Jesse Joyce started his comedy career in Pittsburgh in 1998. In 2001, he made the move to New York City and since then has been making a name for himself in cities and countries as one of the hottest young comics working today.
He attributes his comic instincts to growing up with his entertaining family. By following the example of his Uncle Michael, a former clown in the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus and his great uncles, founders of the International Juggling Association, Joyce developed his own unique brand of comic charisma without throwing or balancing stuff or getting in or out of a tiny car.
Jesse has been seen on the inaugural season of Comedy Central's Live At Gotham, and his segment on Live At Gotham on Comedy Central's website remains in the top most watched clips for the season. In addition, he has filmed weekly evil segments for The Root of All Evil also for the Comedy Central website. Throughout 2007, Jesse was invited to be part of the Comedy Central on Campus College Tour. He's been the host of AMC's Date Night, as well as appearing on Entertainment Tonight and Lifetime. He was a contributing writer for Comedy Central's Roast of Bob Saget and Flava Flav and was proud to have made fun of Ice-T to his face from the comfort and anonymity of his living room. His debut CD Joyce To The World has been well received and is played regularly on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. In addition, Jesse can be regularly heard on the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom morning show and the Montreal Comedy Hour on the CBC in Canada. Since 2007, Jesse has been one of the four members of the nationally touring Comedy Addiction Tour featuring four comedians tackling the subject of their own marginally prestigious "panel of experts" in the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes and was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article about comics using the internet to promote themselves. Jesse was invited by Eddie Brill, the booker of Letterman, to participate in The Great American Comedy Festival 2008 - a tribute comedy festival to Johnny Carson. he is currently shooting his first feature film entitled Stags produced by the legendary Ben Barenholz (Raising Arizona, Requiem for a Dream) due out in early 2009. Jesse has also written numerous TV and radio commercials, as well as various print ads. In 2001, he received 2 American Advertising Awards (ADDYs) for his writing.
Jesse has entertained audiences in 13 countries on 4 continents, all over the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Djbouti, Kuwait, Iraq, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Switzerland (where he has appointed himself "The Father of Swiss Comedy" as he is the only comedian he's ever heard of performing in Switzerland). For more information, check out his official website at www.jessejoyce.com