Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer, actor and director. He began doing standup comedy in New York City, where he worked as a staff writer at Late Night with Conan O’Brien. After working at Conan, Demetri became a regular performer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Later, he became a New York Times bestselling author of two books and star of his own stand-up comedy specials. He has also appeared in feature films and television shows including Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Lake Bell’s In a World, FOX’s New Girl and Showtime’s House of Lies among others. Martin recently wrote and directed his first feature film, Dean, and he has brown hair and is allergic to peanuts.