Baron Vaughn & Friends

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Baron Vaughn is an actor, writer, director, and comedian. He’s best known as “Bud”,

sharing the screen with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on the hit Netflix series, 

Grace & Frankie. Baron also lends his voice as “Tom Servo” in the recent seasons of cult-hit,
Mystery Science Theater 3000.
He co-created and co-hosted the groundbreaking Comedy Central showcase variety series
The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle. The show shined a light on
both established and rising Black artists in comedy and music. Baron’s deeply personal
project, Fatherless, directed by the award-winning Dawn Porter, explores the impact of
absent fathers on families and communities while he also endeavored to finally connect
with his own absent father.
As a comedian, Baron has been entertaining audiences for more than 20 years. He has two
comedy recordings, Raised by Cable and Blaxistential Crisis, both available on all
streaming platforms. Baron’s been seen on Comedy Central’s The Half Hour and The
Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, as well as on HBO’s 2 Dope Queens, and TBS’ Conan.
Baron has performed at many renowned festivals including HBO’s US Comedy Arts
Festival (Aspen), Just for Laughs (Montreal & Vancouver), Life Is Beautiful (Las Vegas),
SXSW (Austin), and the New York Comedy Festival. Baron, along with Open Mike Eagle, has
also toured the live version of the showcase The New Negroes across the country.
He’s currently working on a solo show commissioned by the Geva Theatre Center in
Rochester, NY where he’s also Artist-in-Residence.