Birth name : William Burr
Born : June 10, 1968 (age 46)
Birth place : Canton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Medium : Stand-up, Podcast
Years active : 1992–present
Genres : Observational comedy, black comedy, satire
Subject(s) : Dating, race relations, political correctness, professional sports,religion
Bill Burr
Comedy career
Since May 2007, Burr has recorded a weekly one-hour podcast, Bill Burr's Monday Morning Podcast, in which he speaks about his past and recent experiences, current events, going on tour, and sports, and offers advice to questions submitted by the listeners. It is on the All Things Comedy network. He is sometimes joined by his wife, Nia Hill, and has featured guests and interviews with other comedians. Burr also appears as a guest on other comedians' podcasts, such as You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes, The Adam Carolla Show, Joe Rogan Experience, WTF with Marc Maron,The Nerdist Podcast, and Nobody Likes Onions. Burr was also the very first guest on Tom Green's podcast. On April 18, 2011, he guest hosted the Hollywood Babble-On podcast alongside Ralph Garman.
In 2008, Burr's voice was featured in the game Grand Theft Auto IV. In the game, Bill plays Jason Michaels of the biker gang The Lost MC in the mission "No Love Lost". In 2009, he reprised his role in the game's expansion pack The Lost and Damned.
Burr's special Let it Go was recorded at The Fillmore in San Francisco and premiered on Comedy Central on September 18, 2010. A later special, You People Are All The Same, premiered in 2012 as a Netflix exclusive.
Burr has been referred to as a "comedian's comedian" by observers of the US stand-up comedy circuit, meaning a comedian whose work is followed and appreciated by fellow professional comedians. Burr appeared in the movie Date Night as Detective Walsh. He has also appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of AMC's Breaking Bad as Patrick Kuby. He played Mark Mullins in the 2013 buddy cop film The Heat.
Burr will star in F Is for Family in 2015 on Netflix. The show, an animated sitcom, will be based around Burr's standup and the absurdity of political correctness. Burr will write and executive produce the series along with Michael Price.