Stavros Halkias Biography
Stavros Halkias is a stand-up comedian and podcaster from the United States. He has been a nationally touring comic since the early 2010s and rose to notoriety as a founding co-host of the podcast Cum Town.
How old is Stavros Halkias? – Age
He is 34 years old as of 11 February 2023. He was born in 1989 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Stavros Halkias Family – Education
Halkias was born to Greek immigrant parents (a Macedonian mother and an Athenian father), and attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school where he played football. He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and interned at Marc Steiner’s Center for Emerging Media. On the podcast Digression Sessions, he revealed that he was just a few credits away from graduating.
Stavros Halkias Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Stavros Halkias Podcast
Halkias is well known as the former co-host of the Cum Town podcast from its beginning in 2016 till his departure in 2022. He has co-hosted the basketball podcast Pod Don’t Lie with Sam Morril since 2019. He previously co-hosted White Chocolate NBA Pipecast with Adam Friedland. From 2020 to 2021, he also hosted the Twitch series Stavvy Solves Your Problems. This series turned into the podcast Stavvy’s World in 2022. Halkias’ debut comedy special, Live At The Lodge Room, was posted on his YouTube channel in 2022 and had 2 million views in three weeks.
Stavros Halkias Stand-Up – Career
Halkias began performing stand-up comedy while at UMBC, where he held a monthly comedy showcase. During this time, he performed around the wider Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia areas, and he was selected Baltimore’s New Comedian of the Year in 2012.
He eventually relocated to New York City, where he has been on several radio and podcasts, as well as written and performed on Adult Swim, IFC, and MSG Network’s People Talking Sports and Other Stuff. He has performed on the Comedy Central shows Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring, Life Fails, and Sex Fails, as well as other internet shorts.
He has also opened for acts such as Wham City, Tom Papa, and Robert Kelly at venues such as the New York Comedy Festival. Halkias has become well-known for his use of the audience, frequently connecting with them and riffing on their stories and anecdotes. This approach can be seen in many of his stand-up videos on his YouTube page. He released a half-hour comedic spectacular including exclusively crowdwork.
Halkias is a proponent of body positivity. Halkias’ engagement with the Cum Town podcast has periodically sparked debate, with some criticizing the podcast’s association with the dirtbag left.