Sam Morril ( ; born August 29, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian. He co-hosts the weekly podcast We Might Be Drunk with fellow comedian Mark Normand.
Early life Morril was born in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. Morril said that according to his 23andMe test, his ancestry is "a lot of Ashkenazi Jew" and "twelve percent" Turkish. Morril was known as Sam Greenberg before his mother married his stepfather, and Morril took his surname. He has two step-siblings. Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer Ansel Elgort. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans before graduating from New York University.
Career Morril was named one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including Dave Attell, Marc Maron, Conan O'Brien, and Amy Schumer. He worked as an intern on The Colbert Report and later appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April 2016. He has also made multiple appearances on Conan since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on America's Got Talent in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special, Positive Influence, was released by Comedy Central in September 2018. His second one-hour special, I Got This, was released via Comedy Central's YouTube channel in February 2020. He is a regular on Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, performing frequently when not on tour. He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an open mic night in the DC thriller film Joker (2019). He appeared on the Netflix series, That's My Time with David Letterman.
In 2025, Morril performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, an event which Human Rights Watch characterized as an attempt by the Saudi government to whitewash its human rights abuses.
Personal life Morril was in a relationship with fellow comedian Taylor Tomlinson from fall 2019 to February 2022, and they started a podcast called This Is Important to Me.
Filmography Comedy specials YearTitlePlatform2015Class ActComedy Central2018Positive InfluenceComedy Central2020I Got ThisComedy Central2020Up On the RoofYouTube2022Same Time TomorrowNetflix2024You've ChangedAmazon Prime Video2026IncorrectNetflix
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2019JokerOpen Mic Comic2021Full CapacityHimselfDocumentary
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2014Stuck on A Performer 1 episode 2014Adam DeVine's House PartyHimself1 episode2014–2015Inside Amy SchumerBeaver / Employee #32 episodes2014–2020ConanHimself6 episodes2015–2016Red EyeHimself32 episodes2015Last Comic StandingWriter1 episode2015Adventures in ComedyHimselfDocumentary2016America's Got TalentHimself1 episode2016@midnight with Chris HardwickHimself1 episode2016The Late Show with Stephen ColbertHimself1 episode2016Jeff Ross Presents Roast BattleHimself3 episodes2017People Talking Sports: And Other StuffWriter12 episodes2018The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonHimself1 episode2018Last Call with Carson DalyHimself1 episode2018This Week at the Comedy CellarHimself3 episodes2018The Late Late Show with James CordenHimself1 episode2019BillionsSamEpisode: "Fight Night"2022Life & BethCarnySeason 1, Episode 5
Web YearTitleRoleNotes2020Laugh AidHimselfBenefit livestream
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