Chris D'Elia

Christopher William D'Elia(born March 29, 1980)is an Americanstand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host. He is known for playing Alex Miller on theNBCsitcomWhitney, Danny Burton on the NBC sitcomUndateable, Kenny on theABCtelevision seriesThe Good Doctor,and Henderson on theNetflixthriller seriesYou.D'Elia has been performing stand-up comedy since 2006. He considers himself to be a stand-up comedian who acts. He has been featured onComedy Central'sLive at Gotham,Comedy Central Presents, andShowtime'sLive Nude Comedy.He was introduced to a broader audience as a regular on the seriesGlory Daze,which ran for one season onTBS. He was initially cast only for the pilot and was later made a series regular.He then co-starred in theNBCcomedy series Whitney, opposite comedianWhitney Cummings, for two seasons.D'Elia was one of three hosts of theTen Minute Podcast(2012–2015), along withBryan CallenandWill Sasso. Since February 2017, he has hosted the weekly podcastCongratulations with Chris D'Elia, which has charted in the top 20 comedy podcasts in multiple countries. In January 2013, D'Elia released his debut parody rap album, as MC "Chank Smith", calledSuch Is Life.On December 6, 2013, D'Elia's first one-hour stand-up special,White Male Black Comic, aired on Comedy Central.He has had three subsequent comedy specials: Incorrigible(2015),Man On Fire(2017) andNo Pain(2020), all of which aired on Netflix. These were directed by his father, with the exception ofNo Pain which was directed by his brother.D'Elia had a lead role in the 2014–2016 NBC sitcomUndateableas Danny Burton, a ladies' man whose friends are all in one way or another "undateable". In 2016, D'Elia headlined theLeafly420 Comedy Tour show in Chicago with special guest Ron Funches.In March 2019, it was announced that D'Elia had been cast in the recurring role of Henderson on the second season of theNetflixthriller seriesYou.