Joel Kim Booster (born February 29, 1988) is an American actor,
comedian, and writer. He is best known for his Comedy Central Stand-Up
Presents stand-up special.Kim Booster was born in South Korea and was
adopted by a white American couple as an infant. He was raised in
Plainfield, Illinois in a conservative, Evangelical Christian family
and was initially homeschooled. He went to public school for the first
time when he was 16, which he described as his "first time being
around non-religious people." He knew he was gay from childhood but
kept it a secret. His senior year in high school, his parents found
out he was gay by reading his diary where he had described his sexual
encounters with other boys. Kim Booster moved out and began to
couchsurf until he stayed with a family friend.He studied theater at
Millikin University for his bachelor's degree.Living in Chicago, he
took a job as a copywriter and began to perform in theater and write
jokes after work. Kim Booster began his stand-up career in an
unconventional fashion by opening up for plays in Chicago's theater
scene. He moved to New York in 2014 to pursue a career in comedy. He
performed a set on Conan in 2016. He then appeared in his own Comedy
Central Stand-Up Presents special in 2017. Kim Booster has also
written for the shows Billy on the Street, Big Mouth, and The Other
Two.
comedian, and writer. He is best known for his Comedy Central Stand-Up
Presents stand-up special.Kim Booster was born in South Korea and was
adopted by a white American couple as an infant. He was raised in
Plainfield, Illinois in a conservative, Evangelical Christian family
and was initially homeschooled. He went to public school for the first
time when he was 16, which he described as his "first time being
around non-religious people." He knew he was gay from childhood but
kept it a secret. His senior year in high school, his parents found
out he was gay by reading his diary where he had described his sexual
encounters with other boys. Kim Booster moved out and began to
couchsurf until he stayed with a family friend.He studied theater at
Millikin University for his bachelor's degree.Living in Chicago, he
took a job as a copywriter and began to perform in theater and write
jokes after work. Kim Booster began his stand-up career in an
unconventional fashion by opening up for plays in Chicago's theater
scene. He moved to New York in 2014 to pursue a career in comedy. He
performed a set on Conan in 2016. He then appeared in his own Comedy
Central Stand-Up Presents special in 2017. Kim Booster has also
written for the shows Billy on the Street, Big Mouth, and The Other
Two.
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