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Arj Barker
Actor, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn August 12, 1974 (51 years)
Arjan Singh Āulakh (born August 12, 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He was born to an engineer father and artist mother. His father is of Indian Punjabi Sikh descent and his mother is of European descent.
Barker started his career in comedy after graduating from high school in 1989. His first gigs were at a café called Caffe Nuvo in downtown San Anselmo where he hosted stand-up night every Sunday throughout the early 1990s. Barker appeared on Premium Blend in 1997, followed by appearances on the shows Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Glass House. He twice hosted Comedy Central Presents, first on September 20, 2000, and again on March 31, 2006. Barker was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. He appeared on the Australian show Thank God You're Here on October 18, 2006, September 19, 2007, and June 17, 2009.
Barker co-wrote and performed in The Marijuana-Logues, an Off-Broadway show in New York City, with Doug Benson and Tony Camin. The title of the show was a parody of The Vagina Monologues. NBC gave Barker the lead role for sitcom Nearly Nirvana, originally scheduled for 2004. However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired
Barker appeared in the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords, playing Dave. Barker has been successful in Australia for a number of years since first appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000, and presently resides there. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, he won Best Comedy Release for Organic.
During the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barker attracted widespread media attention in Australia for, while on stage in front of a live audience, demanding a mother breastfeeding her 7-month-old baby to leave and have her ticket refunded. Barker claimed the baby was interrupting his train of thought.
Barker started his career in comedy after graduating from high school in 1989. His first gigs were at a café called Caffe Nuvo in downtown San Anselmo where he hosted stand-up night every Sunday throughout the early 1990s. Barker appeared on Premium Blend in 1997, followed by appearances on the shows Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Glass House. He twice hosted Comedy Central Presents, first on September 20, 2000, and again on March 31, 2006. Barker was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. He appeared on the Australian show Thank God You're Here on October 18, 2006, September 19, 2007, and June 17, 2009.
Barker co-wrote and performed in The Marijuana-Logues, an Off-Broadway show in New York City, with Doug Benson and Tony Camin. The title of the show was a parody of The Vagina Monologues. NBC gave Barker the lead role for sitcom Nearly Nirvana, originally scheduled for 2004. However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired
Barker appeared in the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords, playing Dave. Barker has been successful in Australia for a number of years since first appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000, and presently resides there. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, he won Best Comedy Release for Organic.
During the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barker attracted widespread media attention in Australia for, while on stage in front of a live audience, demanding a mother breastfeeding her 7-month-old baby to leave and have her ticket refunded. Barker claimed the baby was interrupting his train of thought.
Arj Barker Filmography
| 2024 | Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey (TV Series) |
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| 2019 | What We Do in the Shadows (TV Series) · as Werewolf Leader |
| 2018 | |
| 2007 | Electric Apricot · as The Cube |
| 2007 | Flight of the Conchords (TV Series) · as Dave |
| 2006 | Car Babes · as Jimmy |
| 2006 | Thank God You're Here (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Purpose · as Caddy #2 |
| 1999 | Shooting The Past (TV Series) · as Garnett |
| 1998 | Comedy Central Presents (TV Series) |
| 1998 | The 11 O'Clock Show (TV Series) · as R.t. Fulton |
| 1997 | Premium Blend (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Jim Jefferies And Friends (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Arj Barker: Comes Clean · as Self |
| 2021 | The Comedy Club · as Self |
| 2019 | Standing Up for Sunny · as Himself |
| 2018 | Hughesy, We Have A Problem (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Behave Yourself! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Arj Barker: Get in My Head · as Himself |
| 2017 | The Project (NZ) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 2015 | Arj Barker: Go Time · as Self |
| 2013 | Arj Barker Heavy · as Himself |
| 2013 | Have You Been Paying Attention? (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 2013 | @midnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Just For Laughs: All Access (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Arj Barker: Joy Harvest · as Himself |
| 2011 | Can of Worms (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Funny as Hell (TV Series) · as Self - Comedian |
| 2011 | Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Ben Elton: Live From Planet Earth (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Arj Barker: LYAO · as Himself |
| 2010 | The Green Room with Paul Provenza (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2009 | Arj Barker: Forever · as Himself |
| 2009 | Just for Laughs (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (TV Series) · as Himself - Generation X Guest |
| 2009 | Flight of the Conchords: On Air · as Self |
| 2008 | Arj Barker: Balls · as Himself |
| 2007 | Super High Me · as Self |
| 2007 | The Sideshow (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Arj Barker Live · as Himself |
| 2006 | Robins (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Spicks & Specks (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | My Coolest Years (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2004 | Live at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Shorties Watchin' Shorties (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The Glass House (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BattleBots (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Rove Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Good News Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Good Morning Australia (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Melbourne International Comedy Festival (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Today (Australia) (TV Series) · as Self |
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| 2011 | Funny as Hell (TV Series) |
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| 2009 | Just for Laughs (TV Series) |
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| 1998 | Comedy Central Presents (TV Series) |
| 2024 | The Nut Farm · as Written By |