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16.07.2022 - 18:53 / perezhilton.com
The comedy world has lost a great talent.
Jak Knight, a stand-up comedian and actor on Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth, sadly passed away in Los Angeles on Thursday night. He was only 28 years old. His family confirmed the news to multiple outlets, but no other details about the actor’s sudden death were revealed at this time. However, Jak’s loved ones did ask for privacy while they mourn his loss.
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Throughout his career, Jak had credits in both writing and acting. He not only served as the writer for the popular animated series Big Mouth, but he also voiced the character DeVon for five seasons. Most recently, he co-created and starred in the Peacock original series Bust Down, alongside Chris Redd, Sam Jay, and Langston Kerman. Jak also just finished filming Chelsea Peretti’s feature directorial debut First Time Female Director, which also stars Chelsea, Amy Poehler, Megan Mullally, Megan Stalter, Max Greenfield, Kate Berlant, and Benito Skinner.
He also performed in stand-up comedy shows around the world, even landing a job as a featured comic on The Comedy Lineup in 2018.
Tributes have since flooded social media after the sad news of his death broke. Comedy Central called Jake a “hysterical and honest comedian” in one tribute. Fellow comedian Tim Dillon expressed on Twitter:
Actor Kumail Nanjiani also wrote:
So sad…
We are keeping Jak’s loved ones in our thoughts during this difficult times.
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Jak Knight‘s cause of death has been revealed.
US comic - who starred in Netflix’s Big Mouth and Peacock show Bust Down - died on Thursday night in Los Angeles, his family confirmed. No cause of death was given. Knight was most recognised for his voice work on the 2017 series Big Mouth which he also co-wrote for five seasons.
Stand-up comedian and writer Jak Knight has died at 28. The Hollywood Reporter shared that Knight died in Los Angeles on Thursday. A cause of death has not been shared for the comedian.
Jak Knight, a heralded stand-up comedian whose work in Hollywood also included him voicing the character of DeVon in the Netflix animated series “Big Mouth”, has died. He was 28.
https://t.co/yURG3zXjGRJak Knight was a hysterical and honest comedian. We will miss him tremendously. pic.twitter.com/F1dQEjT5GVRest In Peace Jak Knight.