1. Demetri Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, director, cartoonist and musician.
30 Facts About Demetri Martin
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Demetri Martin starred as Ice Bear in Cartoon Network's We Bare Bears.
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Demetri Martin grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, and has a younger brother named Spyro and a younger sister named Christene.
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Demetri Martin attended Toms River High School North and graduated in 1991.
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Demetri Martin was a member of the Anti-Gravity Society, whose members juggle objects on Sunday evenings on Yale's Old Campus.
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Demetri Martin withdrew from law school before the start of his final year, opting to pursue comedy over obtaining his Juris Doctor degree.
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Shortly after leaving law school, Demetri Martin started performing stand-up in the summer of 1997.
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Demetri Martin was an intern for The Daily Show in 1997, and in 2001 he had a set featured on the NBC late night stand up comedy showcase Late Friday.
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In 2001, Demetri Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase Premium Blend.
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From 2003 to 2004, Demetri Martin wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
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In 2004, Demetri Martin had his own Comedy Central Presents stand-up special.
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Demetri Martin used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookahs, wine, guerilla marketing and Xbox 360.
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On March 22,2007, Demetri Martin made another appearance on The Daily Show, talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube.
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Demetri Martin is no longer a Daily Show contributor as of 2014.
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Demetri Martin has recorded a comedy album titled These Are Jokes, which was released on September 26,2006.
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Demetri Martin starred in the video for the Travis single "Selfish Jean", in which he wears multiple T-shirts with lyrics written on them.
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On September 2,2007, Demetri Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords.
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Demetri Martin had a part in the movie The Rocker starring Rainn Wilson.
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Demetri Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video.
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Demetri Martin has stated that Important Things will not return for a third season.
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Demetri Martin played a small role in the 2011 film Contagion.
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Demetri Martin sold his movie concept Will to DreamWorks, and is expected to play a key supporting role.
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Demetri Martin signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.
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Demetri Martin wrote, directed, edited, and starred in the 2016 film Dean.
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Demetri Martin uses one-liners and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele, or tambourine, sometimes all at once.
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Demetri Martin has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence as well as The Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson.
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Demetri Martin plays instruments on stage and has music playing in the background of his performances as a way of preventing any editing of his performances to better fit for television.
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However, Demetri Martin has confessed a desire to evolve his comedic style.
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On June 1,2012, Demetri Martin married his long-time partner Rachael Beame in Santa Monica, California.
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Demetri Martin has anaphylactic reactions to seafood, poultry, nuts and certain legumes.