Rory Scovel

Acting

Rory Scovel

Born 1980-08-06 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Rory J. Scovel is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He released his first stand-up comedy album Dilation in 2011. He has since released the stand-up specials The Charleston Special (2015), Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time (2017), Live Without Fear (2021), and Religion, Sex, and a Few Things in Between (2024). As an actor, he began his career as part of the main cast on the sitcoms Ground Floor (2013–2015) and Those Who Can't (2016–2019), co-starred in the romantic comedy film I Feel Pretty (2018), and also appeared in and wrote for the comedy series The Eric Andre Show (2012–2016). In the 2020s, he created and starred in his Comedy Central series Robbie (2020) and starred in the Apple TV+ series Physical (2021–2023).

Acting credits

Babylon poster
7.3

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

Babylon

2022

You're Cordially Invited poster
5.8

When two weddings are accidentally booked on the same day at the same venue, each bridal party is challenged with preserving their family's special moment while making the most of the unanticipated tight quarters. In a hilarious battle of determination and grit, the father of the bride and sister of the other bride chaotically go head-to-head as they stop at nothing to uphold an unforgettable celebration for their loved ones.

You're Cordially Invited

2025

I Feel Pretty poster
6.4

A head injury causes a woman to develop an extraordinary amount of confidence and believe she's drop dead gorgeous.

I Feel Pretty

2018

Old Dads poster
6.2

A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.

Old Dads

2023

The House poster
5.6

When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for tuition they can’t begin to afford. With the help of their friend and neighbor Frank also in need of a major payday they decide to open an illegal casino in his suburban house, risking everything together on a Vegas-style bacchanal where money flows, inhibitions are checked at the door, and all bets are off.

The House

2017

Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film poster
NR

A lonely man escapes working from home when he meets Plantman...a mysterious man saving the neglected house plants of Los Angeles.

Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film

2026

Super Troopers 3 poster
6.2

When Farva's over-the-top Indian engagement to Thorny's sister spirals into chaos, the Super Troopers must navigate Thorny's schemes to break up the relationship, all while trying to bring down a pernicious new drug ring.

Super Troopers 3

2026

Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On poster
6.7

With a hypothetical home invasion, a biblical reenactment, and his late dad's final wish, Rory Scovel delivers unrelenting laughs in this raucous stand-up special filmed at The Neptune in Seattle, Washington.

Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On

2026

Reggie Watts: Spatial poster
5.7

The comic innovator delivers a surreal set blending experimental songs, jokes about grits, guns and drugs, and other improvised comedy adventures.

Reggie Watts: Spatial

2016

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NR

A young convict fresh out of prison takes a reality TV courtroom hostage, blaming the megalomaniac TV judge for a past ruling that the convict feels ruined his life.

Judgment Day

69 Minutes with Tom Segura poster
6.0

69 Minutes is the world's preeminent ‎investigative news program hosted by comedian Tom Segura. Are you looking for coverage of the mid-east conflict? The 2024 election? Stock market analysis? Well, you won't find any of that here!

69 Minutes with Tom Segura

2023

Dean poster
5.8

A comedy about loss, grief, and the redemptive power of love. Dean is a NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family home in the wake of his mother's death.

Dean

2016

The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular poster
7.9

To celebrate New Year's Eve, Eric does his talk show live in front of a studio audience.

The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular

2012

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NR

Silverbacks is a half-hour comedy about a group of men grappling with middle age in the only way they know how: trying not to injure themselves playing soccer.

Silverbacks

Distancing Socially poster
2.0

Composed of a series of short vignettes that share a telecommunications application as a common thread, Distancing Socially focuses on loosely connected human interactions taking place virtually across a world in lock down.

Distancing Socially

2021

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1.0

Part food doc, part comedy special, Gutbuster follows unhealthy stand-up comedian Dave Stone on a cross-country tour after a sobering health diagnosis pushes him toward a major lifestyle change. He talks to farmers, doctors and academics by day, compiling his own idiot's guide to the modern American meal, then makes funny about his experiences onstage by night.

Gutbuster

2017

Rory Scovel: Religion, Sex and a Few Things In Between poster
5.7

Rory Scovel takes the stage at Minneapolis’ Goodale Theater to offer his observations on such disparate subjects as religion, sex, mushrooms, vaccines, parenting an eight-year-old, and much more in this standup special. The South Carolina native interweaves improvised moments with meta-commentary on the subtle art of stand-up as he riffs on some of the most awkward aspects of seemingly taboo yet universal topics – all with a dose of his amiable southern charm.

Rory Scovel: Religion, Sex and a Few Things In Between

2024

Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time poster
7.1

Comedian Rory Scovel storms the stage in Atlanta, where he shares unfocused thoughts about things that mystify him, relationships and the "Thong Song."

Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time

2017

Rory Scovel: The Charleston Special poster
7.1

Mixing his spontaneous creativity and absurd view of the world, stand-up comic Rory Scovel performs his first special in Charleston, South Carolina.

Rory Scovel: The Charleston Special

2015

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NR

In Second Thoughts a cult leader gets cold feet when it comes time to fulfill his own prophesy and transcend to the afterlife.

Second Thoughts

2015

The No Look Dunk poster
NR

This short film finally reveals what takes some men so long in the bathroom. It's better than it sounds, I swear.

The No Look Dunk

2014

Rory Scovel: Live Without Fear poster
8.3

A docu-comedy special that follows stand-up comedian Rory Scovel as he performs six nights in a row with one difficult, self imposed rule: not using any pre-written material. It all happens in Atlanta at Relapse Theatre, a venue operated by Bob Wood who tells his own unbelievable story of how he slowly and maybe with some questions of legality, converted an abandoned church into one of the best comedy venues in the country.

Rory Scovel: Live Without Fear

2021

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