who is moses storm

Moses Storm is an American comedian , actor, writer, and director best known for his HBO Max stand-up special “Trash White” and his role in the horror film “Unfriended.”

Quick bio

• Full name: Moses Jacob Storm, born May 6, 1990, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

• Works across stand-up, TV, film, and performance art, often mixing dark personal history with sharp, self-aware humor.

• Frequently associated with Conan O’Brien, who produced his special and has featured him repeatedly as a guest and performer.

Early life and background

• Grew up one of five children, raised largely on a converted Greyhound bus while his family traveled the U.S. as part of a small religious sect run by his uncle.

• Spent most of his youth on the road with missionary-style preaching and homeschooling, an experience he later mines for storytelling-heavy comedy.

• Briefly attended community college for video production before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles to pursue performing full time.

Comedy career

• Regular at Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Theatre, where he developed as a stand-up and host of the live show “Trifecta.”

• His HBO Max hour “Trash White” (2022) blends poverty, cult-like religion, and class issues into a stylized, highly visual stand-up show produced by Team Coco.

• Known for interactive, high-concept live shows that involve audience participation and immersive or performative elements, rather than traditional straight stand-up.

Acting and on-screen work

• Broke out to wider audiences as Mitch Roussel in the 2014 desktop-horror film “Unfriended.”

• Has appeared in TV series including “This Is Us,” “Sunnyside,” “Players,” “Arrested Development,” and multiple sketches and segments on “Conan.”

• Starred in the Universal feature “Half Baked: Totally High” (often referred to as “Half Baked 2”), playing the lead character Miles.

Performance art and other projects

• Created “The Modern Millennial,” an immersive performance piece where audiences watched him live and work in a loft, crowdfunded via Kickstarter.

• Won a Moth GrandSLAM with his storytelling piece “It Pays to Be Poor,” highlighting his knack for turning personal hardship into narrative-driven comedy.

• Continues to tour clubs and theaters, developing new audience-participation shows that explore themes of cults, belief, and community, building off his unconventional upbringing.

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