Penn State graduate and US Navy veteran Anton Shuford started his comedy career in October of 2002. After school, the armed forces, and enough work experience, he realized that he and the
9-to-5 world would never happily marry. Once he stepped on stage for the first time in Philadelphia's Laff House Comedy Club, he knew he was finally home -- finding an inner peace and drive that nothing else had yet provided.
In under two years, he was working on professional shows for comedy clubs around Philadelphia, going on to open for the biggest names in the comedy business, such as Comedy Central's Patrice Oneal and Greg Giraldo, as well as many others. Showing his talent, he became a feature act
shortly after at Philadelphia's acclaimed Helium Comedy Club, working with comedians like HBO's Louis CK and SNL's Finesse Mitchell and has gone on since to feature in comedy clubs across the United States. More recently, he won Helium's 2009 Philly's Phunniest Person Competition,
beating out 153 other contestants and was invited to appear in the Boston Comedy Festival,
in which he was a semi-finalist.
Anton prides himself in the universal appeal of his comedy. On stage, he is a natural storyteller, bringing you in to share his experiences and making you like and sympathize with him, no matter how reprehensible his actions. He is simultaneously comfortable, enjoyable, hateable, lovable, caring, offensive, and sarcastic. Likewise, he appeals to all audiences young and old, black and white, male and female, human and canine. The comedy stage is where Anton feels most at home. Without it, there can be no rest for the Jedi within. May the Force be with us. Always.
Anton Shuford
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2009 Philly's Phunniest Person Contest WINNER
UPCOMING SHOWS
January 25 , 26 2010
Elmsford, NY
West Chester theatre
January 30, 2010
Tiffin, Ohio
February 15th - 21st
Atlantic city, NJ. Comedy Stop@ Tropicana Hotel & Casino
March 13th, 2010
Knuckleheads Comedy Club
Toms River, NJ
