WCU Live Presents - Comedian Jay Pharoah

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Actor and comedian Jay Pharoah is one of the industry's most highly-anticipated leading men.

Pharoah was most recently seen in one of the biggest purchases out of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, THE BLACKENING, which premiered in their Midnight Madness section. THE BLACKENING sold out of the festival to Lionsgate and was released Juneteenth weekend, making back its production budget in the first few days of release. This year, Pharoah also starred in SPINNING GOLD as Cecil Homes, the right hand man of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart who co-founded Casablanca Records.

In the last few years, Pharoah has appeared in Comedy Central's OUT OF OFFICE alongside Ken Jeong and Oscar Nuñez and in the independent comedy MORT IN SHERMAN OAKS with Lucy Hale and Jim Gaffigan. He starred in Netflix's RESORT TO LOVE with Cristina Milian for producer Alicia Keys and in the Lionsgate thriller PRIVATE PROPERTY. Pharoah also co-starred opposite Harry Shum Jr. in Universal's ALL MY LIFE, in Justin Simien's critically acclaimed feature film BAD HAIR for Hulu, and in Lionsgate's 2 MINUTES OF FAME for director Leslie Small.

On the small screen, Pharoah starred as "J.J. Evans" in ABC's Emmy Award-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience version of ALL IN THE FAMILY and GOOD TIMES. He also hosted and produced the hit Nickelodeon gameshow, UNFILTERED.

Best known for his spot-on impressions, Pharoah spent six seasons as a cast member on NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. In 2017, he shifted to his first leading role as 'Floyd Mooney' in Showtime's WHITE FAMOUS, which was executive produced by Academy Award-winner Jaime Foxx and inspired by Foxx's real-life experiences.

Additional film and television credits include Sony Picture's animated feature, THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES, Steven Soderbergh's UNSANE, Universal's animated feature SING, CBS Films' GET A JOB, CBS's All Access's REMOTE, FOX Searchlight's LOLA VERSUS, FOX's FAMILY GUY, FOX's THE SIMPSONS, Netflix's BOJACK HORSEMAN, and Cartoon Network's ROBOT CHICKEN. He also currently serves as a consulting writer/producer on FAMILY GUY.

In addition to acting and his stand-up, Jay released his first EP titled "Spittin Image" in August 2021. The tracks are a marriage between Jay's spot-on impressions and his love of songwriting and rapping. All songs are written by Jay and produced by Andrew Hypes.

Pharoah continues to headline comedy clubs across the country throughout the year.

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