Comedian & Hypnotist Don Barnhart
Las Vegas, NV | Established. Jan 01, 2000 | INDIE | AFTRA
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
"one of the best" - L.A. Times
"one of the best" - L.A. Times
"hilarious" - N.Y. Times
"hilarious" - N.Y. Times
best emerging artist of 2006 - American Idol Magazine
this guy's funny - Howard Stern
best emerging artist of 2006 - American Idol Magazine
one of the top 100 comedians to see 3 years in a row - Entertainment Business Weekly
one of our top performers - Comics On Duty
one of the top 100 comedians to see 3 years in a row - Entertainment Business Weekly
someone to look out for - South Bay Lifestyle
the response was outstanding - Spokane Community College
someone to look out for - South Bay Lifestyle
a pleasure to work with - USO Celebrity Entertainment
a riot from start to finish - Showbiz Weekly Magazine
a pleasure to work with - USO Celebrity Entertainment
Discography
The Ice House 50th Anniversary All Star Show - DVD
Finding The Funny - DVD
I'm Not Just Eye Candy - DVD/CD
The DeEvolution of Man - DVD
The Freedom of Speech Comedy Series - Syndicated TV Show
The Click Click Club - DVD
Trailer Trash - CD
China Dolls - Feature Film
The De-Evolution of Man - DVD
Fresh Outta Afghanistan - CD
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Bio
"Barnhart's stand up comedy show is a thrill ride of well-written, topical material exploring modern day society in a way that is hysterical, intelligent and thought provoking. Don’s ability to keep audiences of all ages howling with laughter and coming back for more is what separates him from the average joke teller".
The award-winning comedian is also a certified hypnotist and one of the top inspirational, motivational and keynote speakers and performs an entirely separate comedy hypnosis show.
Don currently stars in the new web series Class Clowns. The show, created by Barnhart follows the miss-adventures of fictional comedian and former sitcom star Johnny B who pulls a “Kramer” takes a “Chappelle” and comes back to star in his own “Seinfeld” type of web series/reality show. The show is written by Barnhart and Keith Lyle from the Hangover movie and co-stars Lyle and fellow Vegas comedians Derek Richards, Brent Mukai and Linda Vu all who can be seen performing at Jokesters.
Don's new book, Finding Your Funny is a Best Seller List on Amazon. With a humorous and heartfelt forward by Comedy Legend George Wallace, Finding Your Funny goes beyond Barnhart’s own 25-year journey and shares the brutal, often overlooked experience and advice of other comedians, entertainers, managers, agents and bookers. Barnhart is also the author of Creating The Life You Desireand a contributing author on I Killed.
Over the last year, Barnhart’s film career has really been gaining steam as he stars in the documentary, Finding The Funny with Brad Garret and Louie Anderson and plays a rather disgruntled, road weary and carefree comedian in the upcoming comedy film, Tribute To Fluffy. Don can also be seen playing a psychotic mad man in the new web series Max Justice.
Barnhart has been seen on MTV, Star Search, and Evening At The Improv and has been featured on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. Barnhart is a Bob and Tom Show favorite and his comedy CD, I’m Not Just Eye Candy can be heard frequently on the comedy channels on XM/Sirius Satellite Radio. In 2015, Don was the grand prize winner in the Levity Entertainment/Improv Comedy Contest and was the Grand Prize winner in the 2008 American Idol Underground Comedy Contest.
Besides all of this, Barnhart has been performing and producing comedy shows for the troops since 1992 and stars in the new documentary I AM BATTLE COMIC by filmmaker Jordan Brady. In his off time Barnhart teaches stand up, improv and comedy writing at The Las Vegas Comedy Institute.
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