Dan Soder


Daniel E. Soder is an American stand up comedian, actor, and radio personality. He is best known for his frequent appearances on MTV2's Guy Code and his recurring role of Mafee on the Showtime drama series Billions since 2016. He co-hosts The Bonfire on Sirius Xm's Comedy Central Radio with fellow comedian Big Jay Oakerson since 2015.

Early life

Soder was born in Hartford, Connecticut, but was raised in Aurora, Colorado. He is of Irish descent. While Soder was in high school, his father died following a protracted illness, and his sister died two years later in a car accident. He began performing stand-up comedy while a student at the University of Arizona. He graduated from University of Arizona in 2005 with degrees in journalism and political science. A year after graduating, he moved to New York City to further pursue his career.

Career

He has appeared on Comedy Central's The Half Hour, Conan, Cum Town, Opie and Anthony, The Anthony Cumia Show, MTV2's Guy Code and Guy Court, Fox Sports 1's Garbage Time with Katie Nolan, and the You Know What Dude! podcast with Robert Kelly. After the firing of Anthony Cumia from the Opie & Anthony Show, Soder was a frequent guest and "third mic" on Opie with Jim Norton, formerly on the Faction Talk channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. On May 21, 2016, Soder released his first hour long special on Comedy Central titled Not Special.
Soder appeared in multiple episodes as a guest star on Inside Amy Schumer beginning in 2014, and had a minor appearance in Schumer's film Trainwreck. On July 27, 2015, Soder along with fellow stand-up comedian Big Jay Oakerson premiered their 2-hour live radio talk show The Bonfire on SiriusXM's new Comedy Central Radio channel which is set to air live every Monday through Thursday between 6-8pm EST.
On March 19, 2016, Dan Soder made a special guest appearance on the popular wrestling podcast Wrestling Soup, and has a recurring role on the Showtime drama series Billions. In late 2016, Soder was cast in the comedy Drunk Parents, starring Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek.
On July 4, 2017, Netflix released a new original series called The Standups featuring Dan Soder's 30-minute stand-up set on the sixth episode of season one.

Filmography