Paul W. Downs

This article is about the American actor. For the American playwright, see Paul Downs Colaizzo.
Paul W. Downs
Nationality American
Occupation Writer, actor, director
Years active 2007–present
Known for Trey on Broad City

Paul W. Downs is an American actor, writer, and director best known for his portrayal of Trey on the Comedy Central series Broad City.

Career

Paul W. Downs has been creating digital shorts with Lucia Aniello since the pair met in 2007 at the Upright Citizens Brigade. In 2012 they made a web series called Paulilu Mixtape for Above Average Productions, a division of Broadway Video. Also in 2012, the duo created a series of three videos with Rider Strong and Jackie Clarke called Hooker Lawyer, a parody of American television legal dramas.[1][2][3]

Paul played “Hot Guy” in an episode of the MTV series The CollegeHumor Show in 2009. Addition appearances on CollegeHumor included parodies of a fictional Turkish pop-star, the deli scene from When Harry Met Sally..., and US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.[4]

Since 2014, Paul W. Downs has played the character of Trey on the Comedy Central sitcom Broad City. Trey is a fitness instructor and the boss of Abbi (played by Abbi Jacobson) at Soulstice. Paul is also one of the writers on the show.

Personal life

Paul studied theater at Duke University where he did improv and sketch comedy.[5][6] He lives in Los Angeles with girlfriend and comedy partner, Lucia Aniello.[7][8][9]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Hooker Lawyer' Spoofs USA Dramas With Rider Strong". huffpost.com. Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Paul W. Downs". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "About". paulilu.com. Paulilu Productions. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "CollegeHumor". collegehumor.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Futterweit, Alexa (11 August 2012). "Interview: Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs Talk Paulilu Comedy and the Hilarity of Hilary Clinton". complex.com. Complex Media, Inc. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Paul W. Downs". ucbcomedy.com. Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Marotta, Jenna (4 March 2015). "Broad City’s Paul W. Downs on His Character’s Big Reveal, Voicing Abbi’s Stuffed Animal, and Writing the Pegging Episode". vulture.com. Vulture. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lucia Aniello". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Wright, Megh (5 February 2015). "Talking with Writers Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello About Last Night's Insane and Awesome 'Broad City' Episode". splitsider.com. Splitsider. Retrieved 7 March 2015.