Born and raised in Los Angeles, Katz's comedy career began at the incredibly early age of 9 when, as part of a school project, he submitted several jokes to "The Tonight Show," two of which were read on air by Johnny Carson. Katz went on to performing at clubs and colleges across the country. He has appeared in the Montreal Comedy Festival, the Amsterdam "Toomler International" Comedy Festival, the Vancouver Comedy Festival and Atlanta's Laffapalooza Comedy Festival. Katz' credits also include appearances on "Last Call with Carson Daly," COMEDY CENTRAL's "Live at Gotham," Jamie Foxx's "America's Funniest Comics" and HBO's "Down and Dirty with Jim Norton" In addition, he has produced a series of short films for Adult Swim.