Jak Knight, a humorist, author and actor identified for his position on the animated Netflix collection “Massive Mouth,” died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 28.
His household on Saturday confirmed his loss of life in a press release that didn’t present a reason behind loss of life.
Mr. Knight had lately completed filming as an actor within the film “First Time Feminine Director,” written and directed by Chelsea Peretti.
Beginning in March, Mr. Knight starred with Chris Redd, Sam Jay and Langston Kerman within the Peacock collection “Bust Down,” which he additionally helped to create. He was additionally an government producer on the HBO discuss present “Pause with Sam Jay” and was nominated this yr for a Writers Guild of America award for his work on the present.
From 2017-21, he was a author and producer for the hit animated sitcom “Massive Mouth” and voiced the character Devon. Mr. Knight labored as a author for the ABC comedy “Black-ish” from 2019-20. His 30-minute Netflix stand-up particular aired in 2018 as a part of “The Comedy Lineup” collection.
He was named a 2014 Comedy Central Comedian to Watch, a 2015 New Face on the Montreal Only for Laughs Competition and an L.A. Comedian to Watch by TimeOut in 2018.
He opened for numerous stand-up comedians, together with Dave Chappelle, Joel McHale, Eric Andre, Moshe Kasher and Hannibal Buress.
Particulars about his surviving family members weren’t instantly obtainable.
As information of his loss of life unfold, tributes to Mr. Knight appeared on social media.
The comic James Adomian said on Twitter that at any time when he was performing with Mr. Knight, he knew it might be a “wildly humorous night time.”
“He was successful large, all of it effectively deserved, so witty and memorable each second on stage and off,” he wrote.
