Mark Normand

Normand was born in New Orleans, where he attended De La Salle High School. Normand attended the University of New Orleans before taking a year off to study at the New York Film Academy, though he eventually dropped out.

During a 2023 Neal Brennan podcast interview Normand stated that, before graduating from Southeastern Louisiana University, he attended Louisiana State University and Baton Rouge Community College.Normand began performing stand-up at Lucy's Retired Surfer Bar in New Orleans in 2006.

Normand regularly performs at comedy clubs and colleges across the country and has performed at numerous festivals, including the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Seattle International Comedy Competition, Boston Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in 2013 was featured as a New Face at Just for Laughs in Montreal.

His half-hour special on Comedy Central's The Half Hour was released in 2014. He also released an album with Comedy Central Records in 2014 titled Still Got It, which was recorded at Comedy on State in Madison, Wisconsin. Normand's hour-long Comedy Central special Don't Be Yourself was released in 2017. He has appeared on Conan six times, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Late Show with James Corden, TruTv, Best Week Ever, MTV, Last Comic Standing and @midnight. He has had acting roles in Inside Amy Schumer and Horace and Pete.