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Carl Tart

Carl Tart (born January 5, 1989)[1] is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Tart is known for being a featured player on the 2016 Fox sketch show Party Over Here, a writer on Mad TV, and a regular guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! He starred on the NBC sitcom Grand Crew.[2] He was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live at the start of the show's 50th season in 2024.[3]

Carl Tart
Born (1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 36)
Mississippi, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Comedian

Life and career

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Carl Tart was born in Mississippi[4] and was raised in Los Angeles. He is a regular performer at the LA branch of the Upright Citizens Brigade[5] and is an alumnus of Boom Chicago, where he performed in 2014.[6] He has been part of the LA-based improv group The Big Team, initially known as White Women, since 2013.[7]

Tart has appeared on the podcasts Spontaneanation, Yo, Is This Racist?, Hollywood Handbook, and is one of the most frequent guests on Comedy Bang Bang, where his popular characters include lawyer Italiano Jones, The Chief from Carmen Sandiego, Charles Barkley, 80s educational rapper MC Sugarbutt, and one-half of the country music duo Memphis Kansas Breeze, opposite Drew Tarver. Memphis Kansas Breeze originated as a sketch on the UCB stage and is written by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans.[8][9][10]

Tart was a featured player on the Lonely Island-produced sketch show Party Over Here, and he starred for two seasons as Sherm Jones on the NBC primetime sitcom Grand Crew, opposite Echo Kellum and Nicole Byer.[11] He has also guest starred on TV comedies like Superstore, Arrested Development, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and he played a supporting role in Bill Burr's Netflix movie Old Dads.

Tart was hired as an writer for Saturday Night Live in 2024, at the start of the show's 50th season.[3]

Filmography

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As actor

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Soul Man Marcus Episode: "No Weddings and Ten Funerals"
2015–2019 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Gamer Watcher Watcher / Space Pence Crew 2 episodes
2015 Girl Meets World Restaurant Manager Episode: "Girl Meets Texas"
2015–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various Recurring, 4 episodes
2016 Party Over Here Featured Player Series regular, 10 episodes
2016 Tween Fest Prince Bosh Episode: "Swag Strike"
2016 Transparent Guard Episode: "Elizah"
2016–2019 Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Eugene "Rocket" Jackson Recurring, 3 episodes
2016–2018 Lethal Weapon Station Officer/Uni Recurring, 3 episodes
2017 Throwing Shade Sign Spinner Episode #1.6
2017 Dice Gordon Episode: "Big Fan"
2018 Love Episode: "Stunt Show"
2018 Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy Chauncy Series regular, 8 episodes
2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Max Prescott Episode: "The Crime Scene"
2019 Arrested Development Henry Episode: "Chain Migration"
2019 Cake Tree (voice) Episode: "Headspace"
2020 The Good Place Steve Episode: "Mondays, Am I Right?"
2020 Superstore Oscar Episode: "Sandra's Wedding"
2020 Big City Greens Dirtbag (voice) Episode: "Garage Tales/Animal Farm"
2020 Robbie Karl Episode: "Robbie vs. Ava vs. Danielle"
2020 Connecting Wendell Episode: "Day 90"
2020 Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun Hat Episode: "Party"
2021 Miracle Workers Lionel Episode: "Oregon Trail: Hunting Party"
2021–2024 Star Trek: Lower Decks Lieutenant Kayshon (voice), additional voices Recurring, 17 episodes
2021–2022 Inside Job Various voices Recurring, 2 episodes
2021–2023 Grand Crew Sherm Jones Series regular, 20 episodes
2022 Central Park Herman (voice) Recurring, 3 episodes
2022 Three Busy Debras Jasper Episode: "Debra Gets a Boyfriend"
2022–2023 Smosh Rev. Pastor J. Priest 2 episodes
2022 Everything's Trash Hotep Zombie Episode: "Family Is Trash"
2022 Blockbuster Jeff Episode: "Pilot"
2023 History of the World, Part II Lazarus Episode: "VII"
2023 Digman! First Mate O'Dooley (voice) Episode: "The Mile High Club"
2023 Old Dads Brian Dodson
2023–2024 Make Some Noise Himself 2 episodes
2024 In the Know Carl (voice) Series regular, 6 episodes
2024 Thousandaires James Brown Episode: "Come on Capes"
TBA Golden Axe Chronos "Evil" Lait (voice) Main cast

As writer

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Year Title Notes
2016 Mad TV season 15
2017–2018 Ghosted Season 1
2018 Brockmire Season 2
2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6
2020 Sneakerheads Season 1
2020 Connecting Season 1
2021 Kenan Season 1
2024–present Saturday Night Live Season 50

References

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  1. ^ Star Trek on Paramount+ [@StarTrekOnPPlus] (January 6, 2023). "Temba, his arms wide!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Bolden, Janeé (January 25, 2022). "Aaron Taylor Jennings And Carl Tart Talk About How 'Grand Crew' Is Changing The Way Black Men Are Portrayed On TV". Bossip. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Fox, Jesse David (September 22, 2024). "SNL Adds 3 New Writers". Vulture. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "A Touch from the Past: Pascagoula MS with Carl Tart". atouchfromthepast.com. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Carl Tart". Upright Citizens Brigade. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  6. ^ "Carl Tart". Boom Chicago Alumni. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  7. ^ "The Big Team". Upright Citizens Brigade. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  8. ^ https://www.avclub.com/scott-aukerman-talks-10-years-of-comedy-bang-bang-and-1834366092
  9. ^ https://www.vulture.com/article/best-comedy-bang-bang-characters.html
  10. ^ https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com/p/issue-68-the-best-country-parody
  11. ^ https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/streaming/grand-crew-review
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