Peter Benedict Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian,
actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. Holmes is known for his
cheerful personality, self-aware humor, and musings on spirituality
and religion, which are all frequent themes across his works.Holmes
was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother is a Lithuanian refugee.
He attended Lexington High School and Gordon College in Wenham,
Massachusetts. He played in a punk rock band. In college, he majored
in English and Communications, and he participated in an
improvisational comedy troupe, The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen. Partly at
the behest of his mother, Holmes had plans on becoming a youth pastor.
This gave way to public speaking, and eventually his love for comedy
and his devolving faith in God (he now refers to himself as
"Christ-leaning" or jokingly, a "hooratheist") won over his need to
preach. Holmes got married at 22, the same age he began performing
stand-up comedy, and he divorced at 28 after his then-wife had an
affair. Finding little success, he lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York
and Chicago before moving to Los Angeles.Holmes has appeared on Comedy
Central's Premium Blend, as a regular panelist on VH1's Best Week
Ever, and on VH1's All Access. His cartoons have appeared in The New
Yorker. In 2010, he performed on John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show
as well as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On February 26, 2010, he
performed his first television special on the series Comedy Central
Presents. On March 21, 2011 and on November 17, 2011, he appeared on
the TBS talk show Conan.Holmes has provided the voices for several of
the characters on Comedy Central's cartoon Ugly Americans. He was the
voice of the E-Trade baby on several television commercials and was
credited as a writer for those commercials.
actor, writer, producer, and podcaster. Holmes is known for his
cheerful personality, self-aware humor, and musings on spirituality
and religion, which are all frequent themes across his works.Holmes
was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother is a Lithuanian refugee.
He attended Lexington High School and Gordon College in Wenham,
Massachusetts. He played in a punk rock band. In college, he majored
in English and Communications, and he participated in an
improvisational comedy troupe, The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen. Partly at
the behest of his mother, Holmes had plans on becoming a youth pastor.
This gave way to public speaking, and eventually his love for comedy
and his devolving faith in God (he now refers to himself as
"Christ-leaning" or jokingly, a "hooratheist") won over his need to
preach. Holmes got married at 22, the same age he began performing
stand-up comedy, and he divorced at 28 after his then-wife had an
affair. Finding little success, he lived in Sleepy Hollow, New York
and Chicago before moving to Los Angeles.Holmes has appeared on Comedy
Central's Premium Blend, as a regular panelist on VH1's Best Week
Ever, and on VH1's All Access. His cartoons have appeared in The New
Yorker. In 2010, he performed on John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show
as well as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On February 26, 2010, he
performed his first television special on the series Comedy Central
Presents. On March 21, 2011 and on November 17, 2011, he appeared on
the TBS talk show Conan.Holmes has provided the voices for several of
the characters on Comedy Central's cartoon Ugly Americans. He was the
voice of the E-Trade baby on several television commercials and was
credited as a writer for those commercials.
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