Ryan Niemiller

Ryan Niemiller is an American stand-up comedian who bills himself as the Cripple Threat of Comedy. Born with ectrodactyly, a congenital condition affecting both arms, he grew up in DeMotte, Indiana, a town of under 4,000 where he was the only person with a visible disability like his. He graduated with a degree in theater from Indiana State University, moved to Los Angeles to pursue comedy and shot to national fame as the third-place finalist on America's Got Talent season 14 in 2019.

Ryan Niemiller finished third on America's Got Talent season 14 in 2019, behind winner Kodi Lee and the Detroit Youth Choir but ahead of V.Unbeatable and Voices of Service - the highest AGT finish for a comedian that year. He returned for AGT: The Champions and continued to headline comedy clubs nationwide as the self-billed Cripple Threat of Comedy. His material covers dating, employment and trying to find acceptance in a world not built for him, delivered as clean, self-deprecating, observational stand-up. He has performed at Zanies Nashville, Comedy Castle Royal Oak, Skyline Comedy Club Appleton, Loony Bin Tulsa, Brea Improv and Quezada's Comedy Club, and has been the subject of features on Living Adaptive, Glancer Magazine and Indiana University's Indiana Remixed campaign.

Ryan Niemiller tours the United States year-round as a club headliner, with dates posted on his website and the Gersh Agency talent page. New stand-up clips and AGT throwbacks drop on his Instagram at @cripplethreat8 where he has 111,000 followers and on the official Facebook fan page The Cripple Threat of Comedy.