Brad Williams

Brad Williams (born January 13, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who was born with achondroplasia.

He began his career by attending a live comedy show by Carlos Mencia. While in the audience, Mencia made jokes about dwarves, and the people sitting near Williams were hesitant to laugh. Mencia noticed this hesitation and then spotted Williams. He invited him on stage, where Williams delivered a few jokes and impressed Mencia. As a result, Mencia encouraged Williams to pursue stand-up comedy and asked him to be his opening act on the road. Williams has served as Mencia's opening act ever since, performing at shows on both the Mind of Mencia tour and the popular Punisher Tour.

Williams appeared on the show *Mind of Mencia*, playing several roles, including a dwarf prostitute ("whorf"), the leader of an all-dwarf basketball team, a companion to Mencia at a Renaissance faire, and a character delivering a speech about his hatred of podiums. For St. Patrick's Day 2008, he dressed as a leprechaun and appeared on *The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*. For Halloween 2008, he dressed as the *Child's Play* character Chucky for a skit on *Jimmy Kimmel Live!*.

In 2022, he was hired as the lead comic for the Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show *Mad Apple*.