ABOUT

John Dardenne has acted in over 50 commercials including Nintendo, Comcast, Digiorno, Sonos, NFL, Geico, Volkswagen, Panasonic, 76, Dish, and REDD's Apple Ale. As the writer's assistant on "The Wanda Sykes Show," John wrote jokes that aired on FOX and jokes that were performed on The Tonight Show on NBC. John was the head writer and co-creator of the web-series "Fresh Perspectives" starring SNL's Beck Bennett which evolved into the AT&T "It's Not Complicated" ad campaign. John Dardenne is a former writer and sketch performer on an Upright Citizens Brigade Maude Team as well as a former improvisor for a UCB Mess Hall team. John currently writes and performs for Speakeasy, a house sketch team at The Pack, and improvises with Chonk, a house improv team at The Pack. He's improvised on three house teams at World's Greatest Improv School (WGIS), and currently hosts NICE SHOW! at The Broadwater in Hollywood--a show where he invites the best improvisors in L.A. to perform with him and kids he teaches improv. John has previously hosted Nice Show! stand up at The Hayworth (now DynastyTypewriter) and Game Night at iO West. John is a former Harold Team member at the Westside Comedy Theater and long-time, house-team improvisor at LA Connection. His comedy has been featured on CNN, TIME.com, Telegraph UK, Funny or Die, UCB Comedy, The Comic's Comic, U.S. News and World Report, The Week, and Huffington Post. He lives in Los Angeles.