River Buddy Butcher is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcast host.
13 Facts About River Butcher
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River Butcher was raised in the Kenmore neighborhood of Akron, Ohio, an only child whose parents divorced when River Butcher was one month old.
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River Butcher attended Our Lady of the Elms High School and graduated from Archbishop Hoban High School in 2001.
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River Butcher graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in printmaking in 2005.
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In 2006, River Butcher had an exhibit at a printmaker's show called "Prints at an Exposition".
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River Butcher began his comedy career performing improv in Chicago at The Second City and has since performed stand-up at clubs including Zanies, the Jukebox, and Flappers, as well as Chicago Underground Comedy, The Hideout, The Lincoln Lodge, UCB, Cole's, and Meltdown.
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River Butcher made his late-night debut on Conan in June 2016.
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River Butcher co-hosted the stand-up comedy podcast Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito, which was recorded weekly in front of a live audience at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles until it ended in July 2019.
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River Butcher provided the voice for Asher, a fictional nonbinary character, for the animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, released in 2020.
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River Butcher met fellow comedian Cameron Esposito at an open mic hosted by Esposito.
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River Butcher is a trans man and uses he and they pronouns.
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In November 2021, Butcher announced that he had changed his name to River.
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River Butcher endorsed Kenneth Mejia and Eunisses Hernandez during the 2022 Los Angeles elections and Jill Stein in the 2024 presidential election.