Tom Rhodes (USA)
Tom Rhodes is a world travelling comedian who is now celebrating his 30th year as a stand-up comedian. An adventurer forging his own path, Rhodes has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show, numerous live CDs & DVDs, his critically acclaimed podcast Tom Rhodes Radio, as well as being a travel writer for the Huffington Post. Rhodes has had a long raucous career covering every corner of the globe.
Rhodes hour special Light Sweet Crude released on Netflix, his TV recording on Comedy Central Comedy Underground with Dave Attell aired in 2014 and in 2012 Rhodes was featured in the Showtime stand-up series Live From Amsterdam. His three half hour stand-up specials include two Comedy Central Presents… and Raw, recorded in Stockholm for Swedish television. He had his own sitcom television show on NBC called Mr. Rhodes, his own Late Night Talk show on Dutch television, and travelled the world as a TV presenter on the Dutch travel program Yorin Travel.
His podcast Tom Rhodes Radio was named one of the Top 10 of Best Podcasts of 2011 by Matador Network and was praised as the best newcomer in The Onion AV’s Club in December 2012. Since 2013 Tom Rhodes Radio joined Bill Burr’s & Al Madrigal’s All Things Comedy Network. Tom has been a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience (#248, 364, 420 & 500), The Adam Corolla Show, Marc Maron’s WTF, Aisha Tyler’s Girl On Guy, London Real, The Artie Lange Show, Ron & Fez Show, and NPR Snap Judgment.
“A mostly natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism” – The New York Times