Eddie Ifft (b. 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American stand-up comedian and sitcom writer. He lives in Venice, California.
Ifft graduated with honors from Fox Chapel Area High School in 1992. After graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a brother of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and competed in Track and Field, he moved to New York City and started doing stand-up comedy on the club circuit. He performed on many stand-up comedy specials including Comedy Central's Premium Blend, NBC's Late Friday Night, BET's Comic View, ABC's Comics Unleashed, NBC's Last Comic Standing, and in July 2001 he performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival in "New Faces." In August 2008 he filmed his own 1/2 hour special for Comedy Central (Comedy Central Presents). He also appeared in many national commercials, including, Nokia, KFC and Arby's. He was named one of the 5 finalists in the MySpace/TBS Stand-Up or Sit-Down Competition.
Ifft briefly worked on the Queen Latifah Show, doing man-on-the-street segments and has been featured on many other TV shows including Fuel TV's Daily Habit and Showtime's "The Green Room" with Paul Provenza.
Ifft was also a co-host on the now-defunct New York City WNEW morning show Sports Guys. He still appears regularly on nationwide radio shows, including KROQ-FM's Kevin and Bean Show, the Bob and Tom Show, and San Francisco's Alice 97.3 Morning Show with Sarah and Vinnie. His podcast Talkin' Shit with Jim Jefferies and Eddie Ifft charts regularly in the Top 10 comedy podcasts in the world on iTunes. The podcast features the Auer of Power Jason Auer.
In 2006, Ifft moved from New York to Los Angeles where he still resides, developing sitcoms with networks. He starred in a pilot for Comedy Central entitled Strap-On and created a show for the FX Network and performs stand-up comedy on a nightly basis.
One of a few American comedians to tour globally, Ifft has toured the UK and Australia extensively. In Australia he has been featured on Rove Live, The Glass House, The Footy Show, Stand Up Australia, Wil & Lehmo, The Sideshow, Thank God You're Here, Good News Week, The Circle, and Spicks and Specks . In June 2007 he taped his first live DVD at the Sydney Opera House to a sold-out crowd. He has recorded three live stand-up comedy CDs, "I Learned the Hard Way" in 2004, "Jokes That Make My Friends Laugh" in 2006, and "Live from Australia" produced by Roof Top Comedy in 2009.
In 2005 Ifft started filming a documentary about America's perception around the world, entitled America the Punchline. The film was released in 2008.
In March 2010 Ifft was criticized by the Herald Sun newspaper along with comedian Fiona O'Loughlin for mocking the death of the late Steve Irwin while performing on the comedy music quiz show Spicks and Specks on Australia's ABC network. The following year the same newspaper criticized Ifft for making jokes about Oprah Winfrey and the Pope.
Ifft was also featured in Paul Provenza and Dan Dion's book, ¡Satiristas!.
His DVD, Eddie Ifft Live was recorded at the Sydney Opera House and was released in February 2011 by Punchline DVD.