Биография
Paul Mecurio is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian recognized for his contributions to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," recurring roles on "The Late Show," various national programs, and his own comedy specials. He is also a skilled actor, host of the acclaimed podcast "Inside Out with Paul Mecurio," an award-winning writer, and a frequent commentator on news and sports networks such as CNN, MSNBC, "CBS Sunday Morning," Fox News, HLN, and ESPN. Currently, Paul stars opposite Golden Globe winner Liev Schreiber in the film "Chuck," which tells the story of journeyman boxer Chuck Wepner, the real-life inspiration for Rocky Balboa.
Paul will also appear in the upcoming crime drama "Johnny and Clyde," featuring Megan Fox.
He created and starred in the highly praised one-man Broadway show "Paul Mecurio's Permission to Speak," which received rave reviews and a nomination for the Broadway Alliance Award for Best One-Man Show. The production is set to resume following the COVID-19 shutdown.
Paul has hosted shows for Comedy Central, HBO, and CBS, including his own talk show. His television credits include Comedy Central and Showtime specials, multiple appearances on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "The Daily Show," "The CBS Late Late Show," HBO, "The Tonight Show," "Conan," ESPN, and Showtime.
He has been a recurring contributor on numerous national television programs across major broadcast and cable networks, including "CBS Sunday Morning," "CNN New Day," "CNN Newsroom," MSNBC, CBS News, NBC News, CBSN, CNBC, ESPN and ESPN+, Fox News, VH1, "Dr. Drew," "Katie Couric," "Outnumbered," "Kennedy," "Showbiz Tonight," "Viewpoint," "Hannity," "Fox and Friends," HLN, "Real Story," among others.
After graduating with high honors from Georgetown Law School, Paul worked as a lawyer on Wall Street at the top-tier international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, and as an investment banker at Credit Suisse, handling multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions for Fortune 100 companies.
While working on Wall Street, Jay Leno hired Paul to write jokes for "The Tonight Show." Leading a double life as a Wall Street lawyer and banker by day and comedian by night, Paul eventually left finance to pursue entertainment full-time, recognizing the difficulty of balancing both careers.
Paul was featured as a correspondent on "The Daily Show," including the segment "Second Opinion," where he humorously critiqued the medical profession by playing an unsympathetic HMO representative.
He has hosted multiple shows and pilots for Comedy Central, CBS, HBO, and VH1.
Paul is also a published essayist, with work appearing in "The New York Times Sunday Magazine."
His exceptional interviewing skills are showcased on his popular, critically acclaimed podcast "Inside Out with Paul Mecurio," available on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart, and Audioboom. The podcast features a diverse range of A-list guests from entertainment, pop culture, music, politics, science, sports, and more, including Paul McCartney, Stephen Colbert, Kevin Costner, Spike Lee, Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Cranston, Judd Apatow, Michael Strahan, Kyra Sedgwick, Billy Bob Thornton, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jay Leno, Joe Walsh, Famke Janssen, historian Jon Meacham, Tim Robbins, Laura Prepon, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, Bill Burr, Elizabeth Perkins, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Ludacris, Lewis Black, CEO Meg Whitman, Ken Burns, Bob Costas, and many others.
Paul has also performed at prestigious events such as the New York Comedy Festival, the Montreal "Just for Laughs" Festival, and the Glasgow/Edinburgh Comedy Festival.
