Photographer: Marius Bugge

Big Jay Oakerson just might be the busiest man in showbiz. He’s a touring stand-up comic, and he appears on screens big and small: Big Jay was privy to JLo’s iconic stripper dance as a deejay in the movie Hustlers and has regularly riffed with comedy superstars on TV shows including Louie, Inside Amy Schumer...

Julia Scotti calls herself a female “of transgender experience,” which is to say that the woman used to be a man. And even though that man—Rick Scotti—was a comedian successful enough to tour with Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld and open for acts including Lou Rawls and Chicago, it wasn’t until he became she that...

Thanks to 25 years of standout roles in movies, sitcoms and now Netflix’s Atypical, Michael Rapaport is a pretty big star. But unlike many celebrities, Rapaport doesn’t hold back. He doesn’t speak through publicists or give one-word answers. No, the man happily speaks his mind, whether on Twitter or as the host of the popular...