Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter born May 25, 1973, in New York City, New York. Raised in Toms River, New Jersey, Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995 and attended New York University School of Law before leaving to pursue stand-up comedy. His breakthrough occurred in 2001 with an appearance on Premium Blend, and his show If I... won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2003. He wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and hosted the sketch comedy series Important Things with Demetri Martin starting in 2008. Martin released the video album These Are Jokes (2006) and starred in films including The Rocker (2008), Taking Woodstock (2009), and Dean (2016).
