Roy Wood Jr.’s comedy has entertained millions across stage, television and radio. Entertainment Weekly has described his thought-provoking comedy as “charismatic crankiness.” Wood joined “The World’s Fakest News Team” in 2015 as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning hit series, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. In 2017, he was named the new host of Comedy Central’s storytelling series, This is Not Happening, which returned with new episodes on February 1. His first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, Father Figure, premiered in 2017 along with an extended uncensored album of the same name released by Comedy Central Records. Wood’s second Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, Roy Wood Jr.: No One Loves You, just recently premiered on January 25. Wood appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in the New Faces Showcase, an appearance that led The Hollywood Reporter to highlight Roy a "standout." His first full comedy CD, "Things I Think, I Think" was released in 2013.

Wood, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, began his comedy career in 1999 at the age of 19 while attending Florida A&M University. In October 2006, Wood made his network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2008, he appeared on HBO’s historic Def Comedy Jam and was later selected by America as one of the top three finalists on Last Comic Standing on NBC. Wood has appeared on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Conan, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He has also performed for the troops on numerous USO tours in the Middle East and the Pacific Islands. Prior to The Daily Show, Wood co-starred for two seasons on TBS’ Sullivan & Son, playing the loving drinking buddy of star Steve Byrne, who has returned to Pittsburgh to run the family bar.

Wood currently has a pilot in development with Comedy Central. It is a half-hour, scripted comedy series starring Wood, with Trevor Noah and Aaron McGruder (Boondocks, Black Jesus) executive producing. Based on an idea by Wood, the pilot stars Wood as a parole officer willing to bend the rules to help the parolees on his watch, much to the chagrin of his partner and everyone else in his life.