Joe DeRosa

Joe DeRosa (born August 6, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, restaurateur and podcaster.

DeRosa got his start in comedy performing as part of a comedic musical duo called Deep at the New Road Brewhouse in his hometown of Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

After the duo split, DeRosa began performing stand-up comedy regularly at the Laff House in Philadelphia.

DeRosa moved to New York City, performing regularly in comedy clubs.

Beginning in 2006, DeRosa began co-hosting the Uninformed radio show with Bill Burr on Sirius Satellite Radio.

The monthly show aired on Saturday nights.

After new episodes began airing more sporadically, the show was dropped.

It ran as a podcast for several more episodes before ending altogether in 2009.

In 2009, DeRosa starred in his first half-hour Comedy Central Presents special.

On June 21, 2010, Comedy Central Records released DeRosa's first album The Depression Auction.

DeRosa's second album, Return of the Son of Depression Auction, was released on September 6, 2011.

That same year, DeRosa, Burr and Robert Kelly, co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred in a short film titled Cheat which DeRosa also directed.

In August 2012, a four-episode web short series titled Overrated debuted on the Official Comedy YouTube channel and featured DeRosa and Kurt Metzger discussing overrated and underrated pop culture subjects.

In October 2012, a six-part web short series titled What Are We Waiting For?, which DeRosa wrote, directed and starred in, debuted on Warner Bros.' The Warner Sound website.

The series featured DeRosa as an unnamed, obnoxiously overzealous music fan.

Guest stars for the series include Bill Burr, Bonnie McFarlane, Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Anthony Cumia, Jim Norton, Carmine Famiglietti and Mike Robinson.

In December 2012, a third web short series titled We Should Break Up starring DeRosa and fellow comedian and former girlfriend, Nikki Glaser, debuted on the Official Comedy channel on YouTube.

The six-part series featured DeRosa and Glaser as an on again, off again couple in situations based on actual events that happened during their time as a real-life couple.

Besides co-writing and co-starring in the shorts, DeRosa also directed the series.

DeRosa's third album, You Will Die, was released on September 3, 2013.

In October 2013, DeRosa relocated from New York City to Los Angeles to take a job as a writer on The Pete Holmes Show which aired from October 28, 2013, through June 18, 2014.

DeRosa has also made appearances on comedy series such as Louie, Bored to Death, Inside Amy Schumer and Sullivan & Son.

Also in 2013, DeRosa voiced a character named Rufus Bellows in the video game, Grand Theft Auto V and starred in his second half-hour Comedy Central special.

DeRosa's fourth album, Mistakes Were Made: The B Sides, was released on September 2, 2014.

In October 2014, DeRosa joined the writing team for the Netflix original series, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, a prequel to the film Wet Hot American Summer.

2014 was also the release date for the Bonnie McFarlane film, Women Aren't Funny which DeRosa served as a writer on.

In 2015, DeRosa first appeared as Dr. Caldera, a veterinarian with criminal ties, on the AMC television series, Better Call Saul.

Caldera was a recurring character throughout the show's six seasons.

On November 14, 2015, DeRosa performed at Madison Square Garden as an opening act for Bill Burr.

On October 13, 2016, DeRosa taped his first one-hour special for Comedy Central at The Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

The special, titled You Let Me Down, debuted on February 3, 2017.

A digital audio version, DeRosa's fifth album, was released four days later through outlets such as iTunes and Amazon.

DeRosa was also the writer of one episode of Comedy Central's Jeff & Some Aliens during its first and only season.

The episode, titled "Jeff & Some Confidence", aired on February 15, 2017.

Beginning in 2017, DeRosa served as a writer and consultant on Pete Holmes' HBO television series, Crashing during its three-season run.

The series, written by and starring DeRosa, is based on his regular column published in Penthouse magazine throughout 2017 and 2018.

On February 26, 2018, DeRosa appeared as Gary on the debut episode of Living Biblically, a CBS sitcom created by Patrick Walsh and produced by Johnny Galecki.

Additionally, DeRosa executive produced and also starred as The Nocturnal in the horror anthology series, By Night: Origins which became available to stream via Amazon Prime on April 13, 2018.

DeRosa's sixth album, I Go To Atlanta All The Time was released on October 31, 2018, and aired exclusively on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Raw Dog Comedy channel for approximately one year before being made available for purchase on November 15, 2019.

In May 2019, Comedy Central released three weekly shorts titled You Let Me Down.