Paul W. Downs
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| Paul W. Downs | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, actor, director |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Known for | Trey Pucker on Broad City |
Paul W. Downs is an American actor, writer, and director best known for his portrayal of Trey Pucker on the Comedy Central series Broad City.
Career
Paul W. Downs has been creating digital shorts with Lucia Aniello since the pair met in 2007 at the Upright Citizens Brigade. In 2012 they made a web series called Paulilu Mixtape for Above Average Productions, a division of Broadway Video.
Paul played "Hot Guy" in an episode of the MTV series The CollegeHumor Show in 2009. Additional appearances on CollegeHumor included parody of the deli scene from When Harry Met Sally....
Since 2014, Paul W. Downs has played the character of Trey on the Comedy Central sitcom Broad City. Trey is a fitness instructor and the boss of Abbi Abrams (played by Abbi Jacobson) at Soulstice. Paul is also one of the writers on the show.
On April 29, 2015 it was announced that Downs and Aniello would be writing a female spin-off of 21 Jump Street.[1]
On June 22, 2015 it was announced that the duo sold "Move That Body", a feature film that was acquired by Sony and would feature Aniello directing and Downs co-starring in the film.[2]
In 2016 he wrote and starred in his own 30-minute episode of the sketch show Netflix Presents: The Characters.[3]
On April 20, 2016 Downs will star in the Comedy Central miniseries Time Traveling Bong alongside Broad City co-star Ilana Glazer.[4]
In 2016 he appeared in a Catfish: The TV Show parody skit on the 36th episode of the sketch series Inside Amy Schumer.
Personal life
Paul studied theater at Duke University where he did improv and was a member of Duke's sketch comedy group, Inside Joke.[5][6] He lives in Los Angeles with girlfriend and comedy partner, Lucia Aniello.[7][8][9]
See also
Netflix Special: The Characters (Episode 6)
External links
- Paul W. Downs on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Paulilu Productions
- Paul W. Downs at the Internet Movie Database
References
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