Tim Dillon
Tim Dillon is an American stand-up comedian, podcast host and actor raised on Long Island who once worked as a New York City tour bus guide; he hosts the podcast The Tim Dillon Show and has released specials including A Real Hero on Netflix.
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Key facts
2007–2010From Selling Mortgages to Stand-Up
Dillon, who was raised on Long Island, said he sold mortgages for less than a year at the tail end of the mortgage crisis; he bought a house with a subprime mortgage in 2007, it was foreclosed in 2010, and he started stand-up right after.[1]
2016Named New York’s Funniest
In 2016 he was a New Face at the Montreal Comedy Festival and won the title of New York’s Funniest at the Carolines New York Comedy Festival; in 2017 Rolling Stone named him among its top ten comics to know.[2]
2017New York Comedy Bus Tour
He had worked as a double-decker tour guide for Gray Line and Big Bus as a day job; at the 2017 New York Comedy Festival his one-hour comedy bus tour sold out for the third consecutive time.[3]
He recalled ranting on the bus instead of giving the usual upbeat tour; at the time he also hosted the podcast Tim Dillon Is Going to Hell.[1]
July 2018Comedy Central Orders a Pilot
In July 2018 Comedy Central ordered a pilot from Zero Point Zero Productions starring Dillon, following him as he leads tourists through misunderstood American towns and cities, with Dillon also an executive producer.[4]
October 19, 2018Comedy Central Half-Hour
On October 19, 2018, his Comedy Central half-hour premiered; he had already had an episode of Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup.[5]
January 29, 2021Appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast
He appeared on episode 156 of the Lex FridmanLex FridmanLex Fridman is a Soviet-born, US-raised computer scientist and podcast host who works as an MIT research scientist on human-AI interaction and autonomous driving. His Lex Fridman Podcast is known for hours-long conversations with guests including heads of state and technology leaders.Open the full entry Podcast; the outline covers Charles Bukowski, the YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry algorithm, social media, politics, conspiracy theories, the greatest comedians and moving to Austin.[6]
August 2022Netflix Special A Real Hero
In August 2022 his special A Real Hero debuted on Netflix.[7]
His podcast, originally Tim Dillon Is Going to Hell and co-hosted by Ray Kump, became The Tim Dillon Show and then had more than 42,000 Patreon subscribers.[7]
March 2023Joins Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving
In March 2023 he joined Gina Gershon and Rick Hoffman in the cast of Eli Roth’s film Thanksgiving for TriStar and Spyglass.[8]
July 2024Netflix Talk Show-Style Special Announced
In July 2024 Netflix announced a one-hour unscripted, talk show-style special hosted by him for that fall ahead of the presidential election, focused on current events and everyday issues facing Americans, with Dillon as creator and executive producer.[9]
October 1, 2024This Is Your Country Released
On October 1, 2024, Netflix released his special Tim Dillon: This Is Your Country.[10]
2024Cameo in Joker: Folie à Deux
He had a brief role as an Arkham Asylum security guard in Joker: Folie à Deux; in November 2024 he called it “the worst film that has ever been made” on The Joe RoganJoe RoganJoe Rogan is an American podcaster, stand-up comedian and UFC commentator whose long-form interview podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, launched in 2009, is among the most listened-to podcasts in the world; he hosted the NBC reality show Fear Factor, and his show’s content and political statements have repeatedly drawn controversy.Open the full entry Experience.[11]
2025Netflix Special I’m Your Mother
In 2025 Netflix released Tim Dillon: I’m Your Mother, a special of about 42 minutes directed by Dillon himself.[12]
September 2025Says He Was Dropped from the Riyadh Comedy Festival
On September 20, 2025, he said on his podcast that the Riyadh Comedy Festival, scheduled for September 26 to October 9, had dropped him over jokes in an August 30 episode about Saudi Arabia’s alleged use of forced labor.[13]
As of October 2026: Podcast and Touring
As of October 2026 his official site said The Tim Dillon Show averages about a million viewers a week across video and audio, that he tours theaters internationally and that he has been a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience 13 times.[14]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Personal website: Public link: https://timdilloncomedy.com/ (opens in a new window)[15]
X: Public account: https://x.com/TimJDillon (opens in a new window)[15]
YouTube: Public channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4woSp8ITBoYDmjkukhEhxg (opens in a new window)[15]
Sources
- Tim Dillon tells us about his unfiltered bus tour (opens in a new window)
- Tim Dillon - Carolines on Broadway (opens in a new window)
- Licensed Tour Guide is Standup Comic and Performed at Comedy Festival (opens in a new window)
- Comedy Central Orders Tour Guide Comedy Pilot From Tim Dillon (opens in a new window)
- From the Bus Tour to Comedy Central: Tim Dillon Talks Stand-up and His New Special (opens in a new window)
- #156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast (opens in a new window)
- TIM DILLON / STAND-UP HERO (opens in a new window)
- Gina Gershon, Rick Hoffman And Tim Dillon Round Out Cast Of Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’ At TriStar And Spyglass (opens in a new window)
- Tim Dillon Lands Political Talk Show-Style Netflix Special Ahead of the Election (opens in a new window)
- Every New & Most Watched Stand-Up Netflix Specials Released in 2024 (opens in a new window)
- ‘Joker 2’ Actor Says It’s ‘the Worst Film Ever Made’ and People on Set Said ‘This Is Going to Bomb’: ‘It’s Not Even Hate-Watchable. That’s How Terrible It Is’ (opens in a new window)
- Tim Dillon: I’m Your Mother (opens in a new window)
- U.S. comic Tim Dillon says Saudi Arabia fired him from comedy festival over jokes about slavery (opens in a new window)
- About – Tim Dillon (opens in a new window)
- Tim Dillon (opens in a new window)