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American actor and comedian

Jason Mantzoukas

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Jason Mantzoukas () is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and podcaster. He is known for his roles as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League and as Nadal in The Dictator, and he is one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael.

After beginning his career as an improv comedian, he has played several comedic roles in film and television. He appeared in the films The Long Dumb Road, Sleeping with Other People, They Came Together, Conception, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. He has had recurring roles on three TV series created by Michael Schur: Parks and Recreation (as Dennis Feinstein), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (as Adrian Pimento), and The Good Place (as Derek Hofstetler).

Mantzoukas also voices the characters Jay Bilzerian in the Netflix animated series Big Mouth, Alex Dorpenberger in the HBO Max animated series Close Enough, Rex Splode in the Amazon Prime animated series Invincible, The Gray One in HouseBroken, and Jankom Pog in the Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.

Mantzoukas was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and raised in Nahant, Massachusetts, and is the oldest child of Cynthia (née Mourousas) and William Mantzoukas, second-generation Greek-Americans.^[1][2] He has one younger sister, Melissa.^[3] He has described himself as "100 percent Greek".^[4][5]

Mantzoukas began taking drum lessons at age 10 and studied under Steve Barrett for over 8 years.^[6] In interviews, he has cited Stewart Copeland, Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction, and Jimmy Chamberlin from The Smashing Pumpkins as his biggest influences as a young musician.^[7] He participated in jazz and marching bands in high school, as well as playing in a cover band called Slygoul.^[8] He continued with jazz drumming in college and played for a bebop group.^[9]

Mantzoukas attended Swampscott High School, graduating in 1991.^[10] While attending, he was named captain of Swampscott's boys' soccer and track teams and was president of the marching band.^[11] He attended Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, where he majored in religion.^[12] He attempted to defend a "terribly written" honors thesis on religious iconography (which he admits to starting a week prior to his defense date) but was not given credit to graduate with honors.^[13]

After graduating from college in 1995, Mantzoukas was granted a Watson Fellowship and traveled throughout North Africa and the Middle East studying religious and transcendental music for nearly two years.^[4][14] He has admitted to having a "horrible [grant proposal] but was charming in the room; so [he earned the grant]."^[13] At the time he left for Morocco for the Watson Fellowship, he had already had six auditions and callbacks for the Blue Man Group, but he ultimately decided to travel before the audition process was complete.^[15][16] He lived in Morocco for about 7½ months while studying and recording Gnawa music.^[17] While abroad, he traveled to Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, and Syria.^[13] During his time abroad, he was arrested once in Morocco, for having an expired tourist visa, and in Turkey to prevent him from traveling through an active war zone.^[13]

Mantzoukas first began writing comedy sketches during his junior and senior years of high school for variety shows.^[18] He began performing short-form improvisational comedy (improv) as a part of the Otter Nonsense Players at Middlebury College and became "obsessed" with improv as it used the same skill set as performing jazz.^[13] While performing with the Otters, Mantzoukas met and began learning and practicing long-form improv with fellow performers, Jessica St. Clair, Dan O'Brien, and Rodney Rothman.^[9]

After moving to New York City in 1998, he began performing comedy regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB) and was taught by Amy Poehler.^[9] He was a member of the improv team "Mother", one of the UCB's earliest house teams.^[18][19][20] During his time at UCB, Mantzoukas worked in the computer graphics department at J. P. Morgan for over three years to "make ends meet."^[21]

Mantzoukas and comedian Ed Herbstman performed as the comedy duo "The Mantzoukas Brothers" for a number of years and were named the "Best Improv Duo" by Time Out New York magazine in 2006.^[18][22] Mantzoukas continued to write and perform as a duo with Jessica St. Clair appearing in the sketch show, "We Used to Go Out" and long-form improv show, "First Date".^[18][23][24] Together, he and St. Clair pitched a pilot to HBO (which was ultimately not picked up) and earned a deal with Comedy Central.^[18] The two were compared to Nichols and May, and continue to collaborate and perform on the podcast Womp It Up!.^[25] Mantzoukas taught advanced improv classes at UCB.^[26]

Mantzoukas has appeared in the films Baby Mama, I Hate Valentine's Day, The Dictator, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and starred in The Long Dumb Road.^{[4][27][28][29]} Mantzoukas has a main role in the Paramount+ comedy series No Activity, and has had recurring roles on The League as Rafi, Enlightened, Kroll Show, Parks and Recreation, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Transparent, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I'm Sorry, and The Good Place.^[9][30]

Mantzoukas has done voice acting work, including main roles on the animated series Big Mouth, Close Enough, HouseBroken, and Star Trek: Prodigy.^[30] In 2018, he replaced T.J. Miller as the voice of Mr. Mucus for the Mucinex commercials.^[31] In 2022, he was cast as Dionysus/Mr. D in the Disney+ adaptation of the book series Percy Jackson & the Olympians.^[32]

In January 2025, Mantzoukas was announced as one of the contestants for the 19th series of Taskmaster, with Fatiha El-Ghorri, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey, and Stevie Martin.^[33] Mantzoukas is the first contestant of the show to not be based in the United Kingdom at the time of filming.^[34]

In 2008, NBC ordered a pilot for a comedy series written by Mantzoukas called Off Duty.^[9][35] The pilot was filmed in New York starring Bradley Whitford and Romany Malco but the series was not picked up.^[9] In interviews in 2014, Mantzoukas announced that he was working on a "loosely autobiographical" television show for Showtime about life after ending a long-term relationship.^[9]

Mantzoukas earned credit for writing the screenplay draft of the buddy cop comedy Ride Along, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.^[36] He originally was asked to write for Andy Samberg as one of the leads, but the rights to the film were ultimately purchased by Universal Studios who later cast Hart in the role originally intended for Samberg.^[37] He has served as a consulting writer and producer on Childrens Hospital and Portlandia.^[38]

Mantzoukas co-hosts the podcast How Did This Get Made? with Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael.^[39] Mantzoukas regularly makes appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Womp It Up!, Reply All, and Doughboys.^[40][41][42]

Mantzoukas was born with an egg allergy and experiences anaphylaxis if he ingests eggs.^[43] He has cited this allergy as the cause of his hypochondriac tendencies.^[44]

He was previously in a relationship with actress Connie Britton.^[45][46]

In addition to hosting How Did This Get Made?, Mantzoukas also has been a guest on a number of podcasts.

1. ^ Daigle, Beth (December 13, 2018). "Interview with Jason Mantzoukas". nshoremag.com. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
2. ^ "Jason Mantzoukas Biography". TV Guide.
3. ^ Gamerman, Ellen (June 21, 2017). "Now Starring With Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler: This Guy?". The Wall Street Journal.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Rottenberg, Jason (May 18, 2012). "The Dictator's Jason Mantzoukas". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
5. ^ Jones, Patty (May 9, 2012). "The Dictator wields a comic arsenal". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
6. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 33:55.
7. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 34:49.
8. ^ dharmachine (July 2, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas' Top Five 'Beach' Records". Discogs Blog.
9. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Offerman, Nick (November 9, 2014). "Kings of Comedy: Jason Mantzoukas by Nick Offerman". Interview.
10. ^ "Shrewsbury: David Dragonetti Q&A". redbankgreen. November 2, 2018. I graduated from Swampscott High School...in 1991. Notable graduates include... actor/comedian Jason Mantzoukas.
11. ^ Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael (February 13, 2020). "Space Jam: LIVE!". How Did This Get Made? (Podcast). Earwolf. Event occurs at 50:24.{{cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
12. ^ "Arts Middlebury". Middlebury College. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
13. ^ ^{a b c d e} Marc Maron (June 27, 2017). "Episode 824 - Jason Mantzoukas". WTF with Marc Maron (Podcast).
14. ^ Goldstein, Ian (June 28, 2017). "Improvising Through Life with Jason Mantzoukas". Vulture. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
15. ^ Riedel, Michael (February 4, 1996). "Learning the Blues". New York Daily News. ...Jason Mantzoukas. A 23-year-old student at Middlebury College, Mantzoukas drove down from Vermont this morning for the audition.
16. ^ Scott Aukerman (November 2, 2020). "Jason Mantzoukas, Thomas Middleditch" (Podcast). Event occurs at 35:52.
17. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 53:24.
18. ^ ^{a b c d e} Shashoua, Michael. "The Jester Interview: Jason Mantzoukas". The Jester Journal.
19. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 1:19:15.
20. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 1:06:10.
21. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 1:08:06.
22. ^ "The Mantzoukas Brothers". BestNewYorkComedy.com. July 8, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
23. ^ Zinoman, Jason (March 8, 2006). "Being in Love Is Impossible, but Being Alone Is Even Worse". The New York Times.
24. ^ "Review: We Used to Go Out". UCB Comedy.
25. ^ Fox, Jesse David (April 25, 2012). "Talking with Jessica St. Clair & Lennon Parham About Best Friends Forever". Vulture.
26. ^ "Jason Mantzoukas: 'Improv is Funny, But it Doesn't Have to Be'". The Off Camera Show. May 16, 2019.
27. ^ "Baby Mama Cast and Crew". TV Guide.
28. ^ Barker, Andrew (June 28, 2009). "I Hate Valentine's Day". Variety.
29. ^ ^{a b} Busch, Anita (May 21, 2018). "Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston Join Returning Cast For 'John Wick'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
30. ^ ^{a b} "Jason Mantzoukas – IMDb". IMDb.
31. ^ Desta, Yohana (February 7, 2018). "T.J. Miller Is Too Problematic to Play Talking Mucus in a Commercial". Vanity Fair.
32. ^ Otterson, Joe (June 2, 2022). "Percy Jackson Disney+ Series Adds Five to Cast, Including Megan Mullally and Jason Mantzoukas (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
33. ^ "Taskmaster Series 19 line-up revealed". British Comedy Guide. January 22, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
34. ^ Rowles, Dustin (May 8, 2025). "Jason Mantzoukas Has Already Accomplished Two Firsts on 'Taskmaster'". Pajiba. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
35. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 1, 2008). "Comedy duo goes 'Off Duty'". The Hollywood Reporter.
36. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 29, 2009). "Ice Cube film, Fox comedy on scribe's plate". The Hollywood Reporter.
37. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 1:18:05.
38. ^ "Jason Mantzoukas". SF Sketchfest. 2012. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014.
39. ^ Whittaker, Richard (June 7, 2019). "How Did How Did This Get Made? Get Made?". The Austin Chronicle.
40. ^ "Search". Gimlet. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
41. ^ McGlynn, Katla (May 1, 2019). "23 Comedy Bang! Bang! Guests Reveal Their Favorite Moments From the Podcast". Vulture.
42. ^ Cannon, Benjamin; Jakes, Dan; Colburn, Randall; DiClaudio, Dennis; Caffrey, Dan; Jacobs, Nowah; Fitchette, Dan (April 27, 2015). "Jessica St. Clair debuts highly anticipated Womp It Up!". The A.V. Club.
43. ^ Metz, Nina (November 13, 2018). "My Worst Moment: Jason Mantzoukas and the dangerous granola". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
44. ^ Dax Shepard, Monica Padman (February 11, 2019). "Jason Mantzoukas". Armchair Expert (Podcast). Stitcher Radio. Event occurs at 23:37.
45. ^ Dougherty, Margot (September 15, 2009). "Connie Britton: What 40 Feels Like". Redbook. I have a great man in my life — he's a comedy writer [Jason Mantzoukas], but I probably shouldn't say much more than that! — but that's awesome. And that happened after I turned 40.
46. ^ Petersen, Anne Helen (November 9, 2014). "The Cult of Connie Britton". BuzzFeed. ...Britton's been linked with comedian Jason Mantzoukas...
47. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} "Jason Mantzoukas (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 17, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
48. ^ Hoffman, Daniel (September 5, 2014). "Watch Jason Mantzoukas, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jason Jones Celebrate SantaCon Early". Bedford + Bowery. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
49. ^ Cabral, R. J. (April 14, 2015). "New Line's How to Be Single Adds Jason Mantzoukas, Nicholas Braun (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
50. ^ Kit, Borys (June 16, 2015). "Jason Mantzoukas Joining Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in The House". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
51. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 13, 2019). "Paramount Action Pic Infinite Adds Jason Mantzoukas & Rupert Friend". Deadline. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
52. ^ DeFore, John (June 30, 2021). "Channing Tatum in Netflix's America: The Motion Picture: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
53. ^ Parlevliet, Mirko (May 8, 2025). "Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie Trailer and Poster Debut". Vital Thrills. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
54. ^ Schneider, Michael (February 2, 2022). "Prosthetics, Animatronics, CGI and Jason Mantzoukas: How 'Pam & Tommy' Made a Penis Talk and Shimmy". Variety.
55. ^ Schwarz, John (April 8, 2024). "Review: The Simpsons "Night of the Living Wage"". Bubbleblabber. Retrieved December 17, 2024.

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