Mike Britt

Mike Britt anchors himself behind the mic stand, drops his voice to a booming register, and lets disbelief dictate his pacing. When he describes a mundane interaction at airport security, he doesn’t just tell the story. He lives in the annoyance of it, building a rhythm of setup, escalation, and a hard stop. Often, he will simply stare at the crowd, letting the silence do the work of a punchline until the room catches up to the absurdity.

He is a New York club fixture who can walk into a cold room and command it through volume and presence. He started out at Harlem’s Uptown Comedy Club and performed on Def Comedy Jam, building a long career as a bulletproof performer. Outside the clubs, he holds a very specific piece of television history: he played Walter Bankston, the bystander who sings the viral “They alive, dammit!” theme song in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

His hour Check the Mike hinges on incredulity. He favors painting a ridiculous scenario over rapid-fire joke density. He will spend five minutes dissecting the details of a childhood memory or a changing neighborhood, relying on his volume to escalate the bit. Instead of intricate setups, the comedy comes from a man planting his feet and refusing to accept the nonsense happening around him.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, he filters his material through the worldview of a lifelong local who has watched the city shift.