Nick Mullen
Nicholas James Mullen (born December 13, 1988)[2] is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, producer, actor and comedy writer.[3] Active since 2005, he is best known as the creator and co-host of the comedy podcast Cum Town (2016–2022) and its successor The Adam Friedland Show (2022–present). He released his first comedy special, The Year of the Dragon, in December 2023.[4] His comedy often focuses on internet culture and is ironic, observational and self-deprecating.
Not to be confused with Nick Mullens.Nick Mullen
Nicholas James Mullen
December 13, 1988
Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
- Stand-up
- podcast
- television
2005–present[1]
Career[edit]
Originally from Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, he began performing in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area as a teenager, often at Wiseacres Comedy Club in Virginia.[5][6][7] During his early twenties, he was based out of Austin, Texas (and briefly Los Angeles).[8][9][10][11]
A nationally touring stand-up, he was an opener for acts including Dana Gould, Jim Norton, Patrice O'Neal, and Hannibal Buress.[8] In 2010, he was named "Best of Fest" at the Laugh Detroit festival.[8] In 2012, he performed at SXSW as part of the Made in Austin and Weekend Spotlight comedy showcases.[10][12] That same year, he was named one of the New Faces Unrepped by Montreal's Just for Laughs festival.[9][13] Other festivals include the 2014 Bentzen Ball in Washington, D.C.[14]
From 2013 to 2015, he wrote a blog under the heteronym Nicole Mullen on Thought Catalog. He also had a prank call podcast called Help Me, I'm Old.[15]
In the mid-2010s, Mullen moved to New York City.[15] Prior to Cum Town, he had multiple TV and radio appearances.[16][17] During the late 2010s, he was a recurring guest on the Real Ass Podcast, Race Wars (hosted by Kurt Metzger and Sherrod Small), and Legion of Skanks.[18] His writing credits include Comedy Knockout on TruTV (premiered 2016), Make Me Understand with Jim Norton (2016 IFC television pilot), and 2017's Problematic with Moshe Kasher (Comedy Central).[16] Additionally, he made appearances on Fox News' Red Eye as a guest panelist.
From 2016 until its end in 2022, Mullen was a co-host of the comedy podcast Cum Town. On June 29, 2022, Mullen and Adam Friedland released the first episode of The Adam Friedland Show, a successor to Cum Town, after co-host Stavros Halkias left the show.[19] The show is hosted by Friedland and produced and co-hosted by Mullen.
His stand-up special Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon was released on December 3, 2023, reaching one million views after its first week of release.[20]
Personal life[edit]
Mullen lives in Brooklyn, New York. He previously lived in Manhattan's Chinatown; some of his comedic anecdotes draw from his experience living there in a windowless tenement.[21] Mullen voted for Howie Hawkins in the 2020 United States presidential election.[22]
Popular culture[edit]
In the 2019 video game Disco Elysium, the protagonist of an in-universe crime fiction book series is called Dick Mullen, a reference to Nick Mullen.[23]