Arj Barker
Actor/Actriz
18
Movies
16
TV Shows
Arjan Singh Āulakh (born August 12, 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He was born to an engineer father and artist mother. His father is of Indian Punjabi Sikh descent and his mother is of European descent.
Barker started his career in comedy after graduating from high school in 1989. His first gigs were at a café called Caffe Nuvo in downtown San Anselmo where he hosted stand-up night every Sunday throughout the early 1990s. Barker appeared on Premium Blend in 1997, followed by appearances on the shows Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Glass House. He twice hosted Comedy Central Presents, first on September 20, 2000, and again on March 31, 2006. Barker was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. He appeared on the Australian show Thank God You're Here on October 18, 2006, September 19, 2007, and June 17, 2009.
Barker co-wrote and performed in The Marijuana-Logues, an Off-Broadway show in New York City, with Doug Benson and Tony Camin. The title of the show was a parody of The Vagina Monologues. NBC gave Barker the lead role for sitcom Nearly Nirvana, originally scheduled for 2004. However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired
Barker appeared in the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords, playing Dave. Barker has been successful in Australia for a number of years since first appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2000, and presently resides there. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, he won Best Comedy Release for Organic.
During the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barker attracted widespread media attention in Australia for, while on stage in front of a live audience, demanding a mother breastfeeding her 7-month-old baby to leave and have her ticket refunded. Barker claimed the baby was interrupting his train of thought.
As Actor/Actress
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Musical Guest
Lo que hacemos en las sombras
Werewolf Leader
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Panellist
Good News Week
Self
Flight of the Conchords
Dave
Comedy Central Presenta
Rove
Self
Premium Blend
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
BattleBots
Self
Thank God You're Here
Robins
Self - Guest
Super High Me
Self
Shooting the Past
Garnett
Car Babes
Jimmy
Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey
Standing Up for Sunny
Himself
Electric Apricot
The Cube
The Comedy Club
Self
The Nut Farm
Flight of the Conchords: On Air
Self
Arj Barker: Get In My Head
Himself
Jim Jefferies and Friends
Self
Just For Laughs: Over The Edge
Self
Arj Barker: Organic
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
Arj Barker: Comes Clean
self
Arj Barker: Joy Harvest
Himself
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
Self