Demetri Martin is a person who lives in New York. He performs stand-up comedy for fun and money.

He has a new DVD called Demetri Martin. Person. It will be out Sept 4.

When he was younger he went to college and law school. He dropped out of law school, because it was boring.

Now he travels to places where people speak English so that he can tell his jokes to them. He had a job as a writer at "Late Night with Conan O'Brien". He performed on the "Late Show with David Letterman", Comedy Central Presents Demetri Martin, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and some of the other television shows that have comedians.

Sometimes he gets to appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as their resident trendspotter. Also, they allow him to have free food from their offices.

Demetri won trophies for comedy. One of them was the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in 2003. The magazine Entertainment Weekly put him on the list of the 25 funniest people in America. He was number 21.

Demetri has brown hair. He is allergic to peanuts. He loves making things. And he knows at least 20 people who are funnier than he is (in America).