Sam Morril

Morril grew up in New York City, the son of Ashkenazi Jewish parents. His mother, Marilyn Greenberg, is a painter and his stepfather is publishing industry attorney Mark Charles Morril.[1] His maternal grandfather was George Greenberg, the former CEO of Loehmann's clothing store chain.[1] In 1993, when he was seven years old, his mother and stepfather married and he thus adopted the Morril surname.[1] He has two step-siblings.[2] Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer Ansel Elgort.[1] He attended the Browning School in Manhattan,[1][3][4] and later graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans.[5]

Morril was named one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including Dave Attell, Marc Maron, Conan O'Brien, and Amy Schumer.[6] He worked as an intern on The Colbert Report and later appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April 2016.[7] He has also made multiple appearances on Conan since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on America's Got Talent in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special, Positive Influence, was released by Comedy Central in September 2018.[8] His second one-hour special, I Got This, was released via Comedy Central's YouTube channel in February 2020.[9] He is a regular on Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, performing frequently when not on tour. He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an open mic night in the DC thriller film Joker (2019). He co-hosts the weekly podcast We Might be Drunk with comedian Mark Normand.[10]

Morril was in a relationship with fellow comedian Taylor Tomlinson from March 2020 to February 2022.[11][12]

• Official website
• Sam Morril at IMDb