Born Michael Kaplan[2] in Livingston, New Jersey,[3][4] he is based in Boston[5] and New York City.

[7] Kaplan tours North America regularly and has performed over 1,000 shows at comedy clubs.

[5][9] Myq Kaplan has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and in promotional work for the network.

[10] Kaplan also appeared as a contestant on the competition TV series Last Comic Standing during the summer 2010.

In August 2014, Myq Kaplan's one-hour standup special entitled Small, Dork, and Handsome appeared on Netflix for streaming.