Matteo Lane is an American comedian, actor, singer, and illustrator. He has made appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and HBO’s Crashing. Lane was recognized by The Advocate as one of the “LGBT Icons, Innovators, and Disruptors” for his work in stand-up comedy.
As a singer, Lane performed in bars in Boystown before starting his comedy career in 2011 at open mics in Chicago. He moved to New York to work as a storyboard artist circa 2012. In an interview, Lane stated that it was “the most boring job in the world.” He later quit the position to pursue comedy. His favorite performance venues in New York City are the Comedy Cellar, The Stand, and New York Comedy Club.
After being featured in “New Faces” at the 2014 Just for Laughs festival, MTV invited Lane to appear on Guy Code. He was a commentator on Girl Code from 2015 to 2018. He was later in Joking Off and was cast in MTV’s Ladylike along with Nicole Byer, Jade Catta-Preta, and Blair Socci. Lane was on a panel for a segment about Kim Davis on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. In 2018, Lane represented Italy at “The Ethnic Show” at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal. He was the host of the Snapchat comedy Ghost Hunt. He is a co-star and creator of the IFC series Janice and Jeffrey. Lane and Emma Willmann were co-hosts of a queer-themed podcast, Inside the Closet which ended in February 2023. They are both also featured in Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup. On May 1, 2018, Lane and Nico Tortorella were featured on a Nancy podcast.
Lane announced that he will be releasing a cookbook in April 2025 called Your Pasta Sucks, a “Cookbook.”
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