Sam Morril
Sam Morril is an American stand-up comedian.
Early life
Morril was born in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. In a 2024 episode of the We Might Be Drunk podcast, Morril said that according to his 23andMe test, his ancestry is "a lot of Ashkenazi Jew" and "twelve percent" Turkish. Morril was known as Sam Greenberg before his mother married his stepfather, and Morril took his surname. He has two step-siblings. Through his biological father, whose surname is Elgort, Morril is the nephew of fashion photographer Arthur Elgort and the cousin of actor and singer Ansel Elgort. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans before graduating from New York University.Career
Morril was named one of Comedy Central's "Comics to Watch" in 2011 and has worked with comedians including Dave Attell, Marc Maron, Conan O'Brien, and Amy Schumer. He worked as an intern on The Colbert Report and later appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in April 2016. He has also made multiple appearances on Conan since 2014. He performed his stand-up routine on America's Got Talent in 2016, but did not win. His first one-hour special, Positive Influence, was released by Comedy Central in September 2018. His second one-hour special, I Got This, was released via Comedy Central's YouTube channel in February 2020. He is a regular on Comedy Central's This Week at the Comedy Cellar, performing frequently when not on tour. He had a cameo appearance as a comedian at an open mic night in the DC thriller film Joker. He appeared on the Netflix series, That's My Time with David Letterman. He co-hosts the weekly podcast We Might Be Drunk with comedian Mark Normand.In 2025, Morril performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, an event which Human Rights Watch characterized as an attempt by the Saudi government to whitewash its human rights abuses.