A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Paul Mecurio is an Emmy and Peabody Award winner for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has appeared in his own Comedy Central Presents special, starred in his own series on HBO, appeared on CBS's The Late Late Show, VH1, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld, Hannity, CNN, MSNBC, and The Daily Show. Paul graduated with honors from Georgetown Law School and began his career on Wall Street as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at the law firm of Willkie Farr and Gallagher and later as an investment banker at CS First Boston. All the while, Paul was honing a second career writing and performing comedy and was hired by Jay Leno to write jokes for the Tonight Show. With the encouragement of Jay, Paul moved center stage, leaving Wall Street and starting his career as a stand-up comedian.

Paul was invited to be on the writing team for a new Comedy Central show called The Daily Show. As a writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Paul won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Variety, Music or Comedy Program. Paul has also been honored with a Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting (think the Pulitzer Prize for broadcasting) for his work on The Daily Show. Paul has also received a second Emmy nomination for his work on The Daily Show. Paul has been featured on The Daily Show as a correspondent and in The Daily Show segment "Second Opinion," in which he skewered the medical profession playing an HMO representative with a less than sympathetic mindset.

Paul appears as a contributor on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNBC. Paul is a regular satirist on Hannity, The Joy Behar Show, Dylan Ratigan and Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld.

Paul created, executive produced, stars in and hosts the HBO Sports web series Got No Game with Paul Mecurio, which recently premiered with weekly installments on HBO.com and paulmecurio.com. The series takes a satiric look at the world of sports through original sketches and one-on-one interviews and has been nominated for an Emmy Award.

Paul has several shows in development including a sitcom, an audience interactive stand up show, and an adult animated show.

Paul was seen in a guest-starring role opposite John Cleese in the ABC sitcom Wednesday at 9:30 and shot a television pilot set in New York City for famed producer/directors Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. He can be seen in the dramatic film High Art, Low Life, written and directed by Peter Nourjian and is the lead role in the independent film Faux Pix.

A national headliner in clubs across North America and in Europe, Paul has performed three times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and has made over two dozen national TV appearances.