Nate Bargatze
Nate Bargatze (/bɑːrˈɡɛtziː/ bar-GET-zee; born March 25, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Early life
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Bargatze was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 25, 1979, the son of Carole and Stephen Bargatze.[1] His father is a motivational speaker and magician.[2] Bargatze attended Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville and Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee.[3]
Bargatze's surname is of Romansh origin; he is descended on his father's side from Simeon Bargatze, who immigrated to Tennessee from the Canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland in the 19th century. In Switzerland today, the surname is usually spelled Pargätzi.[4][5]
Career
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Bargatze began his stand-up comedy career in Chicago[6] and later did comedy at the Boston Comedy Club in New York City. He has called the Jerry Seinfeld documentary Comedian (2002) "life-changing" and a "big reason why he moved to New York".[7] He has appeared on Conan[8] and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[9] He was part of Fallon's Clean Cut Comedy Tour in 2013, also winning New York's Comedy Festival and the Boston Comedy Festival that year.[10][11] He wrote for the Spike TV Video Game Awards and has performed for American armed forces in Iraq and Kuwait. He was mentioned by comedians Marc Maron and Jim Gaffigan as one of the top up-and-coming comics.[12][13]
Bargatze's first stand-up album, Yelled at by a Clown (2014), was on the Billboard Top Ten Comedy Charts for two weeks, peaking at No. 2.[14][15] He released his second album, Full Time Magic, in coordination with his Comedy Central special in 2015.[16] In 2017, Netflix released a half-hour Bargatze special as part of The Standups
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