Andres Parada is a writer, actor, musician, and comedian from Tubac, Arizona - a tiny artists' colony in the middle of the desert. His life as a weirdo began by touring with bands across the U.S. In the tour van, he wrote cartoons, and one of those crazy ideas ended up being produced as a western short - Nickelodeon's Tennis, the Good Boy.
He now lives in Los Angeles, where he is a part of the Groundlings Main Company. He also writes/performs on house teams at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (Harold, Maude, and Betty). He is a 2025 JFL New Face of Comedy, and was also recently on America's Got Talent as Papayaso the Chilean Clown, where Howie Mandel called him one of the best impressionists he's ever heard, and Simon Cowell called him the only funny clown. Andres studied clown at The Idiot, improv at The Second City, and sketch at The Pack.
