A comic and TV host, Chris Hardwick is best known as host of the Nerdist Prodcast, which started in February 2010 and spawned a BBC America TV series.

But he started as a DJ, and his TV career goes back to 1994, when he hosted the MTV game show Trashed, and then the dating game Singled Out.

He recorded his first hour-long stand-up special, Mandroid, for Comedy Central in 2012, and the broadcaster then signed him up to host a daily panel show, due to launch in 2013.

He also performs in a musical comedy duo, Hard ‘n’ Phirm with Mike Phirman – and they made a half-hour comedy special for Comedy Central in January 2008.