# Carl Tart

Carl Tart (born January 5, 1989) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Tart is known for being a featured player on the 2016 Fox sketch show Party Over Here, a writer on Mad TV, and a regular guest on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! He starred on the NBC sitcom Grand Crew. He was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live at the start of the show's 50th season in 2024.

## Life and career

Carl Tart was born in Mississippi and was raised in Los Angeles. He is a regular performer at the LA branch of the Upright Citizens Brigade and is an alumnus of Boom Chicago, where he performed in 2014. He has been part of the LA-based improv group The Big Team, initially known as White Women, since 2013.
Tart has appeared on the podcasts Spontaneanation, Yo, Is This Racist?, Hollywood Handbook, and is one of the most frequent guests on Comedy Bang Bang, where his popular characters include lawyer Italiano Jones, The Chief from Carmen Sandiego, Charles Barkley, 80s educational rapper MC Sugarbutt, and one-half of the country music duo Memphis Kansas Breeze, opposite Drew Tarver. Memphis Kansas Breeze originated as a sketch on the UCB stage and is written by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans.
Tart was a featured player on the Lonely Island-produced sketch show Party Over Here, and he starred for two seasons as Sherm Jones on the NBC primetime sitcom Grand Crew, opposite Echo Kellum and Nicole Byer. He has also guest starred on TV comedies like Superstore, Arrested Development, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and he played a supporting role in Bill Burr's Netflix movie Old Dads.
Tart was hired as an writer for Saturday Night Live in 2024, at the start of the show's 50th season.

## Filmography
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | The Soul Man | Marcus | Episode: "No Weddings and Ten Funerals" |
| 2015–2019 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Gamer Watcher Watcher / Space Pence Crew | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Girl Meets World | Restaurant Manager | Episode: "Girl Meets Texas" |
| 2015–2016 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Various | Recurring, 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Party Over Here | Featured Player | Series regular, 10 episodes |
| 2016 | Tween Fest | Prince Bosh | Episode: "Swag Strike" |
| 2016 | Transparent | Guard | Episode: "Elizah" |
| 2016–2019 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Eugene "Rocket" Jackson | Recurring, 3 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Lethal Weapon | Station Officer/Uni | Recurring, 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Throwing Shade | Sign Spinner | Episode #1.6 |
| 2017 | Dice | Gordon | Episode: "Big Fan" |
| 2018 | Love | | Episode: "Stunt Show" |
| 2018 | Rob Riggle's Ski Master Academy | Chauncy | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Max Prescott | Episode: "The Crime Scene" |
| 2019 | Arrested Development | Henry | Episode: "Chain Migration" |
| 2019 | Cake | Tree (voice) | Episode: "Headspace" |
| 2020 | The Good Place | Steve | Episode: "Mondays, Am I Right?" |
| 2020 | Superstore | Oscar | Episode: "Sandra's Wedding" |
| 2020 | Big City Greens | Dirtbag (voice) | Episode: "Garage Tales/Animal Farm" |
| 2020 | Robbie | Karl | Episode: "Robbie vs. Ava vs. Danielle" |
| 2020 | Connecting | Wendell | Episode: "Day 90" |
| 2020 | Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun | Hat | Episode: "Party" |
| 2021 | Miracle Workers | Lionel | Episode: "Oregon Trail: Hunting Party" |
| 2021–2024 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Lieutenant Kayshon (voice), additional voices | Recurring, 17 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Inside Job | Various voices | Recurring, 2 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Grand Crew | Sherm Jones | Series regular, 20 episodes |
| 2022 | Central Park | Herman (voice) | Recurring, 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Three Busy Debras | Jasper | Episode: "Debra Gets a Boyfriend" |
| 2022–2023 | Smosh | Rev. Pastor J. Priest | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Everything's Trash | Hotep Zombie | Episode: "Family Is Trash" |
| 2022 | Blockbuster | Jeff | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II | Lazarus | Episode: "VII" |
| 2023 | Digman! | First Mate O'Dooley (voice) | Episode: "The Mile High Club" |
| 2023 | Old Dads | Brian Dodson | |
| 2023–2024 | Make Some Noise | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | In the Know | Carl (voice) | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| 2024 | Thousandaires | James Brown | Episode: "Come on Capes" |
| TBA | Golden Axe | Chronos "Evil" Lait (voice) | Main cast |

### As writer

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2016 | Mad TV | season 15 |
| 2017–2018 | Ghosted | Season 1 |
| 2018 | Brockmire | Season 2 |
| 2019 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Season 6 |
| 2020 | Sneakerheads | Season 1 |
| 2020 | Connecting | Season 1 |
| 2021 | Kenan | Season 1 |
| 2024–present | Saturday Night Live | Season 50 |