Ian Edwards
Acting
Biography
Ian Edwards is a British Jamaican / American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer from New York and based in Los Angeles, California. Edwards launched his career through stand-up comedy. His first writing job was on The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show in 1998. In 2000, Edwards wrote on MTV's The Lyricist Lounge Show. He wrote on ABC's The Big House starring Kevin Hart, and in 2005, Edwards was a regular cast member on season 6 of MTV's Punk’d, and a story editor on Cartoon Network's The Boondocks. He was a writer on Comedy Central's Chocolate News, a Consulting Producer on Dogg After Dark starring Snoop Dogg and wrote on FOX's In the Flow with Affion Crockett. Edwards performed stand-up on the Comedy Death-Ray album in 2006, appeared twice on HBO's Def Comedy Jam. He performed on P. Diddy's The Bad Boys of Comedy in 2007 and Showtime's Live Nude Comedy in 2009. Edwards was a writer on ABC's Black-ish, an uncredited writer on CBS's 2 Broke Girls and NBC's The Carmichael Show. Additionally, Edwards was a writer and supervising producer on season 2 of the Adult Swim animated series Black Dynamite. Edwards also wrote jokes featured in The New York Post and Time Out Los Angeles in 2014. In 2014, Edwards released his debut comedy album, 100% Half Assed on Conan O’Brien's Team Coco Records as the first comic signed to Conan O’Brien's label. He has appeared multiple times on Conan and @Midnight. Edwards was a cast member in the Jeff Garlin feature Dealin' with Idiots opposite JB Smoove in 2013. In 2014, Edwards acted in the film Tangerine, which was a massive success at Sundance 2015. The film signed a distribution deal with Magnolia Pictures and released in theaters in 2015. In 2015, Edwards starred in Raise The ToyGantic, a mockumentary comedy about the "ToyGantic", a toy luxury ocean-liner built in 1962. Edwards has been interviewed or reviewed in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Magazine, Huffington Post, Paste Magazine, Marvel Comics, Thought Catalogue, The Onion AV Club, LA Weekly, Penthouse Magazine, Uptown Magazine, Exlaim!.
Known For
Set at the turn of the century, “Another Period” follows the misadventures of the Bellacourts, Newport, RI’s first family, who have absolutely nothing to offer to the world, but who have so much money it doesn’t matter. The series focuses on sisters “Lillian” and “Beatrice”, who care only about how they look, what parties they attend and becoming famous, which is a lot harder in 1902.
Another Period
Black, plus-size and newly single, Mavis unexpectedly finds herself having to rebuild her life after putting all her eggs in one man's basket, but she's determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family.
Survival of the Thickest
Specializing in celebrities, entertainment and all things apolitical, comedy legend David Spade and a panel of his comedian friends are at the roundtable and in the field to help break down the biggest headlines of the day.
Lights Out with David Spade
Twenty years after graduation, a tight-knit group of college friends reconnects and discovers that love hasn't gotten easier with age.
Friends from College
In this edgy, irreverent reimagining of the TV classic, a new generation of the Evans family keeps their heads above water in a Chicago housing project.
Good Times
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Tangerine
This documentary series brings to life the legends, heartbreak and history created at iconic L.A. club The Comedy Store, which over the past 47 years has launched the careers of a breathtaking array of stars.
The Comedy Store
Russell Simmons' name is in the title -- he's an executive producer -- but it's JB Smoove who is front and center as host of this stand-up showcase, which features a roster of rising comics and veteran stars doing their thing. Smoove gets into the act as well with new material, and JB also gives viewers an added bonus by performing in pre-taped sketches woven into each episode.
Russell Simmons Presents: The Ruckus
Sixteen years ago, Undercover Brother and his younger brother were hot on the heels of the leader of a racist, worldwide syndicate, but accidentally got caught in an avalanche of white snow. After they were discovered and thawed out, Undercover Brother remained in a coma. Now, it is up to his little brother to finish the job they started.
Undercover Brother 2
From the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to today stand-up comedians, talk-show hosts, sketch performers, television animators and other entertainers have used often-controversial jokes to unite and heal in the face of tragedy.
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
In a night of killer comedy, Bill Burr hosts a showcase of his most raucous stand-up comic pals as they riff on everything from COVID to Michael Jackson.
Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill
Saddle up for a wild night of comedy as host Hannah Stocking, roasters Bob the Drag Queen, Jim Norton, Donnell Rawlings, Annie Lederman, Luis J. Gomez, Robin Tran, Dan Levy, and special guest Amanda Knox pay tribute to the great Whitney Cummings.
The Roast of Whitney Cummings
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, dating and loving in Los Angeles in the 90's. They struggle with heartbreak and insecurity as a result of failed relationships. The three characters’ stories unfold through sessions with their therapist – sessions that are often as comedic as they are insightful.
Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
If ever a man seems lost in time, it would be Johnny Twennies, a newspaper writer who talks, walks and fights like he stepped out of the Jazz Age. When a pack of thugs threaten his life unless he plants a fake news story, Johnny proves he's got plenty of moxie -- and that some ideas, like chivalry and justice, never go out of style.
Man of the Century
Top stand-ups and rising stars sound off on sex, parenting, politics, pettiness and more in these highlights from the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival.
The Best of Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival
A documentary about the life and career of controversial stand-up comedian, Patrice O'Neal, who released only one special before his death in 2011.
Patrice O'Neal: Killing Is Easy
Europe's richest greyhound race takes place at Peterborough's Fengate Stadium. However, trainers and owners will not find this six-bend contest listed in any racing calendar as it is the dramatic final scenes of the new feature film, Six Bend Trap, already being dubbed a 'cult classic', with the final scenes actually shot at Peterborough Stadium.
Six Bend Trap
Pauly Shore with his comics and celebrity friends in South Beach like you've never seen before. Hidden camera, parody, man on the street, stand-up and more!
Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami
A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
When NFL superstar quarterback Sunny Moon loses everything he decides to recruit a team of strangers to go on a road trip to commit suicide.