Tom Segura

About

Thomas Weston Segura (born April 16, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, author, actor, and podcaster. Segura co-hosts the Your Mom’s House podcast with his wife, fellow comedian Christina Pazsitzky. Segura also co-hosts the podcast Two Bears One Cave with friend and fellow comedian Bert Kreischer.

Segura was born on April 16, 1979, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Rosario “Charo” Lazarte, a Peruvian immigrant, and Thomas Nadeau Segura. His father was a wealth manager and vice president at Merrill Lynch.
Tom grew up speaking Spanish and spent his summers in Lima, Peru. He graduated from Saint Edward’s School in Vero Beach, Florida, and from Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina. At age 19, he overdosed on GHB and fell into a short coma.

Segura began stand-up comedy shortly after graduating from Lenoir-Rhyne University. On episode 568 of Your Mom’s House, he mentioned he was doing comedy in the evenings for the first few years while holding down other daytime jobs. Segura has described interning at Kopelson Entertainment and then having his first paid job in the industry as a logger, producing transcripts of reality shows such as Extreme…