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Paul F. Tompkins
Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has worked in television on such programs as BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Best Week Ever, later renamed Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins.
He has numerous appearances on podcasts, including his 200-plus appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang! He has been the host of the Fusion Channel talk show No, You Shut Up!, The Dead Authors Podcast, the online Made Man interview series Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins, the Earwolf podcast Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins, and The Pod F. Tompkast, which was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment" in 2011. He is a main cast member of the Superego podcast and was a regular player on Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast, which ended in 2015. He is hosting the podcasts Threedom and The Neighborhood Listen as well as the independent podcast Stay F. Homekins.
Tompkins voiced Mr. Peanutbutter, an anthropomorphic yellow labrador, on the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman from 2014 to 2020. He has appeared in drama films like There Will Be Blood and The Informant!. In 2021, he had a recurring role on the sitcom Rutherford Falls.
In December 2014, Paste named his Twitter one of "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014", ranking it at #70.
Tompkins was born on September 12, 1968, in Philadelphia. He is the fifth of six children. He attended Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania.
In 1986, Tompkins first performed comedy at 17 years of age at The Comedy Works in Philadelphia (a club now located in Bristol, Pennsylvania), where he performed as half of a sketch comedy duo with Rick Roman. Tompkins attended Temple University; he dropped out and left for Los Angeles, California, in 1994.
Tompkins met actor Jay Johnston in L.A. through their mutual friend, actor and director Adam McKay. McKay and Tompkins had become friends in Philadelphia, where they had both started to perform stand-up at around the same time. McKay later moved to Chicago and met Johnston; Johnston moved to L.A. at around the same time as Tompkins and McKay introduced the two. Tompkins and Johnston created a live sketch comedy show called "The Skates" that was seen by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross and helped get them hired to work on Mr. Show with Bob and David in 1996.
Tompkins's comedy career has included stand-up, sketch comedy and a variety of other live performances.
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Paul F. Tompkins
Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has worked in television on such programs as BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Best Week Ever, later renamed Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins.
He has numerous appearances on podcasts, including his 200-plus appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang! He has been the host of the Fusion Channel talk show No, You Shut Up!, The Dead Authors Podcast, the online Made Man interview series Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins, the Earwolf podcast Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins, and The Pod F. Tompkast, which was ranked #1 by Rolling Stone on their list of "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment" in 2011. He is a main cast member of the Superego podcast and was a regular player on Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast, which ended in 2015. He is hosting the podcasts Threedom and The Neighborhood Listen as well as the independent podcast Stay F. Homekins.
Tompkins voiced Mr. Peanutbutter, an anthropomorphic yellow labrador, on the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman from 2014 to 2020. He has appeared in drama films like There Will Be Blood and The Informant!. In 2021, he had a recurring role on the sitcom Rutherford Falls.
In December 2014, Paste named his Twitter one of "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014", ranking it at #70.
Tompkins was born on September 12, 1968, in Philadelphia. He is the fifth of six children. He attended Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania.
In 1986, Tompkins first performed comedy at 17 years of age at The Comedy Works in Philadelphia (a club now located in Bristol, Pennsylvania), where he performed as half of a sketch comedy duo with Rick Roman. Tompkins attended Temple University; he dropped out and left for Los Angeles, California, in 1994.
Tompkins met actor Jay Johnston in L.A. through their mutual friend, actor and director Adam McKay. McKay and Tompkins had become friends in Philadelphia, where they had both started to perform stand-up at around the same time. McKay later moved to Chicago and met Johnston; Johnston moved to L.A. at around the same time as Tompkins and McKay introduced the two. Tompkins and Johnston created a live sketch comedy show called "The Skates" that was seen by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross and helped get them hired to work on Mr. Show with Bob and David in 1996.
Tompkins's comedy career has included stand-up, sketch comedy and a variety of other live performances.