Nick Rutherford

Nicholas Walter Joseph Rutherford[1] (born August 7, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and co-founder of the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor. He has performed live stand up and sketch comedy in Los Angeles and New York.[2] He was a writer for Saturday Night Live.[3][4]

Nick Rutherford
Rutherford in 2012
Born
Nicholas Walter Joseph Rutherford

(1982-08-07) August 7, 1982
Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, writer
Years active2007–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Rutherford is originally from Thousand Oaks, California.[5] He attended college at the University of Southern California. There, he performed improv and sketch comedy with collegiate group, Commedus Interruptus.[6] He was hired to write for SNL until he was abruptly fired after only one season.

Career

Good Neighbor

In 2007, Rutherford came together with Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, and Dave McCary to form the sketch comedy group Good Neighbor.[7] Some of their videos include "My Mom's a MILF", "Is My Roommate Gay?", "Outrageous Fun", "420 Disaster", "This is How We Trip", "Toast", and "Unbelievable Dinner", a sketch based on the movie Hook.

Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey

On April 30, 2014, Nick was a guest on Ryan Bailey's webseries Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey.

Rutherford works for Fox as a voice actor and writer for the animated series Golan the Insatiable, for which he wrote the fourth episode in the 2015 season, "Shell Raiser".

Dream Corp, LLC

Nick stars as "Patient 88" on the Adult Swim series Dream Corp, LLC.[8]

Rick and Morty

Rutherford has written three episodes of the animated television show Rick and Morty: the season five episode Rickdependence Spray, the season six episode Juricksic Mort, and the season seven episode How Poopy Got His Poop Back.

References
  1. "Nicholas Walterjoseph Rutherford, Born 08/07/1982 in California | CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  2. "Good Neighbor Member Nick Rutherford Speaks Out About Not Being Hired by 'SNL'". Vulture. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  3. McCarthy, Sean L. (2014). "SNL hires Nick Rutherford to reunite, write with his Good Neighbor mates". The Comic's Comic. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  4. Robinson, Will (2015-09-21). "'SNL' writers shuffle: Mike O'Brien leaves, six newcomers added". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  5. "Nick Rutherford". Upright Citizens Brigade. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. "Student comedy group grabs attention | Daily Trojan". Daily Trojan. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  7. Violette, James (2011-01-23). "Student comedy group grabs attention". Daily Trojan. University of Southern California. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  8. Barsanti, Sam. "The trailer for John Krasinski's Dream Corp LLC is peak Adult Swim weirdness". TV Club. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
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