Stavros Emmanuel Halkias (; Greek: Σταύρος Χαλκιάς; born February 11, 1989) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. Active since the early 2010s, he is a nationally touring comic who came to prominence as a founding co-host of the podcast Cum Town. He broke through in the 2020s with the release of popular back-to-back stand up specials, Live at the Lodge Room (2022) and Stavros Halkias: Fat Rascal, released by Netflix in 2023. Since 2024, he has also performed as an actor, including supporting roles in the Netflix comedy series Tires (2024–present), the Yorgos Lanthimos film Bugonia, and the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony.
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Early life
Halkias was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, to Greek immigrant parents: a Macedonian mother and Athenian contractor father. He has publicly spoken about being bullied for his weight as a child. Later, Halkias attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school where he played football. He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), working for Marc Steiner's Center for Emerging Media as an intern. He stated on the podcast Digression Sessions that he was a few credits short of graduating.
