Oh hey there, I'm James Tison. This is the website I use to post pictures of my head and brag about my various accomplishments in the hopes that casting directors, TV executives, podcast producers, or anyone with money and power will be convinced to give me some of that money and power.

I'm an actor, stand up comedian, writer and director who studied theater at NYU thanks to a buttload of predatory student loans. I was raised in a family of truck drivers and addicts in Bakersfield, CA. As an actor, I've appeared off-Broadway, in several shorts, and had a critically praised supporting role in 2023 festival darling Chrissy/Judy.

As a comedian I perform all over NYC and LA. I've been featured in the NY Times, Out Magazine, and Broadway World. Broadway World called me "Blisteringly Funny," and my mom thinks I'm great.

I spent several years working as a freelance production coordinator on narrative documentary podcasts, including NARAL's The Lie that Binds. I've also co-hosted several small-audience comedy podcasts, and guested on several more prominent talk-comedy podcasts in the past year. I worked with Rebellion PAC producing political ads for the 2020 presidential and senate elections, and wrote / directed my own short - "What’s Your Number?" - in 2016.