Pete Holmes

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. 2Early life Holmes was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington High School and Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. In college, he majored in English and Communications, and he participated in an improvisational comedy troupe, The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen. Holmes got married at 22, the same age at which he began performing stand-up comedy, and he divorced at 28. He lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York and Chicago before moving to Los Angeles. 2Career Holmes has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, as a regular panelist on VH1's Best Week Ever, and on VH1's All Access. His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker. In 2010, he performed on John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show as well as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On February 26, 2010, he performed his first television special on the series Comedy Central Present