Pete Holmes

Biography

Pete Holmes is a stand-up comedian and actor born on March 30, 1979, in Boston to a Lithuanian refugee mother and American-Irish father. He gained recognition as a comedian and launched his podcast "You Made It Weird" in 2011, which led to the release of his first comedy special, "Impregnated with Wonder." Holmes created and starred in the HBO series "Crashing" (2017-2019) and has appeared in several notable TV shows, including "The Pete Holmes Show," "How We Roll," and more recently, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever."