Rory Scovel Biography

Rory Scovel is an American comedian, writer and actor from Greenville, South Carolina. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Early life

Rory grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, where he played basketball, tennis, and soccer. He described himself as hyperactive and the class clown.

Rory attended St. Mary's Catholic School from kindergarten through 8th grade then Christ Church Episcopal School and Greenville High School for high school.

Rory graduated in 2003 with a Communications Degree from University of South Carolina Upstate. While there, he played soccer for all four years. A year later, he began his standup career.

Career

Scovel first performed at open mic nights in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Soon after, Scovel moved to and started his career in Washington D.C., where he performed for three years. He then moved to New York City where he performed for three years until he moved to Los Angeles where he now lives.

In 2006, Scovel participated in the Seattle International Comedy Competition where he made it to the finals.

In 2011, Scovel performed on Conan with comedian Jon Dore under the premise that the show accidentally booked two comedians. Scovel also released his first stand-up album with Stand Up! Records called Dilation. Scovel and the record were named by The Huffington Post as one of fourteen in their, "Guide To New Comedy Albums of 2011".

In 2012, Scovel was named in the 10 Comics to Watch by Variety Magazine.

Scovel has opened for comedians such as Louis C.K., Nick Swardson, and Daniel Tosh. He has also performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, the FYF Fest with many other famous Los Angeles comedians, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, the Del Close Improv Marathon, the Bumbershoot Festival, and the Chicago Improv Festival.

In 2013, Scovel performed at a show at Third Man Records, Jack White's record label. The show was recorded to tape and transferred to vinyl. There is no digital version of this recording.

Podcasts

Scovel has appeared on several popular podcasts, including Comedy Bang Bang with Scott Aukerman, Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson, Sklarbro Country with The Sklar Brothers, The Nerdist Podcast with Chris Hardwick, You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes, Maximum Fun's Stop Podcasting Yourself, The Dead Authors Podcast with Paul F. Tompkins, and The Todd Glass Show.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Groom with a View	Organ player
2009	Public Service	Leo's agent
2010	Seattle Komedy Dokumentary	Himself
2011	Dead Monkey	Ricky
2012	Is There?: Todd Glass for GLSEN	Party Guest
2012	Broken Mike	Himself
2013	Documentary Subject Wanted with Rory Scovel	Himself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Live at Gotham	Himself	One episode
2010	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Himself	One episode
2011-2012	The Life & Times of Tim	Jim/Jerry (voice)	Two episodes
2011-2013	Conan	Himself	Three episodes
2011-2013	New York Stand-Up Show	Himself	Two episodes
2012	UnCabaret	Himself	One episode
2012	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Himself	One episode
2013	The Nerdist	Himself	One episode
2013	The Eric Andre Show	Writer	One episode
2013	Funny as Hell	Himself
2013	All Growz Up with Melinda Hill	Himself	One episode
2013	Money From Strangers	Himself	Three episodes
2013-2016	@midnight	Himself	Five episodes
2013-2015	Ground Floor	Harvard
2016	Those Who Can't	Principal Barry Quinn	10 Episodes
2013	Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous	Pat	Six episodes
2013	The Pete Holmes Show	Himself	One episode
2014-2016	Undateable	Kevin	Three episodes
2016	Not Safe with Nikki Glaser	Himself
2016	Wrecked	Corey	episode #8
2016	Animals.	Ronnie (voice)	One episode

Discography

• Dilation (2011)
• Rory Scovel Live at Third Man Records (2013)