Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich
Fast-talking, deeply neurotic, and entirely exhausted by basic adult obligations.
1 special · 2018
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Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich performs with the energy of a man trying to explain a minor grievance before the parking meter runs out. He speaks fast, using a tight, clipped cadence. He builds his act around specific exasperations, spending long stretches dissecting the bleakness of a hotel minibar or laying out the exact reasons funerals are better than weddings. He regularly breaks his own momentum to stare at the crowd, waiting for them to validate his annoyance.
Specials
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An Argentine comic picks apart the petty irritations of modern life.
Netflix · 49 min
On stage
He helped build the modern Argentine standup scene. Long before he starred in his own scripted television series, he spent the 2000s anchoring the Cómico showcases that introduced the monologue format to Buenos Aires. He plays major historic theaters like the Maipo, but he retains the posture of a guy who just realized he left his keys in the door.
His bits rely on an amplified version of his actual life. He uses his baldness, his marriage, and his reluctance to participate in adult society as starting points. He takes a standard obligation, like a kindergarten drop-off, and talks through it until the premise unravels. When a routine drifts toward middle-aged grumbling, he pivots inward. He ensures his own neuroses, rather than the outside world, remain the actual target.
Because he has hosted a daily afternoon radio show in Argentina for years, his conversational rhythm is already familiar to his audience. His stage act gives him the physical space to act out the frustrations his listeners usually hear him detail over the air.
Turning points
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Global Stand-Up Release on Netflix
Wainraich released his self-titled standup comedy special Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich globally on Netflix, bringing his everyday observational humor to an international streaming platform.
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International Streaming Success with Casi feliz
Wainraich created and starred in the Netflix comedy series Casi feliz, which topped streaming rankings in Argentina and quickly led to a second season renewal.
At a glance
- Born
- , Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina
- Style
- stand up, observational, social commentary
- Breakout
- Sebastián Marcelo Wainraich
- Topics
Also on screen
- Una noche de amor
- Caída del cielo
- 2020–2022
- Casi feliz
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- Duro de domar