Originally from Norway, Daniel Simonsen is a Norwegian/Chilean actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. He can be seen in Stavros Halkias’s feature Let’s Start A Cult on Hulu and Joe Pera's new Adult Swim series, My Two Cars. Daniel regularly opens for Louis CK and has also opened for Stavros Halkias, Bert Kreischer, Ari Shaffir, and performed at Dave Chappelle’s YS Firehouse. He made his US late-night debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. He has since appeared on CC Stand-Up Featuring, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stavvy’s World, and recurred on Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar. Daniel’s Colbert performance was reviewed by Vulture. He was named NY's Funniest at the New York Comedy Festival and performs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival regularly. He won UK’s So You Think You’re Funny award and went on to win the Best Newcomer award after that.

While in the UK, Daniel had a recurring role on Vic and Bob’s BBC sitcom House of Fools and ITV’s Timewasters. He created and wrote his own digital series for ALL4 called Daniel directed by Andrew Gaynord (People of the Earth, Netflix Presents: The Characters, Detroiters, Stath Lets Flats, etc.) that starred him, Natasia Demetriou, and Brett Goldstein. He also appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News. He is a Comedy Cellar regular and tours internationally.