He started comedy while at college in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during which time he won the "MI Favorite Comic" competition for best student comedian, as well as opening for Russell Brand at Eastern Michigan University. After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he's been ever since, performing all over the city & outer boroughs. He's performed in comedy festivals across the country, including the Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon, Cape Fear Comedy Festival in North Carolina, and Crom Fest in Denver. He has a personal twitter account at @eliyudin with >15,000 followers, as well as co-creating the parody twitter account @NotTildaSwinton, which got over 45,000 followers in just 5 days. Photographer: Mindy Tucker