Sam Morril (born August 29, 1986)
Early life
Morril was born in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. In a 2024 episode of the
We Might Be Drunk podcast, Morril said that according to his 23andMe test, his ancestry is "a lot of
Ashkenazi Jews" and "twelve percent" Turkish.
Morril was known as Sam Greenberg before his mother married his stepfather, and Morril took his surname. He has two step-siblings.
Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer
Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer
Ansel Elgort. He attended Tulane University in
New Orleans before graduating from New York University.
Career
Morril was named one of
Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including
Dave Attell,
Marc Maron, Conan O'Brien, and
Amy Schumer.
He worked as an intern on
The Colbert Report and later appeared on
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April 2016.
He has also made multiple appearances on
Conan since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on
America's Got Talent in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special,
Positive Influence, was released by Comedy Central in September 2018.
His second one-hour special,
I Got This, was released via Comedy Central's
YouTube channel in February 2020.
He is a regular on Comedy Central's
This Week at the Comedy Cellar, performing frequently when not on tour. He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an
open mic night in the
DC Films thriller film
Joker (2019).
He appeared on the Netflix series,
That's My Time with David Letterman.
He co-hosts the weekly podcast
We Might Be Drunk with comedian
Mark Normand.
In 2025, Morril performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, an event which Human Rights Watch characterized as an attempt by the Saudi government to whitewash its human rights abuses.
Personal life
Morril was in a relationship with fellow comedian
Taylor Tomlinson from Fall 2019 to February 2022. The pair quarantined together during the pandemic beginning in March 2020 and started a podcast,
This Is Important To Me.
Filmography
Comedy specials
|
| 2015 | Class Act | Comedy Central |
| 2018 | Positive Influence | Comedy Central |
| 2020 | I Got This | Comedy Central |
| 2020 | Up On the Roof | YouTube |
| 2022 | Same Time Tomorrow | Netflix |
| 2024 | You've Changed | Amazon Prime Video |
Film
|
| 2019 | Joker | Open Mic Comic | |
| 2021 | Full Capacity | Himself | Documentary |
Television
|
| 2014 | Stuck on A | Performer | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Adam DeVine's House Party | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2014–2015 | Inside Amy Schumer | Beaver / Employee #3 | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2020 | Conan | Himself | 6 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Red Eye | Himself | 32 episodes |
| 2015 | Last Comic Standing | | Writer
1 episode |
| 2015 | Adventures in Comedy | Himself | Documentary |
| 2016 | America's Got Talent | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2016 | @midnight with Chris Hardwick | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2016 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle | Himself | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | People Talking Sports: And Other Stuff | | Writer
12 episodes |
| 2018 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2018 | This Week at the Comedy Cellar | Himself | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Billions | Sam | Episode: "Fight Night" |
| 2022 | Life & Beth | Carny | Season 1, Episode 5 |
Web
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