About Arj Barker

Name: Arj Barker

Legal Name: Ricky Schroeder

Age: 28 (as far as you know)

Date of Birth: Do the math

Place of birth: Vagina

Occupation: comic, actor, writer, fisherman

Hobbies: Biking, guitar, snowboarding, needlepoint, hang gliding, coloring

Some of my Favorite CDs: OK Computer (Radiohead); Odelay (Beck); Devil's Music Vol. I (White Zombie); Dummy (Portishead); Dark Side of The Moon (Pink Floyd); Follow the Leader (Rakim and Erik B); Kind of Blue (Miles Davis); Enima (Tool); Moon Safari (Air)

Favorite Restaurants: Jim Otto's Burger King (Auburn,CA), Pluto's (Marina, SF), DeNiro's (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1st (Lower East Side, NY, NY), Cecile's Trattoria (Venice, Italy), Randy's Grub Hut (Botswana, Africa)

Graduated: Sir Francis Drake High, 1989 Airco Technical Institute, 1989 Bryman Bartending School, 1989 Control Data Institute, 1989

Drink of Choice: Jameson Whiskey "on the rocks" (KIDS, ask your parents permission before drinking and driving!), Chivas Regal and YooHoo, "cran-flap" (vodka/soda/cranberry)

Comedic Influences: Marty Stouffer

Favorite Food: Italian, Scottish

Countries Performed in: United States, Canada, United Kingdom (England, Scotland, N. Ireland, Channel Islands), Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Poland, France, China (Hong Kong)

Arj Barker's debut album, "LYAO" is available on CD and DVD. He's known for his work on HBO's "Flight of the Conchords" and as a fifth season semi-finalist on NBC's "Last Comic Standing." He's made appearances on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," as well as regularly headlining clubs in the US, UK and Australia. Arj has also appeared twice on "Comedy Central Presents" and "Premium Blend." In addition, he has his own Flash series, "Arj and Poopy," based on some of his stand-up material that stars him and his cat, Poopy. The series has been syndicated to AtomFilms.