William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster.

[8][9] After attending North Carolina State University for two semesters,[10] he graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in communications.

[11][12] He worked in warehouses before starting his comedy career, later stating that he enjoyed the freedom of the job: "If my boss gave me a rough time, I could just get on a forklift and just, like, drive away.

[16] He started to appear in numerous shows performing standup such as Showtime at the Apollo in 2000, Comedy Central Presents in 2003, Just for Laughs in 2004, One Night Stand in 2005, and Live at Gotham in 2006.

Also during this time, he co-starred in the TV series Townies in 1996, appeared in Two Guys and a Girl in 1998 and Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002.

On September 9, 2006, Burr performed at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, as part of Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour.

Forgoing the rest of his planned material, Burr unleashed a 12-minute expletive-laden rant in which he repeatedly attacked the crowd and the city of Philadelphia, especially its sports teams.

[33][34] The network was started by comedians Al Madrigal and Bill Burr with The Daily Show on the All Things Comedy website.

[36] All Things Records was started in March 2014 and released three albums in the months following its creation including Believe in Yourself by Sam Tripoli, Live at the Comedy Castle by Brian Scolaro, and This Will Make an Excellent Horcrux by Jackie Kashian.

[46][47][48] In March 2022, it was announced that Burr would co-write, direct, and star in the comedy film Old Dads, his feature-length directorial debut; it was released on Netflix in 2023 to mixed reviews.

[51] On August 21, 2022, Burr became the first comedian to perform at Fenway Park, in front of a sold-out crowd of around 35,000 people[52] (although he did not count them himself to confirm[53]).

[65] In 2024, Bill performed in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 60,000 at Gillette Stadium where he followed Jay-Z for the Tom Brady 's Patriots Hall of Fame ceremony.

[66][67] In 2023, Burr had a cameo role as the voice of pastor Nick Saint Angelo in the episode "the wizard" of HBO series Barry.

It was announced that Burr would make his Broadway debut in 2025 the revival of the David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross acting opposite Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk.

[75] In 2013, Burr cited Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Sam Kinison, and Patrice O'Neal as the five greatest stand-up comedians of all time.

He enjoys rock and heavy metal music[82][83] and is a fan of bands such as AC/DC, Gojira, Iron Maiden, Karnivool, Led Zeppelin, The Mars Volta, Meshuggah, Metallica, Ministry, Pantera, and Slayer.

He believes that political correctness fails to effectively address the problems it aims to fix, such as racism, because it only focuses on the words people use rather than changing their attitudes.

[91] He has also said that political correctness has no answer for, or impact on, other major sociopolitical issues such as the power held by bankers and pharmaceutical executives.

[99] Burr is highly critical of health insurance companies and has praised Luigi Mangione, the man who has been charged for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

[100] Burr also has a negative opinion of billionaires, and called for the murder of them saying they should be "put down like rabid dogs" during a February 2025 episode of his Monday Morning Podcast.