Biography

Orny Adams was born on November 10, 1970 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Teen Wolf (2011), Funny People (2009) and Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023).

I wouldn't call myself insecure. I would say I have a need to be loved and appreciated. I think one of the greatest differences between Orny Adams pre-'Comedian' and the current Orny Adams is I don't feel the need to announce or proclaim my comedy to be anything great. All that matters is when I step on that stage the audience thinks I'm funny. And when I step off the stage they still think I'm funny. Everything else is really not important.

I've always felt like I'm a comedy outsider. Like I wasn't part of any group. And I never wanted to be part of any group. I just wanted to do my work - and do good work - and then go home. I mean, after these shows, a lot of the comics socialize and go out for dinner. I tend to go back to my hotel room, and get into my head and look at my notes, and figure out what I did that I'm happy about and what didn't go the way I wanted it to go. I feel very raw when I'm on-stage, so it's hard for me to shake that immediately.

Take surfers. They surf every day. They catch waves. But sometimes you catch that perfect wave and you take it all the way to shore. And that's what you want your comedy to be like. You don't want to catch half the wave.

[on his career] It isn't that special. The guy that opens up a heart and saves a life and has that courage - that's special. I'm just doing something that I really enjoy and that I'm passionate about.

Some may want to be the best serial killer or the best Ponzi scheme operator. I just want to be the best comedian around.