Matt Knudsen (Kah-nood-sen) was born in Hawaii, raised in the Mid-west and sailed around the world as a merchant marine. After trips to Europe, Africa and the Far East, he eventually put down his sea bag, picked up a microphone and began performing stand-up comedy all across the country. As an actor, Matt's shared the screen with Oscar winners Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Sean Penn and more, and has appeared in dozens of Emmy and Golden Globe winning shows like Key & Peele, Workaholics, The Big Bang Theory, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The League, NCIS, Boston Legal and Malcolm in the Middle just to name a few. As a stand-up, Matt's appeared on Conan, The Late Late Show and Last Call, as well as dozens of festivals, including The Montreal Just for Laughs Festival (Best of the fest), The San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown, High Plains, Limestone and has even entertained at The White House for President and Mrs. Obama. His critically acclaimed albums, "The Comedy Stylings of Matt Knudsen", "American" and "Yes And" are heard regularly on SiriusXM, Pandora and Apple Music and his debut comedy special "Good News" was recently released by Dry Bar Comedy. Matt loves Bob Newhart, Jack Benny, Jerry Seinfeld, Brian Regan, Mitch Hedberg, Doug Stanhope and Steve Martin.