Jordan Klepper has been doing comedy for the better part of the last two decades. He is an Emmy winning co-host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central where he pulls double duty behind the chair and in the field. He’s a two time Emmy nominee for the specials “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Into The MagaVerse” and “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Hungary for Democracy,” both of which he wrote, starred in and executive produced. In addition, he was awarded a Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in television journalism. Part of his time he spends traveling the globe for The Daily Show with with his “Fingers The Pulse” segments which have garnered over a hundred million views, won him a Webby, sent him to the Emmy’s and the frontlines of the downfall of American Democracy on January 6th.
Beyond the Daily Show, Jordan has chronicled his experiences in the world of politics from essays on CBS Morning to Op-Ed’s for the Boston Globe.
He is the creator and star of the Comedy Central docu-series, KLEPPER. The show has been called “a fresh, powerful interpretation of news” (Detroit Free Press) that brings Klepper to “new comedic heights” (Vanity Fair). He was formerly host and executive producer of the weeknight Comedy Central talk show, THE OPPOSITION WITH JORDAN KLEPPER.
He’s toured the country with his stand-up/storytelling/power point stage show Suffering Fools. His Ted Talk on how to save democracy and lose at conversations has been seen by millions.