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JUNE 19: JAMES AUSTIN JOHNSON

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James Austin Johnson

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 [twitter.com], Julia Louis Dreyfus [twitter.com], and [twitter.com]Scooby Doo [twitter.com] have garnered over 5 million views, with profiles on James in Vanity Fair [vanityfair.com], Slate [slate.com], Mashable [mashable.com] and VICE [vice.com] to name a few.  As an actor, James’ TV/Film 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.