Ralph Barbosa

Ralph Barbosa (born October 3, 1996) is an American stand-up comedian. His career began gaining traction in 2019 when he was named the Funniest Comic in Texas. He was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Mesquite, Texas. His mother gave birth to him when she was 16, and he was raised by his grandmother, an immigrant from Mexico. He attended North Mesquite High School, and during his senior year began performing comedy for his class to distract his teachers. Before pursuing comedy full-time, Barbosa worked as a barber at Oak Cliff Barbers.

In 2021, Barbosa won the New York Latino Film Festival Stand-Up competition presented by the New York International Latino Film Festival and HBO Latino, and hosted the HBO Max special Entre Nos: The Winners 3 alongside Gwen La Roka. His performance at a Don't Tell Comedy pop-up show went viral, amassing 4.6 million views on YouTube by September 2023. In January 2023, he made his late-night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In December 2023, he and Melissa Villaseñor were named in the Latin Times' List of Best Stand-Up Comedians of 2023, with the publication describing his style as "laid back and often invoking his Hispanic heritage to connect with audiences."

On October 31, 2023, his comedy special Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga was released on Netflix. Filmed at the Kessler Theater, across the street from the old barbershop where he used to work, it debuted at number three on Netflix's Top 10 TV chart and remained there for two weeks. Sean L. McCarthy of Decider rated it 9th among the 10 best stand-up specials of 2023, praising Barbosa as "cool, calm and effortlessly funny." In July 2024, he was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch.