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Birth name | Shane Michael Gillis |
Born | [1] Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | December 11, 1987
Medium | Stand-up
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Education | United States Military Academy Elon University West Chester University (BA) |
Years active | 2012–present |
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Website | shanemgillis |
John McKeever and Shane Gillis | |||||||
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Years active | 2020–present | ||||||
Genre | Comedy | ||||||
Subscribers | 848 thousand[2] | ||||||
Total views | 96 million[2] | ||||||
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Last updated: June 17, 2024 |
Shane Michael Gillis (born December 11, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian. He is co-host, along with fellow stand-up comedian Matt McCusker, of Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, the most subscribed-to podcast on Patreon.[3][4] In 2019, the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal named Gillis one of its "New Faces".
Gillis was announced as a new cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 2019, but he was fired five days later due to backlash over a 2018 podcast episode in which he used ethnic slurs.[5][6] In 2021, Gillis released his first comedy special, Shane Gillis: Live in Austin, on YouTube.[7] Gillis frequently collaborates with filmmaker John McKeever on the online sketch series Gilly & Keeves. In September 2023, his second comedy special, Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs, was released on Netflix.
As of 2024, Gillis has starred in the Netflix comedy series Tires, which he co-created with McKeever. The first season premiered on May 24, 2024.
'After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL,' a spokesperson said in a statement on behalf of producer Lorne Michaels.