Shane Gillis
Biography
Shane Michael Gillis is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster who was born on December 11, 1987, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. He began performing comedy in 2012. In 2016, along with fellow stand-up comedian Matt McCusker, he began co-hosting Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, which became the most subscribed-to podcast on Patreon as of 2024. Gillis experienced a breakout year in 2019 when the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal named him one of its New Faces in July. In September of that same year, he was announced as a newly-hired cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, though he was subsequently fired following backlash over a 2018 podcast clip. His acting profile on The Movie Database lists 18 known credits.
Career overview
Shane Michael Gillis is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Born on December 11, 1987, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States, he began performing comedy in 2012.
In 2016, Gillis and fellow stand-up comedian Matt McCusker began co-hosting Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast, which became the most subscribed-to podcast on Patreon as of 2024. Gillis experienced a breakout year in 2019. In July of that year, the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal named him one of its New Faces. Later that year, in September, he was announced as a newly-hired cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. He subsequently became the subject of a controversy and was fired after five days at the show due to backlash over a 2018 clip from his podcast.
Throughout his career, Gillis has accumulated known acting credits on screen, reflected as an active participant in the entertainment industry as a performer, actor, and podcast host.
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- Lorne (2026) as Self
- The Roast of Kevin Hart (2026) as Self - Host
- Madden (2026)
- The End (2026)
- Easy's Waltz (2025) as Comedian in bar
- Kill Tony: Kill or Be Killed (2025) as Self - Guest / Donald Trump
- Tires (2024) as Shane
- Tires (2024) Executive Producer
- Tires (2024) Writer
- Tires (2024) Creator
- The Roast of Tom Brady (2024) as Self
- Bupkis (2023) as Gilly
- Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023) as Self
- Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023) Writer
- Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023) Executive Producer
- Gilly and Keeves: "The Special" (2023) as Himself/Various Characters
- Gilly and Keeves: "The Special" (2023) Writer
- Shane Gillis: Live in Austin (2021) as Self
- Shane Gillis: Live in Austin (2021) Writer
- Gilly and Keeves (2020)
- Gilly and Keeves (2020) Writer
- Gilly and Keeves (2020) Creator
- Hot Ones (2015) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- The Diggers