Steve Gerben
American producer, comedian, and actor
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Steve Gerben (born 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, producer, writer, and actor. He is known for being one of the main producers, writers and actors in Tires,[1] as well as his role in Delco Proper.
Steve Gerben | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Notable work | Delco Proper, Tires |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Stand-up, sketch, television |
| Genre | Sketch comedy |
Early life
Steve Gerben grew up in the Tredyffrin/Easttown (T/E) area in Pennsylvania, near Berwyn, Pennsylvania.[2] He attended George Washington University, but failed out of the college and then went to Delaware County Community College, but did not graduate.[3]
Career
Gerben started out his comedy career as a stand-up comedian, but his career in that field never took off.[3] While working in stand-up, he became friends with Shane Gillis, who he has worked with throughout his career.
Gerben is most well-known for creating and starring in Tires on Netflix with Shane Gillis where he plays the manager of his father's Valley Forge auto-repair shop.[4] The show is semi-based around Gerben's personal life as his real-life father owned an auto-repair shop.[5] The show was originally supposed to be on YouTube, but was bought by Quibi until that platform went under, and the TV-series ultimately was bought by Netflix.[5]
Gerben works with Shane Gillis and John McKeever ("McKeever"). Gerben has been on several episodes of the Sketch comedy series, Gilly and Keeves, produced by Gillis and McKeever.[6] He was also in Delco Proper, another series set around Philadelphia, and directed by McKeever and written by Gillis.[7] Another project he has acted in was as Mayor Steve in Holly and the Hot Chocolate Movie, a movie produced by McKeever.[8]
Outside of his comedy and acting career, he worked at his father's auto-body shop before his career got started and has worked as a paralegal for his brother who is a trademark attorney.[5] After failing out of college, he also worked as a postal carrier in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.[3]
Personal life
Gerben has arthritis, which only allows him to fully utilize one of his fingers.[9] In 2021, he explained on Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast that COVID-19 made his arthritis worse and the medication he was using stopped working.[9][10]
He has made appearances on several podcasts and talk shows, including Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast,[11] Flagrant,[12] Late Night with Seth Meyers,[13] No Bad Lies,[14] Look at Dish with Tommy Pope and Chris O'Connor,[15] and RoneDotCom with Adam Ferrone of Barstool Sports.[16]