Ryan Cownie

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Ryan Cownie
Born
Ryan Patrick Cownie

1987 or 1988 (age 37–38)[1]
Sioux City, Iowa
Alma materLincoln Southwest High School
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2007-present

Ryan Patrick Cownie is an American stand-up comedian originally from Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3] His album I Can't Die, which includes a theme song by Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe, was released by Dan Schlissel's Stand Up! Records in 2019.[4][5] Comedy site Laughspin called him "a future superstar."[6]

Early life

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Cownie was born in Sioux City, Iowa and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska.[7][dead link] He is a 2007 graduate of Lincoln Southwest High School.[2] His comedic influences include the movies The Jerk and The Wedding Singer. He began performing at age 17. He moved to nearby, larger Omaha soon after graduating and worked as a waiter in a comedy club.[3][8][9][10]

Career

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Cownie's comedy often riffs on pop culture, including a long-running gag in which he pretends his comedy has been sponsored by Mountain Dew and other corporate products.[11][3]

Cownie moved to the larger city of Austin, Texas in 2010 to establish his career in comedy, along with fellow Nebraska comic Cody Hustak.[12] The two would later take first and second place respectively in the prestigious annual Cap City Funniest Person in Austin contest in 2014.[13] Cownie quickly became an integral part of the Austin comic scene, hosting the Avalanche Comedy showcase from 2013 to 2015.[12] Avalanche was praised for its "laid-back vibe" by The Austinot website.[1] Cownie is also a musician and rapper.[3] With Dustin Svehlak, Cownie co-wrote and directed Cownie, a 2013 mockumentary that Moontower Comedy News called "funny and dry."[14]

Cownie moved again to Los Angeles in 2015 to further his comedy career.[3][15]

Cownie's debut album I Can't Die was released in 2019. Riverboat Gamblers frontman Mike Wiebe recorded a theme song for the album, also titled "I Can't Die."[4][5] Nicholas C. Martinez of comedy site Laughspin gave it an approving review, calling Cownie "a future superstar."[6]

In 2019, Cownie starred in the video for "Fashion Forward", a song by Wiebe's side project Drakulas.[16]

Cownie appeared in the 2020 series Munchie Run on the Social Club TV streaming network.[17][18]

Personal life

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Cownie was vegan.[18]

Discography

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Podcast appearances

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  • Heavy Friending, "How I Met Comedian Ryan Cownie's Mother" (August 26, 2019)[19]
  • Comedy Wham Presents, "Ryan Cownie Gets Raw" (October 6, 2017)[3]
  • Booker, Alex & Sara, "Jay Whitecotton, Ryan Cownie & Bob Khosravi" (April 22, 2015)[7]
  • Austin Sessions, Episode 48: Ryan Cownie (March 25, 2014)[20]
  • Death Is Imminent, "Constantine, Poop, and Harry Potter, with Ryan Cownie" (August 16, 2018)[21]

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