D.C. Benny




Bio
D.C. Benny’s story-telling style of comedy has delighted audiences over his thirty-eight years as a New York-based performer. His third appearance on NBC's “Showtime At The Apollo” has over twenty million YouTube views, he has 4 stand up specials including Comedy Central Presents, Dry Bar, 'Live at The Fat Black' produced by Bill Burr and Burt Kriescher, and was a season finalist on both seasons 2 and 8 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He played Cesar in John Singleton’s “Illegal Tender”, and was featured in 'Freedomland' with Samuel Jackson and Julianne Moore, 'Love Walked In' with Terrance Stamp, 'Where God Left His Shoes' with John Leguizamo, recurred on the soap opera “As The World Turns” and appeared in many national commercials such as the Budweiser 'How You Doin’?' campaign. He co-hosted the story-telling podcast, 'Tall But True', with Cash Cab's Ben Bailey, was a cast member on ABC's Supermarket Sweep with Leslie Jones and recurs as 'Bart' on Amy Schumer's series Life and Beth on Hulu. He has written for the MTV music awards, Various Friars Club roasts including The Roast of Patrice O'Neal, a variety of tv pilots, and has been published in New York Magazine, Mystery Tribune, Heeb Magazine, Narratively, and The New York Observer. He currently splits his time between Long Island's North Fork, and St Pete, Florida, where he teaches comedic storytelling via Zoom.