Marc Yaffee

Marc Yaffee is a Native American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and podcast host born on January 15, 1961. He was adopted at birth by a Mexican American mother, Lucina Yaffee, and a Jewish father, Asher 'Bud' Yaffee, and did not learn that his biological father was of Mexican Navajo Indigenous descent until he was contacted by his birth mother at age 25.

Yaffee began performing stand-up comedy in 1999 after attending a workshop at Laughs Unlimited Comedy Club in Sacramento, California, and has since performed across 43 states and 11 countries. He is a founder and co-star of the Powwow Comedy Jam, touring with fellow comedians Howie Miller and Vaughn Eaglebear since 2005 as a trio named National Indian Gaming Association Entertainers of the Year in 2010. He also co-starred in the Showtime special Goin' Native, one of the first all-Native American stand-up specials on cable television, and later released two Dry Bar Comedy specials, Mid-Laugh Crisis (2019) and Raising the Bar (2024). He won the Ventura Comedy Festival's Funniest Person Contest in 2012, and since 2018 has hosted the podcast How Does That Happen, featuring interviews with holders of unusual world records.