Carl Tart

Carl Tart 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 the 2016 Mad TV revival, and a regular guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! He starred on the NBC sitcom Grand Crew. He was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live at the start of the show's 50th season in 2024.

Life and career

Carl Tart was born in Mississippi and was raised in Los Angeles. He is a regular performer at the LA branch of the Upright Citizens Brigade. He has been part of the LA-based improv group The Big Team, initially known as White Women, since 2013.
Tart has appeared on the podcasts Spontaneanation, Yo, Is This Racist?, Hollywood Handbook, Doughboys, and is a frequent guest on Comedy Bang! Bang!, where his popular characters include lawyer Italiano Jones, The Chief from Carmen Sandiego, Charles Barkley, 80s educational rapper MC Sugarbutt, and one-half of the country music duo Memphis Kansas Breeze, opposite Drew Tarver. Memphis Kansas Breeze originated as a sketch on the UCB stage and is written by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans.
Tart was a featured player on the Lonely Island-produced sketch show Party Over Here, and he starred for two seasons as Sherm Jones on the NBC primetime sitcom Grand Crew, opposite Echo Kellum and Nicole Byer. He has also guest starred on TV comedies like Superstore, Arrested Development, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and he played a supporting role in Bill Burr's Netflix movie Old Dads.
Tart was hired as an writer for Saturday Night Live in 2024, at the start of the show's 50th season.