Carl Tart

Carl Tart
Born (1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 35)
Mississippi, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Comedian

Carl Tart (born January 5, 1989)[1] is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Tart is known for being a featured player on the 2016 Fox sketch show Party Over Here, a writer on Mad TV, and a regular guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! He starred on the NBC sitcom Grand Crew.[2] He was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live at the start of the show's 50th season in 2024.[3]

Life and career

Carl Tart was born in Mississippi[4] and was raised in Los Angeles. He was a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and an alumnus of the comedy group Boom Chicago.

Tart is a frequent guest on the Earwolf podcast Comedy Bang! Bang![5] and has also appeared on the podcasts Spontaneanation, Yo, Is This Racist?, Hollywood Handbook, and more.

Tart was hired as an Saturday Night Live writer in 2024.[3]

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 The Soul Man Marcus Episode: "No Weddings and Ten Funerals"
2015, 2019 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Gamer Watcher Watcher / Space Pence Crew 2 episodes
2015 Girl Meets World Restaurant Manager Episode: "Girl Meets Texas"
2015–16 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various Recurring, 4 episodes
2016 Party Over Here Featured Player Series regular, 10 episodes
2016 Tween Fest Prince Bosh Episode: "Swag Strike"
2016 Transparent Guard Episode: "Elizah"
2016–19 Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Eugene "Rocket" Jackson 3 episodes
2016–18 Lethal Weapon Station Officer/Uni 3 episodes
2017 Throwing Shade Sign Spinner Episode #1.6
2017 Dice Gordon Episode: "Big Fan"
2018 Love Episode: "Stunt Show"
2018 Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy Chauncy 8 episodes
2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Max Prescott Episode: "The Crime Scene"; also story editor
2019 Arrested Development Henry Episode: "Chain Migration"
2019 Cake Tree (voice) Episode: "Headspace"
2020 The Good Place Steve Episode: "Mondays, Am I Right?"
2020 Superstore Oscar Episode: "Sandra's Wedding"
2020 Big City Greens Dirtbag (voice) Episode: "Garage Tales/Animal Farm"
2020 Robbie Karl Episode: "Robbie vs. Ava vs. Danielle"
2020 Connecting Wendell Episode: "Day 90"; also writer
2020 Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun Hat Episode: "Party"
2021 Miracle Workers Lionel Episode: "Oregon Trail: Hunting Party"
2021–present Star Trek: Lower Decks Lieutenant Kayshon (voice), additional voices 13 episodes
2021–22 Inside Job Various voices 2 episodes
2021–23 Grand Crew Sherm Jones Main cast
2022 Central Park (voice) 3 episodes
2022 Three Busy Debras Jasper Episode: "Debra Gets a Boyfriend"
2022 Everything's Trash Hotep Zombie Episode: "Family Is Trash"
2022 Blockbuster Jeff Episode: "Pilot"
2023 History of the World, Part II Lazarus Episode: "VII"
2023 Digman! First Mate O'Dooley (voice) Episode: "The Mile High Club"
2023 Old Dads Brian Dodson
2023–24 Make Some Noise Himself 2 episodes
2024 In the Know Carl (voice) Main cast
2024 Thousandaires James Brown Episode: "Come on Capes"
TBA Golden Axe Chronos "Evil" Lait Main Cast

References

  1. ^ Star Trek on Paramount+ [@StarTrekOnPPlus] (January 6, 2023). "Temba, his arms wide!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 7, 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Bolden, Janeé (January 25, 2022). "Aaron Taylor Jennings And Carl Tart Talk About How 'Grand Crew' Is Changing The Way Black Men Are Portrayed On TV". Bossip. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Fox, Jesse David (September 22, 2024). "SNL Adds 3 New Writers". Vulture. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "A Touch from the Past: Pascagoula MS with Carl Tart". atouchfromthepast.com. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Hughes, William (April 30, 2019). "Scott Aukerman talks 10 years of Comedy Bang! Bang! and the potential for doing 10 more". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 12, 2022.


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