Vladimir Caamaño

Vladimir Caamaño
Born (1982-12-17) December 17, 1982 (age 41)
The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Alma materWesleyan University
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor
Years active2009–present

Vladimir "Vlad" Caamaño (sometimes spelled Caamano) is an American comedian and actor.

Career

Vladimir Caamaño was born in the Bronx to "a very traditional [Dominican American] family". His father was the superintendent to the building that he lived in. Much of Vlad's humor stems from his father and his personal life of which he tends to constantly mock in his stand up.[1] He graduated Wesleyan University and began to perform stand-up full-time at comedy clubs most notably The Stand Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Dangerfield's and Comic Strip Live.[2] He signed with producers Adam Sztykiel and Bill Lawrence to create a pilot for a sitcom based around his personal life called A Bronx Life for NBC.[3] The pilot was not picked up, but Vlad has expressed hope of it getting picked up by another network.[1]

Vlad was named one of the ten funniest comedians to look for in 2016 by Variety.[4] Howie Mandel chose Vlad as one of the "new faces" for his comedy gala.[2] In 2019, he joined the cast of Tommy as series regular.[5]

Personal life

Prior to his comedic pivot, Vlad worked with high school students in NYC and briefly worked at a non-profit. [2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Stand-Up 360: Muy Caliente Edition 1 Himself
2013–2015 Gotham Comedy Live Himself 2 episodes
2014 Stand Up and Deliver Himself Guest
2015 The Unmovers Vlad Miniseries
2016 Just for Laughs Starring Howie Mandel Himself TV special
2016 Adam DeVine's House Party Himself Episode: "Weekend At Adam's"
2016 @midnight Himself Guest
2016 A Bronx Life Vlad TV Pilot; also writer and producer
2017 Tawk Himself Guest
2017 Jimmy Kimmel Live Himself Guest
2017 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Phil Episode: "Kicks"
2017–2019 Marvel's Runaways Gene Hernandez 3 episodes
2018 Superstore Alex 3 episodes
2018-2022 Big City Greens Juan Pablo (voice) 3 episodes
2019 Sophie's Quinceañera Juan Short film
2020 Tommy Detective Abner Diaz Main role, 12 episodes
2020–2022 Trolls: TrollsTopia Synth (voice) Main role, 10 episodes
2020 Vampires vs. the Bronx Papo

References

  1. ^ a b Martinez, Kiko (October 16, 2017). "Vladimir Caamaño On Finding the Right Network for the First-Ever Dominican Family Comedy". Remezcla. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Vladimir Caamaño". Kung Fu Comedy. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (November 9, 2015). "'Undateable' Team Developing Sitcom for NBC Starring Comedian Vladimir Caamaño". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Variety Staff (June 6, 2016). "Variety Announces 10 Comics to Watch for 2016". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 23, 2019). "'Tommy': Vladimir Caamaño Joins Cast Of New CBS Drama As Series Regular". Deadline. Retrieved February 16, 2020.