Rich Williams

Rich Williams has been a professional comedian since 1996. He has toured the United States as a headlining comic known for a cerebral style that often addresses taboo subjects.

Notable performing credits include:
Comedy Central (Premium Blend)
Chelsea Lately
Punk’d
The Best Damn Sports Show Period
HBO Aspen Comedy Festival (New Faces)
The Howard Stern Show
Six seasons as the warm-up comic for Last Comic Standing

Writing credits include:
The Best Damn Sports Show Period (Fox Sports)
MTV shows such as Next and Date My Mom
Howie Long's Tough Guys (Annual Super Bowl Special on Fox for 6 seasons)
Sports Soup
Excused
Material for various big-name comedians

Rich has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for writing. He sold a movie project to Disney with Tim Allen. Rich runs the YouTube channel Secrets Of Stand Up Comedy, where he shares practical advice on joke writing, performing, career strategy, and the business of stand-up, drawing on three decades of experience. He has appeared on comedy podcasts discussing his career path, the industry, and lessons for newer comics. He is based in the Schenectady, New York area (Upstate New York) and continues to perform and teach.

Personal background notes:
In interviews he has mentioned losing both of his parents by the age of eight and how that shaped his dark sense of humor. He has described starting in stand-up, moving into television writing (particularly in Los Angeles), and later focusing more on performing and mentoring through his online content.