Stavros Halkias

About

Stavros Emmanuel Halkias (; Greek: Σταύρος Χαλκιάς; born February 11, 1989) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. Active since the early 2010s, he is a nationally touring comic who came to prominence as a founding co-host of the podcast Cum Town. As of 2024, he co-stars in the Netflix comedy series Tires and in 2025, he acted in the Yorgos Lanthimos film Bugonia.

Halkias was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, to Greek immigrant parents: a Macedonian mother and Athenian contractor father. He has publicly spoken about being bullied for his weight as a child. Later, Halkias attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school where he played football. He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, working for Marc Steiner’s Center for Emerging Media as an intern. He stated on the podcast Digression Sessions that he was a few credits short of graduating.

Halkias began performing comedy while attending UMBC, at which he hosted a monthly comedy showcase. During this period, he was active in the greater Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia area and, in 2012, was named Baltimore’s New Comedian of the Year.
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