Ian Lara

Ian Lara is a Dominican-American stand-up comedian from Queens, New York. Ian has appeared on Comedy Central's Stand-Up Featuring series, where his set has garnered over 7 million views on Facebook and over 10 million views total. Lara was a regular player on This Week at the Comedy Cellar on Comedy Central, where his set garnered 7.9 million views on Facebook during the pandemic. He was also featured in Season 1 of Bring the Funny on NBC and made his late-night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon pre-pandemic. In 2020, Lara performed his first 30-minute special for HBO Latino's Entre Nos titled LA Meets NY. In 2021, Lara was selected to be one of Freeform's Young, Black & Freeform Honorees, performed as a New Face of Comedy at Just For Laughs and was named one of "10 Lesser-Known Great Black Comedians" by Screen Rant. Starting 2022 off with a bang, Lara's half-hour special on Comedy Central, Growing Shame, aired in February, and his HBO special, Ian Lara: Romantic Comedy, was released in November and is currently streaming on Max.