Jordan Thewlis is a stand-up comedian and writer based out of Los Angeles. He got his start at UC Santa Cruz where he was the editor of the campus satire newspaper The Fishrap. He was then scouted by The Onion, and went on to contribute headlines and jokes almost every day for the next 10 years.

After starting stand-up comedy, he then went on to become a club favorite in San Francisco at the world famous Punch Line Comedy Club. Around 2022, his social media presence began to rise, and he began setting up independent headlining shows across the country. He was a regular feature for comedians like Emily Catalano and Irene Tu, allowing him to break into the clubs and begin headlining himself at some of the most prestigious clubs in the country. He is now ‘In-development’ at the Comedy Store and in 2026 he released a taping with Don’t Tell Comedy.

After to moving back to his home town of Los Angeles in 2023, he began to pursue filmmaking. His short Panda premiered to sold out crowd in at the Westside Comedy Club in early 2025, and his second short Lost Dog premiered at the Comedy Store in early 2026. He is currently directing Lesion Lady, a stand-up comedy special/documentary about comedian Kylie Vincent getting diagnosed with M.S. at age 26, and also directing Acting Out, a stand-up comedy special for comedian Jeff Dean, where we shot 30 minutes of stand-up and are drunk-history-style lip-sync reenacting the entire special, set for release in Fall of 2026.