Comedian, writer and actor Jak Knight, known for co-creating and starring in the Peacock comedy series “Bust Down” and for his work on “Pause With Sam Jay,” died Thursday night in Los Angeles, he announced his family. . The cause of death was not given. He was 28 years old.
Knight co-created “Bust Down,” which premiered this March, with Jay, Langston Kerman and Chris Redd, all of whom starred in the series. The first season of six episodes of the show focused on four low-paid employees at an Indiana casino. Knight’s character, also called Jak, was a warehouse worker and the youngest and wildest of the close-knit group of friends. In addition to starring, Knight was also the executive producer of the series and wrote two episodes, including the premiere.
Prior to “Bust Down,” Knight worked as a writer on the 2013 Fox animated series “Lucas Bros. Moving Company” and as an executive story editor on a “Black-ish” season. He wrote for Bill Burr’s Roku channel cartoon comedy series “Immoral Compass” and began working as a writer and producer on “Big Mouth” in 2018, for which he also voiced the DeVon character. , an arthritic 13-year-old boy. Beginning in 2021, Knight was a regular producer and performer of “Pause With Sam Jay,” a nightly show presented by his fellow comedian Jay. He was also credited as a writer on seven episodes of the show’s second season, which aired this May.
As a stand-up, Knight was named a Comedy Central comic to see in 2014 and a new face from 2015 at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. He performed at the 2015 Oddball Comedy Festival and opened for comics such as Dave Chappelle, Joel McHale, Eric Andre, Moshe Kasher and Aziz Ansari. On television, she starred in shows such as “The Meltdown With Jonah and Kumail,” “Adam Devine’s House Party” and “@Midnight.” His half-hour special premiered on Netflix in 2018 as part of the streamer’s “Comedy Lineup” series.
Jak Knight was a hysterical and honest comic. We will miss him a lot. pic.twitter.com/F1dQEjT5GV
– comedycentral (@ComedyCentral) July 15, 2022
At the time of his death, Knight had recently finished filming “First Time Female Director,” Chelsea Peretti’s directorial debut, which was her first film credit.
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