Anthony Desamito

Hello! I'm Anthony Desamito. I'm a stand up comedian, actor and writer living in Los Angeles, California. I've been joke-making on stages across the country for 8 years now. 

I have appeared on the film Comedy Dynamics' OUT On Stage, FOX's "Laughs," and I am a cast member in a new comedy pilot airing on the CW on Black Friday of 2018. I am the Winner of the 1st Annual AZ's Funniest Person With a Day Job and have been heard on the Doug Stanhope Podcast and Mortified. I have also shown up on HULU and soon on Pluto TV & Buzzfeed. 

I have performed at festivals such as: Asheville Comedy Festival • Portland Queer Comedy Festival • LA Pride • Bisbee Pride •  Bird City Comedy Festival • Altercation Comedy Festival • Big Pine Comedy Festival (Best of Fest) • San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival (Best of SLOCase) + more!

I co-host a comedy show at the Hollywood Improv called, "Ya Feel?!" and "Big Dick Energy" in San Diego at Project Bar & Grill. I am a Finalist in both the 2016 Scriptapalooza TV Sitcom Writing Competition and Arizona's Funniest Comedian. I have been featured on Out Magazine, The Advocate, Inverse, Voyage LA and was mentioned in the Daily Beast as one of today's comics who "should be a household name."

I co-host "Thank You for Being a Podcast: The Golden Girls Podcast," in which we recap episodes of the Golden Girls, has over 70k download and has been featured on NPR, PopSugar.com and Phoenix New Times. 

I trained in longform improv at The Torch Theatre, I once put on a puppet show for David Arquette and tour as the feature act for Daniel Franzese from Mean Girls.