BIO

Comedian Neil Rubenstein is a burly, tattooed guy who plays against type; kind, cerebral, but still casually mentions past illegal activities (running a poker room, owning a brothel, etc.) the way one might reference a Renaissance Lit course you took in college.

Accolades & Awards

2nd Place - 2017 Long Island Laugh Off at Governor's

Finalist - 2017 San Diego Comedy Festival - Clean Competition (Comedy Palace)

Semi Finalist - 2017 World Series of Comedy Las Vegas Satellite

Quarter Finalist - 2017 World Series of Comedy Main Event

Semi Finalist - 2018 World Series of Comedy Sacramento Satellite (Laughs Unlimited)

Semi Finalist - 2018 World Series of Comedy Sarasota Satellite (McCurdy’s)

1st Place - 2018 World Series of Comedy Pittsburgh Satellite (Slapsticks)

1st Place - 2018 World Series of Comedy Boston Satellite (Laugh Boston)

Semi Finalist - 2018 Last Comix Standing at Mohegan Sun

Quarter Finalist - 2018 World Series of Comedy Main Event

3rd Place - 2019 World Series of Comedy Myrtle Beach Satellite (Comedy Cabana)

1st Place - 2019 World Series of Comedy Wichita Satellite (Loony Bin)

2nd Place - 2020 World Series of Comedy Bloomington Minneapolis (House of Comedy)

2020 Caroline’s March Madness

2020 Last Comix Standing at Mohegan Sun

3rd Place - 2021 World Series of Comedy Atlanta Satellite (The Punchline)

2nd Place - 2022 OKC Battle Royale - Bricktown Comedy Club

2023 - Live Nation’s Adjacent Fest - Atlantic City, NJ

2023 - Accepted Sno Jam Festival - Sioux Falls, SD

2023 - Accepted West End Comedy Festival - Atlanta, GA

1st Place - 2023 World Series of Comedy Louisville Satellite

2023 Martin House Finalist

2023 - Headlined Laugh Out Loveland Comedy Fest

2024 - Fest 22 - Gainesville, FL

Opened For Leah Bonnema, Adrienne Iappalucci, Hari Kondabolu, Sean Donnely, Carmen Lynch

Toured with Chelcie Lynn / Trailer Trash Tammy - Nov 2021

Toured with Motion City Soundtrack - June/July & September 2022

Toured with Ben Bailey - Oct through Dec 2023

Frequently Opens for Liz Miele & Ashley Gavin

Frequently Opens for Taking Back Sunday & Bayside


Radio & Podcast Appearances

SiriusXM #127 Tell Me Everything w/ John Fugelsang

SiriusXM #99 Celebrate w/ Sean Donnelly

Compound Media’s Mornin’ Show w/ Bill Schulz & Joanna Nosuchinsky

Adult Babies w/ Brendan Ryan

Gov’s Radio Put Up, Shut Up & Stand Up

Gov’s Radio Knock ‘Em Dead Comedy

Featured on No Echo Dot Net, Alternative Press, & Medium.

Featured in Where Are Your Boys Tonight by Chris Payne

Ashley Gavin’s We’re Having Gay Sex

Troublemakers Podcast

Two Week Notice Podcast Ep. #160

100 Words Or Less Podcast - April 24, 2024

SIRIUSXM #103 The Jim And Sam Show


“Not enough tattoos.” - Liz Miele, Comics Watching Comics, Season 8

TV & Film Appearances

Casino Cinema (Spike TV)

Taking Back Sunday #TAYF10 Live From Starland Ballroom (AXS TV)

Threat by Matt Pizzolo (Black Mask Studios)

Flight of The Conchords (HBO)

Important Things w/ Demetri Martin (Comedy Central)

Sopranos (HBO)

Girls (HBO)

30 Rock (NBC)

The Mentalist (CBS)

The Blacklist (NBC)

Poker Face by Dennis Widmyer (Pet Sematary, Scream TV Series)

Comics Watching Comics (Amazon)


"Neil, your reviews are simultaneously the most boring and funniest things. I don't know how you did that, but there it is." - Jesse Sneddon, Actor & Comedian

“Pretty sure there was a yawn into a casual “So, what are you doing?” to the audience in the middle of the review.” - Facebook Commenter

“Your Really Boring.” - YouTube Commenter

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