Adam Cayton-Holland
About Adam Cayton-Holland
Adam Cayton-Holland (born June 2, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian from Denver, Colorado, best known for his work with the comedy trio The Grawlix and their sitcom series Those Who Can't. He is also a writer whose first book, Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir, received the 2019 Colorado Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction. He is the founder and executive director of the High Plains Comedy Festival, and as a comic he is a regular headliner at clubs and colleges throughout the United States and abroad.
Cayton-Holland started in stand-up by attending open mics at Denver dive bars in 2003, and in 2006 won Comedy Works' New Talent showcase against nearly 200 other comedians. He was included in Esquire's 25 Best New Stand-Up Comedians in 2012, invited to the New Faces competition at Montreal's Just for Laughs, and named one of "10 Comics to Watch" by Variety in 2015. He made his national television stand-up debut on Conan in 2013 and won episodes of @midnight in 2014 and 2015.
The Grawlix is a Denver comedy trio that also includes Ben Roy and Andrew Orvedahl, producing a monthly show at The Bug Theater. In June 2012 the trio teamed with The Nix Brothers to produce a pilot called Those Who Can't for Amazon Studios; TruTV later re-filmed it, and the show aired for three seasons. Before becoming a comedian, Cayton-Holland was a journalist at Denver's alt-weekly Westword from 2003 through 2008, best known for his column "What's So Funny?", and in late 2013 he had a piece called "Ghosts I've Known" published in The Atlantic.
Videos (108)
Videos 73 to 96 of 108.
1:12Man Therapy Part Two
1.2K views
0:39Doppler Dave
1.2K views
1:01ACH Bird of the Week - Bald Eagle
1.2K views
0:21Adoption
1.2K views
1:01ACH Bird of the Week - Black Capped Chickadee
1.1K views
0:37Astronauts
1.1K views
1:13Every Performance is Better with Crowd Work!
1K views
6:37What I've Learned in My Twenty Years in Stand-Up Comedy
968 views
1:48Let's Go Brandon (Quite Thoroughly)
899 views
3:17Mask Mandate Freak Out
804 views
0:27Working Class Games
706 views
1:01ACH Bird of the Week - Red Breasted Nuthatch
697 views
0:56ACH Bird of the Week - Northern Flicker
674 views
1:31ACH Bird of the Week - Canada Goose
646 views
0:58Good Brother
615 views
2:16Waiter Small Talk - from my special, "Wallpaper," now streaming on @hulu
491 views
3:33An Evening of Socially Distanced Comedy
320 views
1:02Brat Summer
242 views
4:05Safety First
218 views
0:35The Birds and the Bees
186 views
3:29AI
185 views
1:01Elon Musk Sex Move
183 views
1:40Podcasting in 2026
175 views
0:40Ren Fair
174 viewsGuest appearances (13)
Videos on other comedians' channels featuring Adam Cayton-Holland.
Guest appearances 1 to 13 of 13.
5:04Adam Cayton-Holland Stand-Up 02/09/16 | CONAN on TBS
Conan O'Brien
172.7K views
5:00Adam Cayton-Holland's Favorite Southern Phrases | CONAN on TBS
Conan O'Brien
90.4K views
1:00:39Pioneer Plates with Adam Cayton-Holland | Soder Podcast | EP 86
Dan Soder
50.6K views
1:24:02Can I be your sister? w/ Adam Cayton-Holland | Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino
Andrew Santino
40.5K views
12:151990's NBA Cards with Adam Cayton-Holland
Dan Soder
23K views
2:49Adam Cayton-Holland: Die-Hard Rockies Fan
Pete Holmes
14.8K views
55:15Pitching TV Shows, Dog Shows, and Wisdom Teeth with Adam Cayton-Holland
Stephanie Tolev
3.3K views
1:07Do all teenage boys do this?!? New Steph Infection with Adam Cayton-Holland out now
Stephanie Tolev
1.8K views
1:11New Steph Infection podcast out with Adam Cayton-Holland out now!
Stephanie Tolev
1.2K views
1:06"Elon Musk Sex Move" by Adam Cayton-Holland
Andrew Orvedahl
776 views
1:02MINI HORROR MOVIE: "Le Fils (The Son)" by Adam Cayton-Holland
Andrew Orvedahl
615 views
1:06:33The Dork Forest VIDEO: Adam Cayton-Holland and MORE BIRDS – EP 756
Jackie Kashian
150 views
2:06The Dork Forest SHORT TEASER: Adam Cayton-Holland and MORE BIRDS – EP 756
Jackie Kashian
30 viewsChannels on this page: Conan O'Brien, Dan Soder, Andrew Santino, Pete Holmes, Stephanie Tolev, Andrew Orvedahl, Jackie Kashian
Frequently asked questions
What is Adam Cayton-Holland best known for?
He is best known for his work with the Denver comedy trio The Grawlix and their TruTV sitcom Those Who Can't.
Who are the members of The Grawlix?
The Grawlix is a Denver comedy trio consisting of Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy and Andrew Orvedahl.
What award did his book win?
His first book, Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir, received the 2019 Colorado Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction.
What comedy festival did he found?
He is the founder and executive director of the High Plains Comedy Festival.
What did Adam Cayton-Holland do before comedy?
Before becoming a comedian, he was a journalist at Denver's alt-weekly Westword from 2003 through 2008, known for his column "What's So Funny?"
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