Nick Mullen

Originally from Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, he began performing in the Washington–Baltimore Metropolitan Area as a teenager, often at Wiseacres Comedy Club in Virginia.^[5][6][7] During his early twenties, he was based out of Austin, Texas (and briefly Los Angeles).^{[8][9][10][11]}

A nationally touring stand-up, he was an opener for acts including Dana Gould, Jim Norton, Patrice O'Neal, and Hannibal Buress.^[8] In 2010, he was named "Best of Fest" at the Laugh Detroit festival.^[8] In 2012, he performed at SXSW as part of the Made in Austin and Weekend Spotlight comedy showcases.^[10][12] That same year, he was named one of the New Faces Unrepped by Montreal's Just for Laughs festival.^[9][13] Other festivals include the 2014 Bentzen Ball in Washington, D.C.^[14]

From 2013 to 2015, he wrote a blog under the heteronym Nicole Mullen on Thought Catalog. He also had a prank call podcast called Help Me, I'm Old.^[15]

In the mid-2010s, Mullen moved to New York City.^[15] Prior to Cum Town, he had multiple TV and radio appearances.^[16][17] During the late 2010s, he was a recurring guest on the Real Ass Podcast, Race Wars (hosted by Kurt Metzger and Sherrod Small), and Legion of Skanks.^[18] His writing credits include Comedy Knockout on TruTV (premiered 2016), Make Me Understand with Jim Norton (2016 IFC television pilot), and 2017's Problematic with Moshe Kasher (Comedy Central).^[16] Additionally, he made appearances on Fox News' Red Eye as a guest panelist.^[19]

From 2016 to 2022, Mullen was a co-host of the comedy podcast Cum Town with fellow comedians Adam Friedland and Stavros Halkias. After Halkias left the show,^[20][21] Mullen and Friedland started another podcast, The Adam Friedland Show, releasing the first episode on June 29, 2022.^[22]

His stand-up special, Nick Mullen: The Year of the Dragon, was released on December 3, 2023, reaching one million views after its first week of release.^[23]

Mullen lives in Brooklyn, New York. He previously lived in Manhattan's Chinatown; some of his comedic anecdotes draw from his experience living there in a windowless tenement.^[24]