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Sean Crespo began his first career in stand up at the ripe old age of 16, sneaking into Boston after school to perform at the dingy, dank, and delightful Comedy Vault. A few years later, he was one of the first generation of comedians to bring Boston's best unclubby club, the Comedy Studio, to life.
As a safety in case he was simply too talented to be a comedian, Sean trained as an actor at both Emerson College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, which is in London, and which is better than Yale Drama, Juilliard and Gary Oldman combined.
After moving to L.A. (MISTAKE!), a fire on the lot of a soon-to-be-very-famous producer, with whom he'd been working on a pilot, put his hopes of success in his 20's on a crisp, blackened hiatus. So after nearly a four-year hiatus, Sean gratefully returned to stand-up and moved to New York City, where he has since become a favorite of audiences and critics alike. A regular on downtown's best shows, including the underground phenomenon Moonwork and as the co-host of his own hit monthly Shark At Work Show, Sean performs as often as possible but not half as often as he would like. From Comix in NYC to Punchline in San Francisco, Sean's steampunky style of humor has quickly found a loyal following devoted to his absurd observations and inane asides.
He is also a founding cast member and writer for "Wake Up World," the brainchild of Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead. The morning show satire has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and many other media conglomos since its inception. His current creative home however is the comedy collective Drink At Work, which was recently named "BEST COMEDY TROUPE" in 2008 by NY Press.
Sean can be seen in both commercials and actual-to-goodness television shows and even a few films, including one with Clancy Brown, who was probably the nicest person Sean's ever met. Sean's since written and/or performed for NBC, MTV, AMC, the Electric Company, National Lampoon, Comedy Central, FUSE, the Onion New Network, Nick Jr., the '06 relaunched Cracked Magazine, Dakota Productions, AOL, Time Warner's Office Pirates, Jest Magazine, Time Out New York, Bravo and many more.
And finally, Sean also stars in a weekly video series called No Prior Knowledge for NBC/Bravo's Television Without Pity where his obnoxiously accurate deconstructions of prime time TV are seen by hundreds of thousands of viewers every week. He receives a great deal of hate mail but has time to read only a small fraction of it, sadly.
You can learn more about Sean by freejacking his body and downloading his memories, available at the iTunes Store in the year 2054.
Hey, while you're sitting here staring anyway, go look at his reel on You Tube.
Contact him right here.