Rory Scovel released his first stand-up comedy album Dilation in 2011.
22 Facts About Rory Scovel
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Rory Scovel has since released the stand-up specials The Charleston Special, Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time, and Live Without Fear.
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Rory J Scovel was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on August 6,1980.
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Rory Scovel played basketball, tennis, and soccer as a child, and has described himself as hyperactive and a class clown.
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Rory Scovel attended St Mary's Catholic School, then Christ Church Episcopal School, from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Rory Scovel graduated from Greenville Senior High School in 1999.
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Rory Scovel first performed comedy in December 2003 at an open mic night in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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Rory Scovel had just graduated from college and was working as a cameraman at the local television stations WSPA.
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Rory Scovel then moved to New York City, where he performed for three years until he moved to Los Angeles, where he now lives.
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In 2006, Rory Scovel participated in the Seattle International Comedy Competition; he made it to the finals.
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In 2012, Rory Scovel was named among the 10 Comics to Watch by Variety magazine.
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In 2017, his next special, Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time, was released by Netflix.
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Rory Scovel has performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, the FYF Fest in Los Angeles, the Vancouver Comedy Festival, the Del Close Improv Marathon in New York, the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, and the Chicago Improv Festival.
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Rory Scovel's breakthrough acting role was as Harvard in the TBS sitcom Ground Floor.
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Rory Scovel was a main character for both seasons of the show, which aired from 2013 to 2015.
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Rory Scovel had various small acting and voice acting roles throughout the 2010s, including recurring roles on MTV's Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, NBC's Undateable, and TBS' Wrecked.
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Rory Scovel had a small role in Demetri Martin's indie comedy film Dean.
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Rory Scovel had a supporting role in the 2017 wide-release comedy The House.
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Rory Scovel was part of the writing staff for the second and fourth seasons of The Eric Andre Show, which aired in 2013 and 2016, respectively.
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Rory Scovel was featured in the show's "New Years Eve Spooktacular" as well as an episode in season two where he played the fictional Chef Rory Scovel.
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Recently, Rory Scovel played the lead in the Chris Blake quarantine comedy, Distancing Socially filmed remotely using the iPhone 11.
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Since 2018, Rory Scovel has co-hosted The Pen Pals Podcast with fellow comedian Daniel Van Kirk.