James Coker

James was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He is an actor, writer, and comedian living in Los Angeles. Formerly based in NYC, he performed improv and sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade, The PIT and the Magnet Theater for 10 years. He performed on UCB's Maude Night with the sketch team Night Eaters and with sketch duo Coker & Stratton. He has appeared on 13 Reasons Why, 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, the VEVO pilot One Night Only, VH1's The 20, A&E's Black and White and in videos for Funny Or Die, Mashable, Above Average, The Kicker and MTV. You can also hear him in various roles in the Audible original series 64th Man with John Cena. James' writing credits include the New York Television Festival pilots Classless (2013) and The Other Kennedys (2015), as well as several live sketch shows, videos and the web series Trump Bros (2016), Tailgating With (2017, with Broadway Video) and Crypto Boyz (2019, with UCB Comedy and Nerdist). From 2018-202