Arj Barker

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1974-08-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2006	Arj Barker: Live	Himself	0
2	2006	Car Babes	Jimmy	54
3	2007	Super High Me	Self	57
4	2007	Electric Apricot	The Cube	57
5	2008	Arj Barker: Balls	Himself	40
6	2009	Flight of the Conchords: On Air	Self	100
7	2009	Just For Laughs: Over The Edge	Self	0
8	2010	Arj Barker: LYAO	Himself	42
9	2010	Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Great Debate	Self	0
10	2010	Arj Barker: Forever	Himself	42
11	2012	Arj Barker: Joy Harvest	Himself	75
12	2013	Arj Barker: Heavy	Himself	0
13	2015	Arj Barker: Go Time	Self	0
14	2016	The Comedy Club	Self	0
15	2017	Arj Barker: Get In My Head	Himself	0
16	2018	Arj Barker: Organic		0
17	2019	Standing Up for Sunny	Himself	54
18	2020	Arj Barker - We Need to Talk		0
19	2024	Arj Barker: Comes Clean	self	0
20	2024	The Nut Farm		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Musical Guest	72
2	1996	Good News Week	Self	88
3	1997	Premium Blend		0
4	1998	Comedy Central Presents		68
5	1999	Shooting the Past	Garnett	68
6	1999	Rove	Self	80
7	2000	BattleBots	Self	68
8	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
9	2004	My Coolest Years	Himself	0
10	2006	Thank God You're Here		60
11	2006	Robins	Self - Guest	78
12	2007	Flight of the Conchords	Dave	79
13	2009	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation		20
14	2009	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Himself - Generation X guest	20
15	2013	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Self - Panellist	83
16	2019	What We Do in the Shadows	Werewolf Leader	80
17	2024	Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey		0

Arj Barker

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