrant 2 with his best friends and fellow stand-up comedians Akaash Singh and Mark Gagnon, and video editor AlexxMedia.[15] Since starting the podcast, Singh created a Patreon where the hosts post an additional podcast a week.[27]

Personal life

On December 18, 2021, Schulz married Emma Turner in Montecito, California.[28]

Filmography

Television
According to IMDb[19]
Year Show Role Appearance(s)
2009 Rise of the Radio Show Andy
2009 American Depravity (short) Kenny
2010 MTV New Year's Bash 2011 Himself
2011–2012 Guy Code Himself
2012–2013 Big Morning Buzz Live Himself (panelist) 3 episodes:
  • "Taylor Swift/Shaun White/Kelly Cutrone/Trey Songz" (2012)
  • "Adam Lambert/Richard Marx" (2012)
  • "Olivia Sharpe/Tracy DiMarco/Sally Jessy Raphael" (2013)
2013 Wild 'n Out: Wildest Moments Himself (guest)
2013 The Challenge Himself "ChallengeMania: The Road to Rivals II"
2013 Guy Court Himself 6 of 12 episodes
2014 The Playboy Morning Show Himself 2 episodes:
  • "Episode #5.74"
  • "Episode #5.77"
2014 Jobs That Don't Suck Himself (host) All episodes
2014 Last Call with Carson Daly Himself (guest) "Jared Harris/Andrew Schulz/The Growlers"
2015 Benders[18] Paul Rosenberg All episodes
2015,

2017

 Sneaky Pete Nathaniel 2 episodes:
  • "Pilot" (2015)
  • "Safe" (2017)
2016 Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne Himself Season 2
2016 Guy Code vs. Girl Code Himself
2016 Acting Out
2017 There's... Johnny! Mitch 6 of 7 episodes
2018 Crashing Andrew "Bill Burr"
2018 Fake News at Night Andrew Schulz Season 1, episode 10

Film
According to IMDb[19]
Year Title Role
2012 Bronx Warrants Carlos
2015 Victor Sal
2017 Funny Pains (documentary) Himself
2017 The Female Brain[20] Himself
2018 Write When You Get Work[20] Mitchell Mullen Vega
2019 No Safe Spaces (documentary) Himself
2019 Feast of the Seven Fishes Angelo
2023 You People Cousin Avi
2023 White Men Can't Jump

Comedy specials
Year Title Distribution
2017 4:4:1[15] YouTube
2018 5:5:1[15] YouTube
2020 Schulz Saves America[4][5] Netflix
2022 Infamous Independent

Comedy albums
Year Title Distribution
2021 Views from the Cis EP[4][5] Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon
2021 Brilliant Idiot EP[4][5] Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon

References
  1. "MTV2's Guy Code." MTV.com. 2015. Retrieved 2020 December 17.
  2. Flagrant's channel on YouTube.
  3. Brilliant Idiots homepage
  4. Staff, Interrobang (2020-12-08). "Andrew Schulz Four Part Special Coming to Netflix December 17th". The Interrobang. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. "Andrew Schulz announces "four part comedy event" on Netflix". The Laugh Button. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  6. "Andrew Schulz - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  7. "Transcript of The Megyn Kelly Show: Andrew Schulz on Trump and Biden, the State of Comedy, and Feminism". Happy Scribe. March 10, 2021. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  8. "Panelist Bios". Frankie Manning Foundation. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  9. Schulz, Andrew (November 11, 2018). "A massive thank you to my father Larry Schulz and all the other brave veterans that have served and continue to serve our country...". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  10. Sandra Cameron and Larry Schulz Viennese Waltz Performance. April 20, 2022. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  11. My Racist Italian Father. Flagrant 2. January 31, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021 – via YouTube.
  12. "BALLROOM DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE GARDEN". The New York Times. 1982-10-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  13. Donelson, Marcy (2018). "Andrew Schulz | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  14. Dishman, Lydia (2014-04-16). "MTV2's "Jobs That Don't Suck" Gives Millennials a Real-World Look at Finding Their Dream Job". Fast Company. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  15. Valente, Maria (June 22, 2018). "Major Networks Rejected Him—Now He Holds The #1 Comedy Album". Beyond the Interview. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  16. "Comedy Albums: The Stand Up Comedy Chart". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  17. "Andrew Schulz - INFAMOUS (2022) FULL SPECIAL". YouTube.
  18. Friedlander, Whitney (December 30, 2015). "IFC Cancels Hockey Comedy 'Benders' After Season 1". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  19. Andrew Schulz at IMDb
  20. Behnam, Nicole (March 14, 2018). "Question of the Day: Is Andrew Schulz the Next Household Name in Comedy?". Beyond the Interview. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  21. "Tim Allen joins docudrama taking down PC culture". 2018-01-29.
  22. "Andrew Schulz". Stand Up NY. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  23. Simons, Seth (December 30, 2020). "Why Did Netflix Give a Platform to Andrew Schulz's Lazy, Harmful, Anti-Asian Pandemic Jokes?". Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  24. Mersinoglu, Yasemin Craggs (December 25, 2020). "Netflix called out over comedy special that contains 'racist jokes and conspiracy theories'". indy100. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  25. Ke, Bryan (December 21, 2020). "Netflix's New Comedy Special Blasted for Jokes Linking Asians to Pandemic". NextShark. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  26. Marcacci, Carole. "Cancel the Racist Netflix Comedy Show 'Schulz Saves America'". sign.moveon.org. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  27. "Flagrant 2 is creating Podcast, Video, and more".
  28. Schulz, Andrew (December 21, 2021). "DETHRONED. Harry and Meghan your time in the spotlight is done. Montecito isn't big enough for two power couples living off the generosity of their in-laws!". Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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