Tom Papa

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Tom Papa is an American comedian, actor, writer and television/radio host.

Stand-up comedy
Tom started his stand-up career in New York City in 1993 playing open mics and hosting at the Stand Up New York comedy club. Papa got his first big break when he was hand-picked by comedian Jerry Seinfeld to perform on his tour after meeting at the Comedy Cellar in New York.

As a veteran stand-up comedian, Papa has recorded two stand-up specials on Comedy Central and Rob Zombie directed his next special, "Tom Papa: Live in New York City (2011) (TV)_. A familiar face to late night television, Papa has made numerous appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Late Night with Conan O'Brien(1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993). In 2005 he released his debut comedy album Calm, Cool, & Collected.His one man show Only Human opened to rave reviews at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.Tom Papa's most recent stand-up "Freaked Out" aired on Epix and Netflix in July 2013

Radio
Tom is the host of the popular hit Sirius/XM show Come to Papa that airs on channel 99. The weekly program has attracted some of the biggest names in comedy including Mel Brooks, Ray Romano, Dick Cavett, Carl Reiner and Jerry Seinfeld.

Acting/hosting
Tom completed the role of Ray Arnett alongside Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in Behind the Candelabra for HBO Films, released on May 2013. This is his second film with director Steven Soderbergh.

Tom Papa starred opposite Matt Damon in the Steven Soderbergh film, The Informant !(2009), and stars opposite Paul Giamatti in the animated feature, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009), as the voice of "El Super Beasto". He additionally had a voiceover role in the DreamWorks animated feature, Bee Movie (2007), and also was a writer on the project. Among his other big screen credits are the films, Analyze That (2002), opposite Robert De Niro, and Comedian (2002). On television, Tom was personally chosen by Jerry Seinfeld to serve as the host ofNBC 'sThe Marriage Ref (2010), had a recurring role opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the CBS series, The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006), and his own show,Come to Papa (2004). In 2010 Papa began hosting of NBC's The Marriage Ref,[4] which ran for two seasons.

His other TV appearances include a recurring role on The New Adventures of Old Christine, VH1's I Love the '70s, I Love the '80s, and I Love the '90s series. He is currently one of three hosts, (including Michael Ian Black and Seth Herzog), on National Geographic Channel's US version of the British game show Duck Quacks Don't Echo.