Ari Shaffir

Biography

Ari David Shaffir is a comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer born on February 12, 1974, in New York City to a Jewish family of Romanian descent. He graduated from the University of Maryland with an English literature degree and later worked at Arlington National Cemetery at age 16. Shaffir created and hosted the This is Not Happening television series, adapted from his monthly stand-up show, before moving on to producing podcasts like Skeptic Tank and You Be Trippin'.