Paul Mecurio, is a rising star on the comedy scene today combining his quick wit and intelligence with his innovative improv abilities and honed performance skills to create a hilarious and unique comedy experience.

Paul is a native of Providence, Rhode Island and has a law degree from Georgetown Law School. During his career on Wall Street as a lawyer and investment banker, Paul was hired by Jay Leno to write jokes for “The Tonight Show.” With the encouragement of Jay, Paul eventually moved center stage, leaving Wall Street and starting his career as a stand-up comedian.

In 2000-2001, as a staff writer for Comedy Central’s critically acclaimed comedy “The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart,” Paul won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety, Music or Comedy Program. In addition, Paul has been honored with a Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting (think The Pulitzer Prize for Broadcasting) for his work on “The Daily Show.” In 2001-2002 Paul received his second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety, Music or Comedy Program, also for his work on “The Daily Show.”

Paul recently had a guest starring role in the ABC sitcom “Wednesday at 9:30” starring John Cleese and shot a part in the upcoming film drama, “High Art, Low Life,” written and directed by Peter Nourjian. This fall, Paul is scheduled to play the lead in a new film called, “Faux Pix.”

Paul has also been featured on “The Daily Show” in a segment called, “Second Opinion”, in which he skewered the medical profession playing an H-M-O representative with a less than sympathetic mindset.

As a stand-up, Paul has experienced great success. In 2001 he brought down the house in Montreal’s famed “Just For Laughs Comedy Festival.”

Paul has also made over a dozen national television appearances on such shows as “The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn,” NBC’s “Comedy Showcase,” NBC’s “Late Friday,” Comedy Central’s “Dr. Katz,” “New Joke City” with host Robert Klein, NBC’s “Friday Night Videos,” The Disney Network, MTV, VH-1, and The USA Network.

Paul also makes regular appearances on MSNBC and Fox News as a political satirist.

A national headliner in clubs across the country and in Europe, Paul’s act has been met with rave reviews. New York Newsday says “... Paul blends an engaging performance with very funny and smart material creating a refreshingly unique set of stand-up.” The Boston Globe describes Paul’s act as “... honest, extremely well-written, fearless and very, very funny...watch for this guy, he’s creating his own new wave in comedy!”

Paul is the regular warm-up comedian for “The Daily Show” and has performed warm-up for “The Late Show with David Letterman,” as well as “New Joke City.”

Paul has written, produced and directed five short films, the latest of which, “Gloves,” an off-center dark comedy has been screened at several prestigious film festivals, including “The HBO Comedy Arts Festival,” Aspen, Colorado, “The Toronto Film Festival,” “The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival” and “The San Sebastian Film Festival,” Spain. Paul also worked on the film “American Buffalo,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz based on the award winning David Mamet play of the same name.