Kyle Kinane

Kyle Christian Kinane (born December 23, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian and actor from Addison, Illinois. He studied at Addison Trail High School and Columbia College Chicago. His first television appearance was on The Nanny, playing "Young Roger Clinton."

Kinane's debut album Death of the Party, recorded at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles and released in 2010 on Aspecialthing Records, was met with critical acclaim, and he was named in Variety's "Ten Comics to Watch in 2010." He has had a longstanding relationship with Comedy Central, serving as the voice for the channel's on-air announcements from 2011 until 2018. His first Comedy Central Presents half-hour special aired on February 25, 2011, and other Comedy Central appearances include Drunk History, the game show @midnight, which he won seven times, and the 2014 animated series TripTank. His first stand-up DVD special, Whiskey Icarus, was released in 2012, followed by "I Liked His Old Stuff Better" in 2015.

Kinane has performed stand-up on programmes including Last Call with Carson Daly, Live at Gotham, Conan, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and has opened for Patton Oswalt and Daniel Tosh on tour. He co-hosted the podcasts The Boogie Monster with comedian Dave Stone and No Accounting for Taste with comedian Shane Torres. In 2019 he starred in the music video for "Disappear" by punk band Off With Their Heads, and in 2025 his special Dirt Nap explored the relationship between the Fast and Furious franchise and a feral cat.