Julio Torres

Acting

Julio Torres

Born 1987-02-11 · San Salvador, El Salvador

Julio Torres (born February 11, 1987) is a Salvadoran-American writer, comedian, and actor. He is best known as a writer for Saturday Night Live and as the co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO series Los Espookys. He previously wrote for The Chris Gethard Show on truTV.

Acting credits

Lorne poster
6.8

An unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the man who built the inimitable empire of comedy, shaping television and culture for generations. The documentary features exclusive footage, archival treasures, and candid interviews with the show’s most iconic cast members and writers including Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, John Mulaney, Andy Samberg, Conan O’Brien, Chris Rock and many more.

Lorne

2026

La bola negra poster
NR

Set across three timelines — Republican Spain in 1932, the Civil War in 1937, and contemporary Spain in 2017 — the film follows a constellation of interconnected lives centered on three young men, whose emotional and political echoes gradually reveal themselves.

La bola negra

2026

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres poster
7.0

In this multimedia comedy show, Torres explores his favorite shapes, which include a plexiglass square, a triangle, an oval that wishes he were a circle, a self-conscious cactus and a Ferrero Rocher chocolate that Julio is mad at because she left her little skirt at home. The objects are presented via an industrial conveyer belt and serve as a jumping-off point for fantastical stories, anecdotes and jokes.

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

2019

Nimona poster
7.9

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Nimona

2023

Brigsby Bear poster
7.1

Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself.

Brigsby Bear

2017

Problemista poster
6.8

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

Problemista

2024

Color Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World poster
7.4

Julio Torres takes the stage in NYC and invites the audience to see the people, places, and things around us through his kaleidoscopic lens. Blending stand-up, an interactive set, and live drawings, Julio explores the inherent traits, personalities, and emotions of particular colors.

Color Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World

2026

Together Together poster
6.4

When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.

Together Together

2021

Boys Go to Jupiter poster
7.0

A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.

Boys Go to Jupiter

2025

Millennial Hunter poster
4.8

An action-comedy that centers on a flawed hero with a thirst for righteous revenge against his enemies: Millennials.

Millennial Hunter

2023

Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone poster
5.2

Dance-comedy trio Cocoon Central Dance lounges about, passes gas, and bursts into bizarre dance routines while navigating outer space interludes, doctor boners, and a '90s-style girl group meltdown.

Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone

2017

Julio Torres: Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents poster
NR

Julio Torres's first comedy special

Julio Torres: Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents

2017

On Labor and Management poster
NR

“When you see a hog, you see a garbage disposal; when you see a little bird, you see … whatever he wants to be.” A comedian gives voice to the hog who eats trash for the Flintstones: he petitions the boss for a promotion, only to realize that a dead-end job is his destiny.

On Labor and Management

2020

On Labor and Management poster
NR

“When you see a hog, you see a garbage disposal; when you see a little bird, you see … whatever he wants to be.” A comedian gives voice to the hog who eats trash for the Flintstones: he petitions the boss for a promotion, only to realize that a dead-end job is his destiny.

On Labor and Management

2020

Behind the camera

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres poster
7.0

In this multimedia comedy show, Torres explores his favorite shapes, which include a plexiglass square, a triangle, an oval that wishes he were a circle, a self-conscious cactus and a Ferrero Rocher chocolate that Julio is mad at because she left her little skirt at home. The objects are presented via an industrial conveyer belt and serve as a jumping-off point for fantastical stories, anecdotes and jokes.

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

2019

Problemista poster
6.8

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

Problemista

2024

Problemista poster
6.8

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

Problemista

2024

Problemista poster
6.8

Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

Problemista

2024

Color Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World poster
7.4

Julio Torres takes the stage in NYC and invites the audience to see the people, places, and things around us through his kaleidoscopic lens. Blending stand-up, an interactive set, and live drawings, Julio explores the inherent traits, personalities, and emotions of particular colors.

Color Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World

2026

Color Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World poster
7.4

Julio Torres takes the stage in NYC and invites the audience to see the people, places, and things around us through his kaleidoscopic lens. Blending stand-up, an interactive set, and live drawings, Julio explores the inherent traits, personalities, and emotions of particular colors.

Color Theories by Julio Torres. A Guide to Seeing the World

2026

On Labor and Management poster
NR

“When you see a hog, you see a garbage disposal; when you see a little bird, you see … whatever he wants to be.” A comedian gives voice to the hog who eats trash for the Flintstones: he petitions the boss for a promotion, only to realize that a dead-end job is his destiny.

On Labor and Management

2020