Stavros Emmanuel Halkias

Stavros Emmanuel Halkias (born February 11, 1989) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. Active since the early 2010s, he is a nationally touring comic who came to prominence as a founding co-host of the podcast Cum Town. As of 2024, he co-stars in the Netflix comedy series Tires, and in 2025 he acted in the Yorgos Lanthimos film Bugonia. He was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, to Greek immigrant parents, attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and went to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he was a few credits short of graduating.

Halkias began performing comedy while attending UMBC, where he hosted a monthly comedy showcase, and in 2012 was named Baltimore's New Comedian of the Year. He later moved to New York City, where he made numerous radio and podcast appearances and wrote and performed on Adult Swim, IFC, and MSG Network's People Talking Sports and Other Stuff. He is best known for Cum Town, which he co-hosted with Nick Mullen and Adam Friedland from 2016 until his departure in June 2022. In 2022, this evolved into the podcast Stavvy's World.

In 2022, Halkias released his first comedy special, Live At The Lodge Room, on his YouTube channel, reaching 2 million views in three weeks. His second special, Stavros Halkias: Fat Rascal, was released on Netflix in December 2023. Well known for his crowd work, he released a half-hour crowd-work-only special, Four Nights In NYC, in 2023. In 2024 he appeared in the Netflix series Tires, and in 2025 he played Officer Casey Boyd in Bugonia, which received several Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. In 2025, he declined performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.