BIO / RES
One part nerd and one part attention-whore Ben Morrison has spent his whole life making people laugh. Now living in Los Angeles, Morrison regularly headlines comedy clubs around the country delivering his electrifying blend of character-based stand-up.
Morrison is best known as the lead on the 8th season of MTV-hit Punk’d and can currently be seen fake-directing Shaq and Nic Cannon as part of the Cartoon Network’s Hall of Game Awards. He can also be seen as Abe Lincoln Vampire Slayer in upcoming horror-spoof 30 Days of Paranormal Activity, and has been featured on on episodes of Last Comic Standing, NCIS and CSI:NY. In addition is long-awaited comedy album Earn Some Crazy is set to release spring of 2012, and his previous two albums, Theater Degree and Pain in the Butt are available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon.
Morrison also works with a wide-range of charities hosting and producing their live-events. In the past two years he has worked closely with organizations such as the Kobe Bryant Family Foundation, Charity:Water, The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, Autism Speaks and Guns’N’Roses’s Hands Together to name a few. His efforts have helped raise over 2 million dollars for the various causes he represents.
He is a graduate of NYU’s TISCH School of emoting. And boy does he emote.