Adam Hunter: Bio, Comedy Style, and Where to Watch

Who is Adam Hunter?

Adam Hunter was born on May 20, 1978, in the United States. Before his comedy career, he was a highly accomplished wrestler, winning the New England Prep School Wrestling Championship four times. He started doing stand-up in New York City and built his career through relentless touring and a unique lane at the intersection of comedy and mixed martial arts.

He was a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. He has appeared twice on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and on Chelsea Lately, Showtime, The Late Late Show, Gutfeld!, Star Trek: Picard, ESPN’s SportsNation, MTV, VH1, TruTV, CBS, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. He produced and stars in Throwing Punches, the first comedy special ever produced by the UFC, which airs on UFC FightPass. He has hosted two UFC Comedy Jam specials on FightPass. His special Adam Hunter: Still Broke is on Amazon Prime. He has been the head writer for the MMA Awards for over twelve years. He hosts the MMA Roasted podcast and co-hosts the Daddy Issues Podcast. He has been a subject of MTV’s True Life documentary series. He has performed extensive military tours for U.S. Armed Forces in the Middle East, Far East, Africa, Cuba, Greenland, and South America. He prides himself on telling more jokes per minute than any other headliner working today, with no topic off limits.

Adam Hunter’s Comedy Style

Hunter is a high-density, high-energy comedian whose material spans marriage, fatherhood, pop culture, politics, and sports with equal aggression and no guardrails. The wrestling background and the MMA world have given him a physical confidence on stage and a connection to a sports audience that most club comedians don’t access. The joke-per-minute claim is real: his sets are packed and fast.

Where to Find Adam Hunter

Still Broke is on Amazon Prime. Find tour dates at adamhuntercomedy.com.

Adam Hunter has performed at the Comedy Cellar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Check the current lineup and upcoming shows at comedycellar.com.

Catch Comedy Cellar shows live from New York on Mint Comedy at watch.mintcomedy.com.