Dan Perlman
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Dan Perlman | |
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 Perlman in 2022 | |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
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| Website | www |
Dan Perlman is an American writer, director, comedian, and actor. He is best known as the co-creator, writer, and star of the Showtime comedy series Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021–2022).
Perlman was born and raised in New York City.[1][2] He attended Northwestern University, where he graduated from their School of Education & Social Policy in 2012.[3] In college, Perlman worked as a tutor and wrote and produced short comedy sketches.[3] He also completed independent studies with SESP professor Dan Lewis, researching and writing about suburban homelessness.[3][4]
Early work
During this time, he started stand-up comedy in Chicago, where he "felt more comfortable failing when nobody I knew was within a thousand miles... That was very freeing. And I could sort of get better and get comfortable that way."[5]
After graduation, Perlman moved back to New York, where he started doing open mics in 2013.[6] He began as an intern on SiriusXM's Ron & Fez, while starting out in stand-up.[7] He continued to work for Ron Bennington as a writer-producer for SiriusXM's Bennington.[8]
In 2016, Perlman co-created and wrote the animated pilot, That's My Bus!, which was ordered by Fox.[9] The project was not ordered to series,[10] but Perlman remarked the process "gave me more motivation and direction... If/when I'm fortunate to be in a spot like that again, I'll have gone through all of the steps before, so I'll keep getting better at that side of it.[10]
Perlman was chosen as one of the New Faces of Comedy for the 2018 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.[11] He released his debut stand-up album Emergency Contact, for free on his YouTube channel.[12] Bret Raybould from Pipeline Artists wrote that Perlman developed a reputation as "one of the most respected comics within the city."[13]
In 2020, Perlman made regular guest appearances on SiriusXM's You Up? With Nikki Glaser.[14] He acted in multiple episodes of The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show on Netflix.[15] Perlman wrote and directed the coming-of-age short film Cramming, which earned honors at prestigious film festivals including Brooklyn, Rhode Island, and Nashville.[16][17][18] During this time, he co-wrote multiple pieces for The New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs humor section.[19][20]