- Jun192023
James Austin Johnson
Boom Chicago, Amsterdam
James Austin Johnson is a comedian originally from Nashville and a featured player on Saturday Night Live. The New York Times has called him "one of SNL’s most versatile celebrity impressionists.” His spot-on impression of Trump paired with his improvisational ramblings about Weird Al, Julia Louis Dreyfus, and Scooby Doo have garnered over 5 million views, with profiles on James in Vanity Fair, Slate, Mashable and VICE to name a few.
As an actor, James' credits include Future Man, Baskets, Robbie, Better Call Saul, The Last Tycoon and the Coen Brothers’ feature Hail, Caesar!. As a stand up, James has performed on the Vice series Flophouse, as well as Riot La and Just For Laughs as a New Face.