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Arj Barker
Homepage
https://www.arjbarker.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1974-08-12,
Gender
Male
Biography
Arjan Singh Āulakh (born August 12, 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He was born to an engineer father and artist mother. His father is of Indian Punjabi Sikh descent and his mother is of European descent. Barker started his career in comedy after graduating from high school in 1989. His first gigs were at a café called Caffe Nuvo in downtown San Anselmo where he hosted stand-up night every Sunday throughout the early 1990s. Barker appeared on Premium Blend in 1997, followed by appearances on the shows Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Glass House. He twice hosted Comedy Central Presents, first on September 20, 2000, and again on March 31, 2006. Barker was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. He appeared on the Australian show Thank God You're Here on October 18, 2006, September 19, 2007, and June 17, 2009. Barker co-wrote and performed in The Marijuana-Logues, an Off-Broadway show in New York City, with Doug Benson and Tony Camin. The title of the show was a parody of The Vagina Monologues. NBC gave Barker the lead role for sitcom Nearly Nirvana, originally scheduled for 2004. However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired Barker appeared in the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords, playing Dave. Barker has been successful in Australia for a number of years since first appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000, and presently resides there. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, he won Best Comedy Release for Organic. During the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barker attracted widespread media attention in Australia for, while on stage in front of a live audience, demanding a mother breastfeeding her 7-month-old baby to leave and have her ticket refunded. Barker claimed the baby was interrupting his train of thought.

Filmography

5.222

Car Babes
2006-12-26

Arj Barker: Live

0

Arj Barker: Live
2006-01-01

5.789

Super High Me
2007-10-13

Electric Apricot

6.154

Electric Apricot
2007-11-09

Arj Barker: Balls

4

Arj Barker: Balls
2008-08-01

Arj Barker: LYAO

4.25

Arj Barker: LYAO
2010-01-26

Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Great Debate

0

Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Great Debate
2010-07-19

Arj Barker: Forever

4.2

Arj Barker: Forever
2010-08-18

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge

0

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge
2009-08-18

Arj Barker: Heavy

0

Arj Barker: Heavy
2013-12-07

Arj Barker - We Need to Talk

0

Arj Barker - We Need to Talk
2020-08-15

Flight of the Conchords: On Air

8.5

Flight of the Conchords: On Air
2009-02-14

4

The Nut Farm
2024-03-14

Arj Barker: Go Time

0

Arj Barker: Go Time
2015-03-18

Arj Barker: Joy Harvest

7.5

Arj Barker: Joy Harvest
2012-05-02

The Comedy Club

0

The Comedy Club
2016-03-05

Arj Barker: Get In My Head

0

Arj Barker: Get In My Head
2017-06-13

Standing Up for Sunny

5.2

Standing Up for Sunny
2019-06-12

Arj Barker: Organic

0

Arj Barker: Organic
2018-11-14

Arj Barker: Comes Clean

0

Arj Barker: Comes Clean
2024-01-01

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

0

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
2010-03-22

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

0

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
2011-03-29

7.2

BattleBots
2000-08-23

Comedy Central Presents

6.9

Comedy Central Presents
1998-12-01

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

7.8

Robins
2006-08-23

0

Premium Blend
1997-11-29

8.8

Good News Week
1996-04-12

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

2

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009-05-06

7.5

Rove
1999-09-22

Thank God You're Here

6

Thank God You're Here
2006-04-05

My Coolest Years

7

My Coolest Years
2004-12-06

What We Do in the Shadows

7.997

What We Do in the Shadows
2019-03-27

Shooting the Past

7.111

Shooting the Past
1999-01-10

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.048

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003-02-21

Flight of the Conchords

7.941

Flight of the Conchords
2007-06-17

Have You Been Paying Attention?

8.5

Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013-11-03

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

2

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009-05-06

Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey

0

Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey
2024-09-24

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

2

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009-05-06

Jim Jefferies and Friends

0

Jim Jefferies and Friends
2025-10-02