Actor

Shane Gillis

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Movies: 9Series: 10Crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 3231008

IMDb ID: nm5805772

Known for: Acting

Born: December 11, 1987

Age: 38

Place of birth: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1975 - 2026

Years active: 52

Average TMDB rating: 6.32

Wikidata: Q67464067

Also known as

Shane Michael Gillis • Shane M. Gillis

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Writer (4)Executive Producer (1)

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Biography

Shane Michael Gillis (born December 11, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Gillis started performing comedy in 2012, and in 2016, along with fellow stand-up comedian Matt McCusker, began co-hosting Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, the most subscribed-to podcast on Patreon as of 2024. Gillis had a breakout year in 2019; the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal named him one of its "New Faces" in July, and in September he was announced as a newly-hired cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL). He subsequently became the subject of a controversy and was fired after five days at SNL due to backlash over a 2018 clip from his podcast in which derogatory language, such as Asian ethnic slurs, were used, sparking a discussion on context and intent when certain topics are used for comedic purposes. In 2020, Gillis launched the online sketch series Gilly & Keeves in collaboration with filmmaker John McKeever, and he released his first comedy special, Shane Gillis: Live in Austin, on YouTube in 2021. In 2023, his second comedy special, Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs, was released on Netflix. As of 2024, Gillis has starred in the Netflix comedy series Tires, which he co-created with McKeever. The first season premiered in May 2024, and a second season followed in June 2025.