April 2025

 

Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up” by The Atlantic magazine and “One of the Funniest People” by CBS MORNINGS, GRAMMY®-nominated comedian, author, podcaster, director and producer Nate Bargatze is selling out shows and breaking venue attendance records with more than 1.2 million tickets sold in 2024. He is currently the #1-earning comedian in the world according to Pollstar’s recent report, and #12 in overall live tour tickets sales, putting him in the company of Coldplay, Madonna and U2. Billboard recently announced that Bargatze set a new record for the biggest one-year gross by a comedy performer in history. He is currently on his Big Dumb Eyes World Tour.

 

Bargatze hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the second time last fall, to rave reviews, with Vulture.com asking the question, “Has Nate Bargatze Cracked The ‘SNL’ Code?” Last December, Nate co-produced a holiday variety special, NATE BARGATZE’S NASHVILLE CHRISTMAS, with Lorne Michaels for CBS. Bargatze also recently announced his new book from Grand Central Publishing, Big Dumb Eyes: Stories from a Simpler Mind, set to be published in May 2025.  

 

On the silver screen Bargatze will soon star in the family-friendly comedy “The Breadwinner” for TriStar Pictures, which he is also producing.

 

In 2023, Bargatze broke the attendance record at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The next month, he also broke the record for tickets sold at The Delta Center in Salt Lake City – the highest amount ever sold by a comedian at the venue. In 2024 he broke 20 total arena records.  

 

Nate’s first solo one-hour Netflix special, “The Tennessee Kid,” premiered globally with rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his critically acclaimed second Netflix special, “The Greatest Average American,” which received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Comedy Album. In 2023, Nate released his third one-hour special, “Nate Bargatze: Hello World,” on Amazon Prime, which now holds the record as Amazon’s most-streamed original comedy special in its first 28 days of viewership. In 2024, it was announced that Bargatze will return to Netflix with a two stand-up special deal. The first of the two specials, “Your Friend, Nate Bargatze,” premiered globally on Netflix Dec. 24, 2024, and was in the top 10 most-watched shows globally for two weeks. It is currently the most-watched stand-up special on Netflix in the past 52 weeks. His previous Netflix specials, “The Tennessee Kid” (2019) and “The Greatest Average American” (2021), are currently listed at #16 and #14 on the 52-week chart, even though they premiered six and four years ago, respectively. 

 

Bargatze was recently signed to Universal Music Group Nashville as their flagship comedian under their new Capitol Comedy label. He also recently performed two sold-out shows at The Hollywood Bowl with Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan and Sebastian Maniscalco.  

 

Bargatze’s comedy is both clean and relatable, evident in his 14 appearances on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the most appearances by any comedian. He also appeared on “Conan” four times and has appeared on Seth Meyers’ and James Corden’s respective late-night shows. 

 

Bargatze hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time in 2023, earning rave reviews and securing high ratings for the program, with Vanity Fair calling him, “A Great ‘Saturday Night Live’ Host,” and Entertainment Weekly exclaiming, “A frighteningly funny Halloween episode.”

 

In 2023, Bargatze unveiled Nateland Entertainment, a family-friendly content company where he produces stand-up comedy specials, showcases, sketches and scripted episodic content for film, television, podcasts, music and more.  

 

For more information and tickets go to: natebargatze.com.