Carl Tart (born January 5, 1989) is an American actor, improviser, writer, and comedian. Tart is known for being a featured player on the 2016 Fox sketch show Party Over Here, a writer on the 2016 Mad TV revival, and a regular guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! He starred on the NBC sitcom Grand Crew. He was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live at the start of the show's 50th season in 2024.
Life and career Carl Tart was born in Mississippi and was raised in Los Angeles. He is a regular performer at the LA branch of the Upright Citizens Brigade. He has been part of the LA-based improv group The Big Team, initially known as White Women, since 2013.
Tart has appeared on the podcasts Spontaneanation, Yo, Is This Racist?, Hollywood Handbook, Doughboys, and is a frequent guest on Comedy Bang! Bang!, where his popular characters include O. J. Simpson, lawyer Italiano Jones, Deion Sanders, The Chief from Carmen Sandiego, Charles Barkley, 80s educational rapper MC Sugarbutt, and one-half of the country music duo Memphis Kansas Breeze, opposite Drew Tarver. Memphis Kansas Breeze originated as a sketch on the UCB stage and is written by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans.
Tart was a featured player on the Lonely Island-produced sketch show Party Over Here, and he starred for two seasons as Sherm Jones on the NBC primetime sitcom Grand Crew, opposite Echo Kellum and Nicole Byer. He has also guest starred on TV comedies like Superstore, Arrested Development, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and In the Know, and he played a supporting role in Bill Burr's Netflix movie Old Dads.
He is the co-host of the podcast XOXO, Badabings, with Lamar Woods.
Tart was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 2024, at the start of the show's 50th season.
Filmography As actor YearTitleRoleNotes2015The Soul ManMarcusEpisode: "No Weddings and Ten Funerals"2015–2019Jimmy Kimmel Live!Gamer Watcher Watcher / Space Pence Crew2 episodes2015Girl Meets WorldRestaurant ManagerEpisode: "Girl Meets Texas"2015–2016Comedy Bang! Bang!VariousRecurring, 4 episodes2016Party Over HereFeatured PlayerSeries regular, 10 episodesTween FestPrince BoshEpisode: "Swag Strike"TransparentGuardEpisode: "Elizah"2016–2019Bajillion Dollar Propertie$Eugene "Rocket" JacksonRecurring, 3 episodes2016–2018Lethal WeaponStation Officer/UniRecurring, 3 episodes2017Throwing ShadeSign SpinnerEpisode #1.6DiceGordonEpisode: "Big Fan"2018LoveEpisode: "Stunt Show"Rob Riggle's Ski Master AcademyChauncySeries regular, 8 episodes2019Brooklyn Nine-NineMax PrescottEpisode: "The Crime Scene"Arrested DevelopmentHenryEpisode: "Chain Migration"CakeTree (voice)Episode: "Headspace"2020The Good PlaceSteveEpisode: "Mondays, Am I Right?"SuperstoreOscarEpisode: "Sandra's Wedding"Big City GreensDirtbag (voice)Episode: "Garage Tales/Animal Farm"RobbieKarlEpisode: "Robbie vs. Ava vs. Danielle"ConnectingWendellEpisode: "Day 90"Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of FunHatEpisode: "Party"2021Miracle WorkersLionelEpisode: "Oregon Trail: Hunting Party"2021–2024Star Trek: Lower DecksLieutenant Kayshon (voice), additional voicesRecurring, 17 episodes2021–2022Inside JobVarious voicesRecurring, 2 episodes2021–2023Grand CrewSherm JonesSeries regular, 20 episodes2022Central ParkHerman (voice)Recurring, 3 episodesThree Busy DebrasJasperEpisode: "Debra Gets a Boyfriend"2022–2023SmoshRev. Pastor J. Priest2 episodes2022Everything's TrashHotep ZombieEpisode: "Family Is Trash"BlockbusterJeffEpisode: "Pilot"2023History of the World, Part IILazarusEpisode: "VII"2023–2025Digman!First Mate O'Dooley / Douglas (voice)3 episodes2023Old DadsBrian Dodson2023–2024Make Some NoiseHimself2 episodes2024In the KnowCarl (voice)Series regular, 6 episodesThousandairesJames BrownEpisode: "Come on Capes"2025Everybody's Live with John MulaneyOfficer Juan Carlos GarcíaEpisode: "Is Uber Good?"Haunted HotelAdditional voicesEpisode: "Ghost Hunters!" 2026Wonder ManEarl ReedEpisode: "Doorman"Strip LawMike Milk (voice)2 episodesRoommatesAJKevin(voice)Episode: "The Breakup"Golden AxeChronos "Evil" Lait (voice)Main cast
As writer YearTitleNotes2016Mad TVSeason 15 2017–2018GhostedSeason 12018BrockmireSeason 22019Brooklyn Nine-NineSeason 62020SneakerheadsSeason 1ConnectingSeason 12021KenanSeason 12024–presentSaturday Night LiveSeason 50–present
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