Jordan Klepper

Jordan Klepper has been doing comedy for the better part of the last two decades. He is a contributor and a co-host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. 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, Klepper 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. He was formerly host and executive producer of the weeknight Comedy Central talk show, THE OPPOSITION WITH JORDAN KLEPPER.

Klepper joined The Daily Show in 2014 under Jon Stewart and continued after Trevor Noah took over as host in 2015 all the way until now where he pulls double duty behind the desk and in the field. During his time at The Daily Show, the show picked up an Emmy and Peabody award, and Klepper defined himself with both his studio work and segments in the field, ranging from his multi-part series exploring the reality of being a “Good Guy with a Gun“ to his field pieces at Trump rallies which have garnered millions of views.

In June of 2017, his one-hour special JORDAN KLEPPER SOLVES GUNS premiered on Comedy Central and focused on the alarming legal obstacles and enlightening personal testimony surrounding the issue of gun violence in America.

Klepper has also been seen on CNN, MSNBC, guest hosting Showtime’s “The Circus,” HBO's "NIGHT OF TOO MANY STARS," "The Who Was Show" on Netflix, BUNK on IFC, “Would I Lie To You” on the CW, FRIDAY NIGHT TAILGATE on the Big Ten Network, and @MIDNIGHT on Comedy Central as well as writing on multiple projects from MTV2's CHARLAMAGNE & FRIENDS to HBO's FERRELL TAKES THE FIELD. He is the voice of Pete on “The Ghost and Molly McGee” on the Disney Channel.

On the podcast front he co-hosted “Kasich and Klepper” with former governor John Kasich as well as the “Fingers The Conspiracy” podcast with The Daily Show. He has also co-hosted “STAR TALK LIVE” with Neil deGrasse Tyson. His independent films, PEEPERS and TMI, have played at the Tribeca Film Festival and Slamdance. He spent nearly a decade in Chicago performing with THE SECOND CITY as well as I.O. In New York he was a regular at the UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE.

He was gifted the key to the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan which is frickin awesome for a kid from Kalamazoo, Michigan.