Ryan Matthew Stout (born September 30, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian and television host.Pullen, Doug (2011) "The life of Ryan: Comedian from El Paso finds his niche by poking fun where few dare", "El Paso Times, December 18, 2011, retrieved 2013-05-21
Early life Stout was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in El Paso, Texas, and graduated from J.M. Hanks High School in 2000. He attended The College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art and Design) as a Theater Arts major (2000–2001), but left the school after his first year. He later enrolled at San Francisco State University as a Creative Writing major.Murtagh, Heather (2005) "Comic Slow Dances With the Dark Side", Golden Gate XPress, March 17, 2005, retrieved 2011-07-11
Stout first performed stand-up on his seventeenth birthday at a high school talent show. He continued to perform, although only a handful of times, at various poetry open-mics while attending the College of Santa Fe. In June 2001 he moved to San Francisco, California where the comedy scene allowed him more frequent stage time. He ingrained himself there for the next few years, performing over three hundred shows each year.
He was one of the last residents of the San Francisco Comedy Condo.
Ryan Stout was awarded the Eagle Scout rank in 1997 and is a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.
As of March 2006, he lives in Los Angeles.
Career Ryan Stout is the winner of the 2005 Boston Comedy Festival.The Laugh Factory (2013) " Ryan Stout Biography", "LaughFactory.com, retrieved 2013-05-21 He is also one of the few comedians to perform at both HBO's The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas and HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO. He made his television debut on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham in 2007. That same year he filmed pilot episodes for two separate television shows for MTV, "I.Q." and a remake of the hit show "Singled Out," co-hosted by, Miss USA 2006, Tara Conner. By the end of the year MTV had him hosting the talk show A Shot at Love: The Hangover.MTV Press (2008) "Have Another Round on MTV… "A Shot at Love 2", "MTV Press, April 03, 2008, retrieved 2013-05-21Hood, Micaela (2013) " Ryan Stout: Hecklers beware", "SouthFlorida.com, May 16, 2013, retrieved 2013-05-21 In early 2008, he hosted a special called MTV's Most Valuable Players, went on to host MTV's Spring Break 2008,Loeffler, William (2008) "Ryan Stout suits up for outrageous stand-up comedy", Tribune-Review, October 30, 2008, retrieved 2011-07-11 and hosted a series called MTV's Ranked. Concurrent with his television work he continued doing stand-up throughout the United States and performed at the Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hosting opportunities continued at MTV, including several more game show pilots and conducting reunion episodes of several of the network's reality shows. He also started making appearances on WGN's The Bob and Tom Show and E! Entertainment Television's Chelsea Lately.Hamilton, Jon (2011) "Interview with Comedian Ryan Stout", "Brown Paper Tickets, September, 2011, retrieved 2013-05-21
Most recently, his Comedy Central Presents half-hour stand-up special premiered on April 30, 2010 which earned him the #10 spot in Comedy Central's yearly Stand-up Showdown in 2011. Later that year Stout made his late-night stand-up debut on Conan.
His debut album Touché was released on December 6, 2011, on Comedy Central Records.Raubicheck, Marie (2011) "Comedy Central Records Releases Ryan Stout's Touche Debut Digital Album", "Comedy Central Press Release, November 21, 2011, retrieved 2013-05-21
Ryan Stout was guest on The CTSM Jan 30th 2012.
On August 6, 2012, he appeared on WTF with Marc Maron.A.V. Club (2012) "", "A.V. Club, August 6, 2012, retrieved 2013-05-21
He was featured as "The Announcer" in the "Crickets" music video for hip hop group Drop City Yacht Club.
On January 27, 2016, he appeared on Comedy Central’s program @midnight with Chris Hardwick@midnight (2016) " ", “@midnight, January 27, 2016, retrieved 2016-02-02
Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 ‘’IQ: Idiot Quest’’ Himself (host) Pilot - MTV - Game show 2007 ‘’Singled Out’’ Himself (host) Pilot (Re-make) - MTV - Game show 2007 ‘’Live at Gotham’’ Himself / Comedian 1 episode - Comedy Central 2007–08 ‘’A Shot at Love: The Hangover’’ Himself / Host 9 episodes 2008 ‘Pop-A-Razzi’’ Himself (host) Pilot - MTV - Game show 2008 “More Amore” Himself (host) 6 Episodes - MTV 2008 ‘’Ranked’’ Himself / Host 3 Episodes - MTV 2010 ‘’Comedy Central Presents’’ Himself / Comedian 30-minute Stand-up Special 2011 Conan Guest / Comedian Episode: “The Candy Man Can’t” 2009–14 ‘’Chelsea Lately’’ Roundtable Comedian 52 episodes 2013 ‘’AXS Live’’ Himself / Host 45 episodes 2013 ‘’AXS TV's New Years Bash’’ Himself / Host Television special 2014 ‘’Grammy Prediction Special’’ Himself / Host Television special 2014 ‘’AXS TV's Super Party Super Special’’ Himself / Host Television special 2014 ‘’AXS TV's Super Party’’ Himself / Host 3 episodes 2014–15 ‘’MOCKpocalypse’’ Himself / Comedian 25 episodes 2015–present ‘’Fameless’’ Various Roles Recurring 2016–17 ‘’@midnight’’ Himself / Comedian / Contestant 3 Episodes
Web Year Title Role Notes 2014 ‘’Mandatory Viewing’’ Himself / Host 32 Episodes 2014 ‘’The Pre-Game’’ Himself / Guest 2 Episodes
References
External links Ryan Stout official site YouTube Page
Comedy Central profile Article from San Francisco Chronicle April 11, 2005 Brief summary from the Hollywood Reporter March 11, 2006