Mark Normand

Mark Normand (born September 18, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up in his hometown of New Orleans in 2006, at Lucy's Retired Surfer Bar, and has since performed across the United States and abroad. He has appeared on Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He attended De La Salle High School and the University of New Orleans before taking a year off to study at the New York Film Academy, though he eventually dropped out.

Normand regularly performs at comedy clubs and colleges and has appeared at numerous festivals, including the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Seattle International Comedy Competition, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and as a New Face at Just for Laughs in Montreal in 2013. His half-hour special on Comedy Central's The Half Hour was released in 2014, along with the album Still Got It, followed by the hour-long special Don't Be Yourself in 2017. He has appeared on Conan six times and had acting roles in Inside Amy Schumer and Horace and Pete. In March 2026 he released his fifth comedy special, None Too Pleased, on Netflix.

Normand has co-hosted the weekly podcast Tuesdays with Stories with comedian Joe List since 2013, and also co-hosts the podcast We Might Be Drunk with Sam Morril. Among his recognitions, he won Carolines on Broadway's March Madness competition in 2013 and was named The Village Voice's "Best Comedian of 2013". He lives in the West Village neighborhood of New York City, has said he is an atheist, married Mae Planert in November 2022, and announced the birth of their first child in January 2025.