Tim Dillon

Tim J. Dillon is an American comedian, podcaster, and actor. He is host of the Tim Dillon Show podcast. Early life Dillon was born in Island Park, New York, and grew up there. He is of Irish Catholic descent. His parents divorced when he was young. As a result, he was mostly raised by his mother, who he said was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia. As a child in 1994, he landed a small role on the PBS children's show Sesame Street. Dillon said on The Joe Rogan Experience, "I was a child actor as a kid and I failed. I was on Sesame Street twice. I did the polka with Snuffleupagus." Career Before becoming a comedian, Dillon worked as an office printer salesman and a mortgage broker during the subprime mortgage crisis. When the market crashed, he became a New York City tour guide. He entered the stand-up scene around 2010. After a 2016 appearance at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Rolling Stone named Dillon as one of the "10 Comedians You Need to Know" in 2017. Along with Luis J. Gomez and Nick Mullen, Dillon was also a co-host of the Real Ass Podcast spin-off podcast Bastard Radio in 2020.