Francis Ellis: Bio, Comedy Style, and Where to Watch

Who is Francis Ellis?

Francis Ellis is from Worcester, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard — he will tell you this unprompted and has made it part of his act — and performs most nights in New York City. He lives in Chelsea. He is a comedian, writer, and personality at Barstool Sports, where he has hosted Barstool Breakfast on Sirius XM alongside Willie Colon. He co-hosts the Son of a Boy Dad podcast alongside Lil Sasquatch and battle rap world champion Adam Ferrone. He has previously co-hosted Oops the Podcast with Giulio Gallarotti.

He can be seen in the Netflix comedy series Tires with Shane Gillis, and has appeared in the Gilly and Keeves sketch show on Peacock. He released his stand-up special Bad Guy in 2023 and a second special, Room for It, the same year. He has performed stand-up in China, Australia, Sweden, British Columbia, and across the United States. His act often incorporates original satirical keyboard songs — a distinctive choice that separates him from most comedians working the same rooms. His 2026 tour includes dates at Comedy Works in Denver, Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, and multiple other major markets.

Francis Ellis’s Comedy Style

Ellis is dry, dark, and self-aware. The Harvard credential is not just a biographical fact — he weaponizes it in his material, building jokes around his own perceived douchiness with enough precision that the self-deprecation becomes a kind of comedy chess. He knows what the audience assumes about him when he mentions Harvard, and the act lives in the gap between that assumption and the reality.

The keyboard songs are the other thing. Original satirical songs performed on stage by a comedian who can actually play is not a common combination. It gives his sets a structural range that pure stand-up doesn’t have, and it means no two shows feel identical.

Where to Find Francis Ellis

Find Francis on Instagram and at francisellis.com for tour dates. Tires is streaming on Netflix.

Francis Ellis 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.